Welcome to the Wu Lab

Recent news:

• Aug 2025: Kaitlin Lowran, Laura Campbell, and Emma Cismas just got a paper accepted in Biochemistry!

• Aug 2025: Laura Campbell, Kaitlin Lowran, and Emma Cismas published their paper in Molecules!

• Apr 2025: Vanessa Huynh and Julia Shoen have been accepted into the AHA@OU SURP. Ayah Neiroukh will be part of the BIO/CHM SURP.

• Apr 2025: Alyssa Paul has received the Provost's Graduate Research Award!

• Apr 2025: Ayah Neiroukh has received the Provost's Undergraduate Research Award!

• Feb 2025: Ayah Neiroukh has research a thesis grant from the Honors College!

• Jan 2025: Delaney Buckner has joined the Wu Lab, welcome!

• Dec 2024: Alyssa Paul won the Poster Award for the Cell Biology & Biochemistry category at the Sigma Xi IFoRE conference in Washington D.C. Congratulations!

• Oct 2024: The Wu Lab receives support from an NIH R21 in collaboration with Dr. Mohamed Al-Shabrawey of the Eye Research Institute and Dr. Kodi Beyeh in the Dept of Chemistry!

• Oct 2024: Emma Cismas has received the College of Arts and Sciences Meritorious Achievement Award. She will be giving a short talk in the Dec commencement ceremony. Congratulations Emma!

• Sep 2024: Alyssa Paul has joined the Wu Lab as a graduate student!

• Jul 2024: Kaitlin Lowran has successfully defended her thesis and has earned her Ph.D. Congratulations!

• May 2024: Alyssa Paul have been selected as an AHA@OU SURP fellow. Congratulations!

• May 2024: Vanessa Huynh, Mia Telke, and Jennifer Jaster have been accepted into the 2024 Summer Undergraduate Research Program.

• Apr 2024: Esme Lowry and Kaitlin Lowran each received $1500 through the Provost Student Research Award. Congratulations!

• Apr 2024: Esme Lowry receives the American Chemical Society Award for Undergraduate Achievement in Biochemistry!

• Jan 2024: Mia Telke has received a thesis award from the Honors College!

• Jan 2024: The AHA@OU Summer Undergraduate Research Program has been renewed for three years. Stay tuned for more news!

• Nov 2023: Vereena Salib presented her BRCA1 work at the Sigma Xi IFoRE meeting in Long Beach, CA and brought home two awards!

• May 2023: This month we are traveling to Adams High School, Rochester High School, and Stoney Creek High School to demonstrate genetic testing on-site in science classrooms. Check it out here.

• Prof. Wu will talk about "Integrating Authentic Research Experiences with Classroom Education and Community Outreach" at the inaugural Teaching and Learning Symposium. Learn more about it here.

• Apr 2023: Jennifer Jaster, Alyssa Paul, Esme Lowry, and Mia Telke have been accepted into the 2023 Summer Undergraduate Research Program. 

• Apr 2023: Esme Lowry receives the Dershwitz Award from the Department of Chemistry to fund her summer research. Congratulations Esme! 

• Apr 2023: Emma Cismas receives the Provost's Undergraduate Research Award for her work on BRCA1. Congratulations Emma!

• Jan 2023: Vereena Salib and Emma Cismas received the Honor's College Research Award. Vereena also received the Provost's Research Award. Congratulations!

• Dec 2022: Prof. Wu receives the URC Faculty Research Fellowship. 

• Nov 2022: Prof. Wu receives the Outstanding Junior Investigator Award at this year's Research, Innovation and Engagement Town Hall!

• Oct 2022: Recent Patch article highlighting research at OU. Our work is also featured in the Oakland Post.

• Aug 2022: Prof. Wu has been promoted to the rank of Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry!

• May 2022: Mia Telke and Jenna Meri have joined the lab!

• Jan 2022: Welcome Esme Lowry, Vereena Salib, Jonathan Karn, and Rachel Demerly to the lab!

• Dec 2021: Kaitlin Lowran and Erving Laryea each received the Provost's Graduate Student Research Award. Congratulations!

• Nov 2021: Prof. Wu receives a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation!

• Oct 2021: Kaitlin, Laura, and Ingrid are presenting their work in the upcoming Sigma Xi Student Research Conference.

• Jun 2021: Ingrid Petersen and Chloe Connelly both received the Honors College Research Award. Congratulations!

• May 2021: Haley Negri has joined the lab. Welcome Haley!

• Apr 2021: Congratulations to Erving Laryea on receiving the Provost's Graduate Student Research Award. 

• Apr 2021: Congratulations to Ingrid Petersen and Chloe Connelly on receiving the Provost's Undergraduate Student Research Award. 

• Apr 2021: Laura Campbell has received the Mark Dershwitz research award in Chemistry. Congratulations!

• Apr 2021: Emma Cismas has joined the lab. Welcome, Emma!

• Feb 2021: Chloe Connelly has joined the lab. Welcome!

• Feb 2021: Mohanad Ahmad's paper has been accepted for publication in Molecular Cellular Biochemistry. Congratulations!

• Jan 2021: Congratulations to Laura Campbell on receiving the Honors College Research Award and being nominated for the Barry Goldwater Scholarship!

