{"id":929,"date":"2015-07-02T15:44:56","date_gmt":"2015-07-02T15:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/lau-lab\/?page_id=929"},"modified":"2024-10-17T11:03:07","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T16:03:07","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/lau-lab\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling fusion-equal-height-columns\" style=\"--awb-background-position:left top;--awb-border-sizes-top:0px;--awb-border-sizes-bottom:0px;--awb-border-sizes-left:0px;--awb-border-sizes-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:50px;--awb-padding-bottom:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last fusion-column-no-min-height\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">NEWS<\/h2>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;border-color:#e0dede;border-top-width:5px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last rounded-border\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:20px;--awb-padding-right:20px;--awb-padding-bottom:20px;--awb-padding-left:20px;--awb-bg-color:#ffffff;--awb-bg-color-hover:#ffffff;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-border-color:#e2e2e2;--awb-border-top:1px;--awb-border-right:1px;--awb-border-bottom:1px;--awb-border-left:1px;--awb-border-style:solid;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-recent-posts fusion-recent-posts-1 avada-container layout-default layout-columns-1\"><section class=\"fusion-columns columns fusion-columns-1 columns-1\"><article class=\"post fusion-column column col col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12\"><div class=\"recent-posts-content\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/lau-lab\/author\/sychong2\/\" title=\"Posts by sychong2\" rel=\"author\">sychong2<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2026-02-17T12:22:39-06:00<\/span><h4 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/lau-lab\/2026\/02\/01\/welcome-back-dr-choi\/\">Welcome Back, Dr. Choi!<\/a><\/h4><p class=\"meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/lau-lab\/author\/sychong2\/\" title=\"Posts by sychong2\" rel=\"author\">sychong2<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2026-02-17T12:22:39-06:00<\/span><\/p><p>Welcome back, <b data-path-to-node=\"4,0\" data-index-in-node=\"15\">Dr. WooSuk Choi<\/b>! We are excited to have him return to the lab as a postdoctoral researcher and can\u2019t wait to see the novel ideas and energy he brings to our current\/upcoming projects!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post fusion-column column col col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12\"><div class=\"recent-posts-content\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/lau-lab\/author\/sychong2\/\" title=\"Posts by sychong2\" rel=\"author\">sychong2<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2026-02-17T12:39:12-06:00<\/span><h4 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/lau-lab\/2026\/01\/15\/the-2026-kickoff-lunch\/\">The 2026 Kickoff Lunch<\/a><\/h4><p class=\"meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/lau-lab\/author\/sychong2\/\" title=\"Posts by sychong2\" rel=\"author\">sychong2<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2026-02-17T12:39:12-06:00<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1897 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-rel=\"iLightbox[postimages]\" data-title=\"lab lunch\" data-caption=\"\" href='https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/lau-lab\/2026\/01\/15\/the-2026-kickoff-lunch\/lab-lunch\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1156\" height=\"744\" 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https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/lau-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2026\/02\/lab-lunch-1024x659.png 1024w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/lau-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2026\/02\/lab-lunch.png 1156w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1156px) 100vw, 1156px\" data-id=\"1898\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post fusion-column column col col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12\"><div class=\"recent-posts-content\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/lau-lab\/author\/sychong2\/\" title=\"Posts by sychong2\" rel=\"author\">sychong2<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2026-03-06T16:18:35-06:00<\/span><h4 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/lau-lab\/2025\/10\/06\/congratulations-to-our-summer-2025-exam-passers\/\">!!Congratulations to Our Summer 2025 Exam Passers!!<\/a><\/h4><p class=\"meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/lau-lab\/author\/sychong2\/\" title=\"Posts by sychong2\" rel=\"author\">sychong2<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2026-03-06T16:18:35-06:00<\/span><\/p><p>Congratulations to <strong>Shi Qian Lew<\/strong> and <strong>Sook Yin Chong<\/strong> for passing their Preliminary Exams.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to <strong>Arya Wu<\/strong> and <strong>Anna Zhang<\/strong> for passing their Qualifying Exams.<\/p>\n<p>-Summer 2025-<\/p>\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post fusion-column column col col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12\"><div class=\"recent-posts-content\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/lau-lab\/author\/sychong2\/\" title=\"Posts by sychong2\" rel=\"author\">sychong2<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2026-03-06T16:18:54-06:00<\/span><h4 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/lau-lab\/2025\/08\/29\/student-spotlight-4\/\">Student Spotlight<\/a><\/h4><p class=\"meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/lau-lab\/author\/sychong2\/\" title=\"Posts by sychong2\" rel=\"author\">sychong2<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2026-03-06T16:18:54-06:00<\/span><\/p><p>Heartfelt congratulations to <strong>Shi Qian Lew<\/strong> for winning the <strong>Outstanding Full Talk Award<\/strong> two years consecutively at the Graduate Student Pathobiology EXPO 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post fusion-column column col col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12\"><div class=\"recent-posts-content\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/lau-lab\/author\/sychong2\/\" title=\"Posts by sychong2\" rel=\"author\">sychong2<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-10-06T17:04:55-05:00<\/span><h4 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/lau-lab\/2025\/06\/08\/new-review-paper-published\/\">New Review Paper Published!