In Fall 2024, Dr. Chenshu Liu joined the faculty at Lehigh University as a Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Cell Biology in the Department of Biological Sciences! We will be recruiting at all levels, including a Research Technician, Graduate Students, and Undergraduate Students!
If you are interested in meiosis, cell biology, genetics, mechanotransduction, or physiology, let's chat! More information can be found under "Join Us"!
chenshu.liu[AT]lehigh.edu
LAB NEWS:
Aug 15, 2024: Graduate student Rachel Nenstiel will join the lab. Welcome Rachel! Look forward to the cool discoveries you will make in the Liu Lab!
Nov 7, 2024: Undergraduate student Madison McCartney joined the lab. Welcome Madison! We are excited to be your scientific home at Lehigh!
Nov 15, 2024: Rachel and Chenshu attended the Mid-Atlantic Meiosis Mini-symposium at the NIH. Lively discussions after Chenshu’s talk! Thank you organizers for putting together such a wonderful meeting!
Nov 18, 2024: The Liu Lab at Lehigh completed its final renovation and opened its doors!
Nov 21, 2024: Chenshu’s postdoc paper with Abby Dernburg went online in Science! WOO-HOO!
Dec 5, 2024: as part of the course BIOS397/431 (Frontiers in Reproductive Cell Biology), Chenshu hosted Dr. Rita Jones from Office of Inclusive Excellence and Belonging at Lehigh University, to give a guest seminar to explore the interplay between reproductive cell biology and society. We learned so much!
Dec 18, 2024: Chenshu will co-chair the #Meiosis4Eva Special Interest Subgroup at Cell Bio 2024 with Soni Lacefield and Needhi Bhalla!
Dec 18, 2024: Chenshu gave a talk at the "Biomolecular condensation and organelle plasticity" Subgroup at Cell Bio 2024, and an invited seminar at Cellular and Molecular Medicine, UC San Diego!
March 25, 2025: Penny Yang joins the lab. Welcome Penny!
June 20, 2025: Chenshu gave a talk at Universität Bern, Switzerland. Thank you Prof. Dr. Peter Meister for hosting!
June 22, 2025: Chenshu gave a talk at EMBO Meiosis. Thank you to all organizers for putting together such a wonderful meeting in the breathtaking Swiss Alps!
June 2025: The Liu lab is grateful to receive the Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award from the ORAU (Oak Ridge Associated Universities). This one-year award will support our early pilot studies to explore nuclear envelope dynamics in meiosis!
July 2025: The Liu lab is grateful to receive the R35 MIRA Award from the NIH (NIGMS). This award will support our long-term goal to understand the mechanisms and roles of nuclear envelope dynamics in meiotic quality control!