• Dec 2020: Prof. We receives the OU URC Faculty Research Fellowship.

• Dec 2020: Congratulations to Laura Campbell on receiving the Provost's Undergraduate Student Research Award.

• Jul 2020: Research labs have reopened at 20% capacity. Please check back soon for further updates.

• Jun 2020: Mohanad Ahmad successfully defended his M.S. thesis. Congratulations!

• May 2020: Congratulations to Laura Campbell, Ann Fuelle, and Mikayla McCarthy for receiving the Provost's Undergraduate Research Award

• Mar 2020: Congratulations to Erving Laryea and Fayza Alashkar for receiving the Provost's Graduate Student Research Award

• Mar 2020: Prof. Wu receives a Research Seed Grant from the Michigan Space Grant Consortium

• Mar 2020: Kaitlin Lowran receives a Graduate Student Fellowship from the Michigan Space Grant Consortium

• Dec 2019: Kaitlin Lowran, Laura Campbell, and Phillip Popp publish their work in Genes

• Dec 2019: Erving Laryea and Fayza Alashkar publish their work in Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry

• Nov 2019: Mohanad Ahmad, Laura Campbell, and Erving Laryea present their work at the Sigma Xi Annual Meeting and Student Research Conference in Madison, WI

• Nov 2019: The Wu Lab acquires a BioTek Cytation multi-mode reader through AHA funding

• Oct 2019: Mohanad Ahmad and Erving Laryea present their work at the Microscopy and Microanalysis Society Annual Meeting in East Lansing, MI

• Oct 2019: Mikayla McCarthy receives the Honors College Research Award; Erving Laryea receives the Provost's Graduate Research Award

• Oct 2019: Ann Fuelle presents her work at the Michigan Space Grant Consortium Fall Conference in Ann Arbor, MI

• Jul 2019: Prof. Wu receives an AIREA grant from the American Heart Association

• Jul 2019: Kaitlin Lowran presents her work at the AHA Basic Cardiovascular Sciences Scientific Sessions in Boston, MA

• May 2019: Welcome Evan Cramer from the Summer Undergraduate Research Program; Laura Campbell and Mikayla McCarthy will participate in the AHA-sponsored Summer Undergraduate Research Program at OU

• May 2019: Kaitlin Lowran receives King-Chavez-Park Graduate Student Fellowship

• Apr 2019: Evan Cramer receives the Provost's Undergraduate Research Award; Mohanad Ahmad and Kaitlin Lowran receive the Provost's Graduate Research Award

• Apr 2019: Evan Cramer receives the Michael P. and Elizabeth A. Kenny Merit Scholarship

• Apr 2019: Mohanad Ahmad, Ann Fuelle, and Kaitlin Lowran present their work at the Sigma Xi Regional Conference at OU

• Mar 2019: Evan Cramer receives the Honors College Research Award

• Mar 2019: Kaitlin Lowran receives a Graduate Student Fellowship from the Michigan Space Grant Consortium

• Mar 2019: Erving Layrea wins a poster presentation award at the OU Graduate Student Research Conference

• Mar 2019: Mohanad Ahmad, Fayza Alashkar, and Erving Laryea present their work at the OU Graduate Student Research Conference 

• Feb 2019: The Wu Lab acquires a JASCO J-810 circular dichroism spectropolarimeter through AHA funding

• Jan 2019: Prof. Wu receives the Innovative Project Award from the American Heart Association

• Oct 2018: Zhuoling He receives the Provost's Undergraduate Research Award; Ann Fuelle receives an Honors College Research Award

• Oct 2018: Ann Fuelle and Mena Jirjees presents their work at the Sigma Xi Annual Meeting and Student Research Conference in Burlingame, CA

• Aug 2018: Ann Fuelle, Zhuoling He, Mena Jirjees, and Kaitlin Lowran present their work at the 3rd International Conference on Molecular Biology and Nucleic Acids in Toronto, BC

• May 2018: Welcome Ann Fuelle and Zhuoling He from the Summer Undergraduate Research Program

• Mar 2018: Mena Jirjees and Kaitlin Lowran receive the Provost's Undergraduate Research Award; Erving Laryea receives the Provost's Graduate Research Award

• Mar 2018: Prof. Wu receives a Research Seed Grant from the Michigan Space Grant Consortium

• Mar 2018: Kaitlin Lowran receives an Undergraduate Fellowship from the Michigan Space Grant Consortium

• Oct 2017: Francesca Iacovo and Mena Jirjees present their work at the Sigma Xi Symposium in Raleigh, NC

• Aug 2017: Erving Laryea joins the Martic and Wu labs as a Ph.D. student

• Aug 2017: The Wu Lab acquires a biolayer interferometer through AHA funding

• Jul 2017: Prof. Wu receives an AIREA grant from the American Heart Association

• Jun 2017: Francesca Iacovo and Mena Jirjees present their work at teh 48th Central Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society in Dearborn, MI

• May 2017: Welcome Mena Jirjees, Francesca Iacovo, and Ann Fuelle from the Summer Undergraduate Research Program

• Aug 2016: Prof. Wu joins the Department of Chemistry at OU