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September 2024 – Welcome Yanlong Huang to the lab as a part-time research assistant!
September 2024 – Welcome Peter (Jingyi ) Yang to start his rotation in the lab!
September 2024 – Dr. Li is invited to present the lab’s work on epigenetic regulation of microglial states in ReThinkNeuroimmunology Symposium.
August 2024 – Welcome Xukai Ding to start his internship in the lab! Xukai is visiting us from Zhejiang University in China.
July 2024 – Welcome Melanie Cruz Berrios to start her rotation in the lab!
July 2024 – We had our first Annual Li Lab Retreat!!

July 2024 – Congratulations to Kia Barclay for receiving the NIH F31 Fellowship Award!
May 2024 – Dr. Li is invited to give a presentation in the Cancer & Blood Diseases Institute at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital.
May 2024 – Tristan and Kia presented in EMBO Conference in Genoa, Italy

May 30^th, 2024 – Our manuscript Published Immunity: An inducible genetic tool to track and manipulate specific microglial states reveals their plasticity and roles in remyelination. Congratulations to the lab and the first author Kia Barclay!

Undergraduate Student, Darsh Singhania, presents poster at Washington University in St. Louis Undergraduate Research Symposium. (Left: pictured with bench mentor Kia Barclay)

April 2024 – Tristan Li, Yang (Eric) Li and Gabor Egervari received Collaborative Pilot Award from NeuroGenomics and Informatics Center!
April 2024 – Kia Barclay receives DBBS certificates of appreciation for “Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion” and “Excellence in Research”. Congrats!

March 2024 – Kia Barclay named 2024 finalist for Washington University O’Leary Competition. Congrats!

March 2024 – Welcome Vikram Karra to join the lab as an Undergraduate Researcher!
March 2024 – Welcome Samson (Zhixin) Sun as the new lab manager!
January 2024 – The Li lab received the Knight ADRC Developmental Projects grant to study the proteomes of specific microglial states in Alzheimer’s disease!
January 2024 – Dr. Li published a Preview titled “TIMely connections: APOE4, aging, and Alzheimer’s” in Immunity.
December 2023 – Dr. Li published a Primer titled “Pituitary-immune bidirectional crosstalk under systemic inflammation” in PLOS Biology.
October 2023 – Congratulations to Kia on presenting her PhD thesis proposal!
October 13, 2023 – Kia Barclay receives 2023 Thach Award for best poster at Neuroscience Retreat. Congrats!

September 2023 – The Li lab has moved to the brand-new Jeffrey T. Fort Neuroscience Building! The lab is located on the 7^th floor (7350). Please come to visit us!

August 2023 – Dr. Li is invited to give a presentation in the Society for Chinese Neuroscientists Summer Symposium in Pittsburg.
July 2023 – The collaborative work between the labs of Dr. Dougherty and Dr. Li is published in Nature Neuroscience!
May 2023 – The collaborative work between the labs of Dr. Colonna and Dr. Li is published in Immunity!
March 2023 – The Li lab received the first R01 to study the regulation and function of disease-associated microglia in Alzheimer’s disease!
March 2023 – The collaborative work between the labs of Dr. Guoyan Zhao and Dr. Li is published in Nature Aging! Kia Barclay contributed as a co-author.
January 2023 – Farewell to Xiaowei Li! Xiaowei will start her MD/PhD training at Tsinghua University. We will miss you!
January 2023 – Welcome Brendan Dang to start his rotation in the lab!
January 2023 – Welcome Zoe (Chunqi) Tian to start her rotation in the lab!
January 2023 – Welcome Dvita Kapadia to join the lab as a Research Technician II!
December 2022 – Dr. Li is invited to give a presentation at Vanderbilt University.
September 2022 – Farewell to Lu Zhou! Lu will join the Knight Initiative Brain Resilience Laboratory at Stanford University as a Senior Scientist. We will miss you!
July 2022 – Dr. Li is invited to give a presentation in the Cold Spring Harbor Glia Meeting.
July 2022 – Welcome Xiaowei Li to join the lab as a Visiting Researcher! Xiaowei is visiting us from Nanjing University in China.
July 2022 – Welcome Dr. Jin Yang to join the lab as a Postdoctoral Scholar! Jin obtained his MD and PhD degrees from Nanjing Medical University in China.
January 2022 – Welcome Darsh Singhania to join the lab as an Undergraduate Researcher!
November 2021 – Welcome Emma Danhash to start her rotation in the lab!
Octorber 2021 – The Li lab received the ICTS (Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences) Just-In-Time award!
September 2021 – Welcome Jennifer Portillo to start her rotation in the lab!
August 2021 – The Li lab received the Whitehall Foundation Award! The goal of this grant is to study the role of microglial subsets in brain development and function.
August 2021 – Dr. Li received 2021 NARSAD Young Investigator Award from the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation!
July 2021 – Welcome Siling Du to start her rotation in the lab!
July 2021 – Welcome Kia Barclay to join the lab as a graduate student! Kia is in the Neuroscience PhD Program at Washington University in St. Louis.
March 2021 – The Li lab and Gabel lab received the inaugural BIG Center Inter-Lab-Collaboration Award!
January 2021 – Welcome Kia Barclay to start her rotation in the lab!
September 2020 – Dr. Li published a Review article titled “The role of glia in protein aggregation” in Neurobiology of Disease.
August 2020 – Welcome Nora Abduljawad to join the lab as a graduate student! Nora is in the Neuroscience PhD Program at Washington University in St. Louis.
June 2020 – Dr. Li published a Preview titled “Overseeing Memory Circuits by NFIA: New Face In Astrocytes” in Neuron.
June 2020 – Dr. Li contributed to an article on How Support of Early Career Researchers Can Reset Science in the Post-COVID19 World, which is published in Cell!
May 2020 – Welcome Hannah Vedder to join the lab as a Summer Intern! Hannah is an undergraduate student at Baylor University.
May 2020 – Welcome Oscar Romero to join the lab as a BD-ENDURE Scholar! Oscar is an undergraduate student at Reed College.
March 2020 – Welcome Nora Abduljawad to start her rotation in the lab!
March 2020 – Dr. Li is invited to give a presentation in the 2^nd Neuroepigenetics & Neuroepitranscriptomics Conference in Bahama.
January 2020 – Welcome Dr. Lu Zhou to join the lab as a Staff Scientist! Lu was a Senior Life Science Research Professional in the Ben Barres lab at Stanford University.
January 2020 – Hello, world! The Li lab opened its door in the McDonnell Science Building at Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine. We are affiliated with the Department of Neuroscience and the Department of Genetics. We are recruiting at all levels!