<\/a><\/h4><p class=\"meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/lau-lab\/author\/sychong2\/\" title=\"Posts by sychong2\" rel=\"author\">sychong2<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-10-06T17:04:55-05:00<\/span><\/p><p>Our review\u00a0paper titled\u00a0&#8216;<strong><em>Pseudomonas\u00a0aeruginosa<\/em>-derived\u00a0metabolites and\u00a0volatile organic\u00a0compounds: impact\u00a0on lung epithelial\u00a0homeostasis and\u00a0mucosal immune\u00a0response<\/strong>,&#8217; authored\u00a0by <strong>Shanny Kuo<\/strong>, has been published in <strong>Frontiers in Immunology<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/fimmu.2025.1553013\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/fimmu.2025.1553013<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post fusion-column column col col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12\"><div class=\"recent-posts-content\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/lau-lab\/author\/sychong2\/\" title=\"Posts by sychong2\" rel=\"author\">sychong2<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2026-03-06T16:19:31-06:00<\/span><h4 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/lau-lab\/2025\/03\/24\/we-are-excited-to-announce-two-publications-from-our-lab-in-early-2025\/\">\ud83d\udd25We are excited to announce two publications from our lab in early 2025!<\/a><\/h4><p class=\"meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/lau-lab\/author\/sychong2\/\" title=\"Posts by sychong2\" rel=\"author\">sychong2<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2026-03-06T16:19:31-06:00<\/span><\/p><p>Our research article, &#8220;<strong>Comparative analysis of the <em>Streptococcus pneumoniae<\/em> competence development<em> in vitro<\/em> versus <em>in vivo<\/em> during pneumonia-derived sepsis<\/strong>&#8220;, by <strong>Sook Yin Chong<\/strong>\u00a0has been published in <strong>Frontiers in Microbiology<\/strong>, shedding light on the differences in pneumococcal competence development between lab settings and host infections. Additionally, our review paper, &#8220;<strong>Modulation of Pulmonary Immune Functions by the <em>Pseudomonas aeruginosa<\/em> Secondary Metabolite Pyocyanin<\/strong>&#8220;, by<strong>\u00a0Shi Qian Lew<\/strong> is published in <strong>Frontiers in Immunology<\/strong>, exploring how bacterial metabolites influence host immune responses in respiratory infections.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/fmicb.2025.1540511\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/fmicb.2025.1540511<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/fimmu.2025.1550724\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/fimmu.2025.1550724<\/a><\/p>\n<p>-March 2025-<\/p>\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post fusion-column column col col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12\"><div class=\"recent-posts-content\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/lau-lab\/author\/sychong2\/\" title=\"Posts by sychong2\" rel=\"author\">sychong2<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-03-25T08:32:22-05:00<\/span><h4 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/lau-lab\/2024\/10\/28\/congratulations-dr-kuo\/\">Congratulations Dr. Kuo \ud83c\udf93<\/a><\/h4><p class=\"meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/lau-lab\/author\/sychong2\/\" title=\"Posts by sychong2\" rel=\"author\">sychong2<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-03-25T08:32:22-05:00<\/span><\/p><p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><strong>Shanny Hsuan Kuo<\/strong> defended her thesis on October 28 and started a Comparative Anatomic Pathology Fellowship at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1848\" src=\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/lau-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2024\/12\/IMG_3275-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/lau-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2024\/12\/IMG_3275-200x150.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/lau-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2024\/12\/IMG_3275-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/lau-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2024\/12\/IMG_3275-400x300.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/lau-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2024\/12\/IMG_3275-600x450.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/lau-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2024\/12\/IMG_3275-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/lau-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2024\/12\/IMG_3275-800x600.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/lau-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2024\/12\/IMG_3275-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/lau-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2024\/12\/IMG_3275-1200x900.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/lau-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2024\/12\/IMG_3275-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post fusion-column column col col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12\"><div class=\"recent-posts-content\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/lau-lab\/author\/sychong2\/\" title=\"Posts by sychong2\" rel=\"author\">sychong2<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2026-03-06T16:19:57-06:00<\/span><h4 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/lau-lab\/2024\/09\/25\/check-out-our-latest-publication\/\">Check out our latest publication in Science Advances!<\/a><\/h4><p class=\"meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/lau-lab\/author\/sychong2\/\" title=\"Posts by sychong2\" rel=\"author\">sychong2<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2026-03-06T16:19:57-06:00<\/span><\/p><p>Our joint paper with labs of Drs. Ling Peng\u00a0(<span class=\"x_x_ContentPasted1\">Aix-Marseille University<\/span>)\u00a0and\u00a0Leo Lee\u00a0(University of Macao) has been published in Science Advances: &#8220;<strong>Targeting the phosphatidylglycerol lipid: An amphiphilic dendrimer as a promising antibacterial candidate<\/strong>&#8220;. Shanny, Shi Qian, Whan, and Sook Yin all contributed to the paper. Dr. Lau serves as one of the co-corresponding authors.