News

2021

october

Congratulation to our lab alumna Rita Strakovsky for receiving the Outstanding Young Alumni Award from College of Agricultural, Consumer & Environmental Sciences (ACES) Alumni Association!

From left to right:

Dr. John Erdman

Dr. Hong Chen (PI)

Dr. Rita Strakovsky

Dr. Elvira de Mejia

Dr. Jessica Hartke

September

Congratulating to our lab for winning the 5th place for Outstanding Cold-Storage Sample Management Practices during the 2021 International Freezer Challenge! We thank the University of Illinois Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation, iSEE, and Facilities & Services for this award!

Congratulation to our graduate student Bianca Xu for completing the PhD Qualifying Exam on 9/16. Welcome to the Stage 2 of the PhD program!

August

Fall semester is around the corner :)

Welcome our new graduate students Siyuan Liang and Abrory Agus Cahya Pramana! Thank you for joining our lab and we cannot wait to work with both of you!
8/31 A Big Happy Birthday to Abrory! All the best wishes!

April

COngratulations to our grad students!

Both our graduate students Yingwei Zhao and Jiaxuan Li had successfully passed their final examinations (M.S.)! Congratulation on a job well done!

Dr. Chen is featured in 4/29/21 The News-Gazette wearing her favorite mask :) See the copy attached below!

March

<<< Happy birthday to dr. Hong chen!

Abstract submitted by our graduate student, Bianca Xu, is officially accepted by Nutrition 2021 Conference held by ASN (American Society for Nutrition). Congratulations!
Rachel Yang, our undergraduate assistant, is back on campus and starts her training for future research work! Welcome back Rachel :)

February

Happy Lunar new year

(year of the ox!)

Our graduate student, Bianca Xu, received Illinois Graduate College Participation Award from the Illinois Graduate College, covering her attendance at Nutrition 2021 Conference held by ASN (American Society for Nutrition).
Newly published manuscript available, thanks to our collaborators, Dr. Michael De Lisio and his fantastic research team! The article is contributed by our lab alumni Diego Hernández-Saavedra, current graduate student Bianca Xu, together with our PIs Dr. Hong Chen and Dr. Yuan-Xiang Pan. It is titled Weight loss with exercise improves muscle architecture and progenitor cell populations compared to weight loss alone with preneoplastic colorectal lesions, published at Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism.

For more info, please check: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33577399/

january

Happy new year everyone!

We hope everyone's winter break went great and we welcome you back for the 2021 spring semester!

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