LAB TEAM

DR. JING YANG
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Research Topics
Germline Development, Embryonic Patterning, Primordial Germ Cells, Maternal Control, Oocyte-to-Embryo Transition, Signal Transduction
Education
BSc, Biochemistry, University of Sichuan, Sichuan, China
Ph.D, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Biography
Department of Biology, University of Sichuan, Sichuan, China (1988-1992)
Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (1992-1998)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Shanghai Institute of Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (1998-2000)
Postdoctoral Research Associate, HHMI, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine (2000-2004)
Assistant Professor, Center for Molecular and Human Genetics, Department of Pediatrics and the Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, the Ohio State University College of Medicine (2004-2011)
Associate Professor, Center for Molecular and Human Genetics, Department of Pediatrics and the Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, the Ohio State University College of Medicine (2011)
Associate Professor, Department of Comparative Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2011)
Professor, Department of Comparative Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2017)

DIVYANSHI
GRADUATE STUDENT
Department of Cell and Developmental Biology
Email: divyans2@illinois.edu

YIRAN ZHANG

KAVYA PANJRATH
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT
School of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Email: kpanj2@illinois.edu

SAMUEL HATLESTAD

HYOJEONG HWANG (Abby)
GRADUATE STUDENT
Department of Comparative Biosciences
Email: hh8@illinois.edu

ALEXANDRA WIERZBIAK
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT
School of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Email: awierz5@illinois.edu

AUSTIN T MAYFIELD
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT
School of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Email: atm4@illinois.edu

ELIZABETH A BORWICK
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT
School of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Email: borwick3@illinois.edu

EMAN M ZWAWI
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT
School of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Email: ezwawi@illinois.edu