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/sciadv.adn8117\">https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/sciadv.adn8117<\/a><\/p>\n<p>-September 2024-<\/p>\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post fusion-column column col col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12\"><div class=\"recent-posts-content\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/lau-lab\/author\/sychong2\/\" title=\"Posts by sychong2\" rel=\"author\">sychong2<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2024-10-11T09:02:42-05:00<\/span><h4 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/lau-lab\/2024\/09\/23\/student-spotlight-3\/\">Student Spotlight<\/a><\/h4><p class=\"meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/lau-lab\/author\/sychong2\/\" title=\"Posts by sychong2\" rel=\"author\">sychong2<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2024-10-11T09:02:42-05:00<\/span><\/p><p>Huge congratulations to <strong>Shanny<\/strong> for successfully passing the 2024 American College of Veterinary Pathologists Phase II Certifying Examination in Veterinary Anatomic Pathology!<\/p>\n<p>-September 2024-<\/p>\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post fusion-column column col col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12\"><div class=\"recent-posts-content\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/lau-lab\/author\/sychong2\/\" title=\"Posts by sychong2\" rel=\"author\">sychong2<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2026-03-06T16:20:22-06:00<\/span><h4 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/lau-lab\/2024\/09\/06\/student-spotlight-2\/\">Student Spotlight<\/a><\/h4><p class=\"meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/lau-lab\/author\/sychong2\/\" title=\"Posts by sychong2\" rel=\"author\">sychong2<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2026-03-06T16:20:22-06:00<\/span><\/p><p><strong>Shi Qian<\/strong>\u00a0wins Outstanding Full Talk award at the Graduate Student Pathobiology EXPO 2024<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sook Yin<\/strong> wins Outstanding Lightning Talk award at the Graduate Student Pathobiology EXPO 2024<\/p>\n<p><strong>\ud83c\udf89 Congratulations on winning the awards \ud83c\udf89<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>-August 2024-<\/p>\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post fusion-column column col col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12\"><div class=\"recent-posts-content\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/lau-lab\/author\/sychong2\/\" title=\"Posts by sychong2\" rel=\"author\">sychong2<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2024-10-11T09:04:04-05:00<\/span><h4 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/lau-lab\/2024\/08\/22\/take-a-look-at-our-newest-publication\/\">Take a look at our newest publication at Journal of Bacteriology!<\/a><\/h4><p class=\"meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/lau-lab\/author\/sychong2\/\" title=\"Posts by sychong2\" rel=\"author\">sychong2<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2024-10-11T09:04:04-05:00<\/span><\/p><p>Our research on \u201c<strong>Signal recognition particle RNA is critical for genetic competence and virulence of <em>Streptococcus pneumoniae<\/em><\/strong>\u201d is published at <strong>Journal of Bacteriology<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p>DOI:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1128\/jb.00004-24\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1128\/jb.00004-24<\/a><\/p>\n<p>-August 2024-<\/p>\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post fusion-column column col col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12\"><div class=\"recent-posts-content\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/lau-lab\/author\/sychong2\/\" title=\"Posts by sychong2\" rel=\"author\">sychong2<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2026-03-06T16:21:42-06:00<\/span><h4 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/lau-lab\/2024\/03\/30\/student-spotlight\/\">Student Spotlight<\/a><\/h4><p class=\"meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/lau-lab\/author\/sychong2\/\" title=\"Posts by sychong2\" rel=\"author\">sychong2<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2026-03-06T16:21:42-06:00<\/span><\/p><p>We are excited to announce that both <strong>Sook Yin (on March 26, 2024)<\/strong> and <strong>Shi Qian (April 2024)<\/strong>\u00a0have successfully passed their qualifying exams and are now officially PhD candidates!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/article><article class=\"post fusion-column column col col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12\"><div class=\"recent-posts-content\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/lau-lab\/author\/sychong2\/\" title=\"Posts by sychong2\" rel=\"author\">sychong2<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2024-10-11T08:55:50-05:00<\/span><h4 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/lau-lab\/2024\/03\/22\/congratulations-dr-oh\/\">Congratulations Dr. Oh!<\/a><\/h4><p class=\"meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/lau-lab\/author\/sychong2\/\" title=\"Posts by sychong2\" rel=\"author\">sychong2<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2024-10-11T08:55:50-05:00<\/span><\/p><p>Huge congratulations on your PhD defense and welcome to the world of doctors, <strong>Myung Whan<\/strong>! Your perseverance and effort have led you to this well-deserved success!<\/p>\n<p>-March 22, 2024-<\/p>\n<\/div><\/article><\/section><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-929","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/lau-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/lau-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/lau-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/lau-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/lau-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=929"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/lau-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/929\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1843,"href":"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/lau-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/929\/revisions\/1843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/lau-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}