Our lab uses hematopoietic stem cells as a model to study stem cell coordination, regulation, and malfunction from a single cell perspective.
Joined September 2022
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Jun 2
Just defended! Walked in Mrs. Vergel Snodgrass, walked out Dr. Vergel Snodgrass! 🎓🎉@USCPIBBS @USCStemCell
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May 18
Huge milestone for the lab today as 3 more PhDs officially got hooded! 🎓 Bittersweet to see them go, but so excited for their next chapters. Best of luck, Doctors! @USCPIBBS @USCStemCell @KECKSchool_USC #FightOn ✌️
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May 13
Is there a doctor on the plane? Yes, but he’s the kind that can explain the correlation of cellular pathways rather than perform surgery. Congratulations to our newest PhD, Dr. Zachary Thomas! 🎓 @USCViterbi @USCStemCell @USC #fighton ✌️
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Feb 3
A bit late but big news in the Lu Lab! 🥳 We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Rong Lu has been promoted to Full Professor. Thank you for being an inspiration to us all and for showing us what’s possible with hard work and passion. Time to celebrate! 🥂✨ #USCStemCell #USC
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10 Dec 2025
Happy holidays from the Lu Lab! 🎄 Also, our Up inspired gingerbread house won our building gingerbread contest this year! #uscstemcell #uscksom #uscpibbs
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18 Sep 2025
Congratulations to Danica Gonzalez (MCDB ’26) for receiving a USC Provost’s Undergraduate Research Fellowship! 🌟 #uscstemcell #ronglulab #usc #fighton
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2 Jul 2025
Big congratulations to Sara Lydon (@fin_34_), a 2nd-year PhD student in @uscbme, for being awarded a NIH T32 Fellowship in Developmental Biology, Stem Cells, and Regeneration! An exciting step forward in a promising research journey! @USCStemCell #fighton @KeckMedicineUSC @USC
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27 Feb 2025
Big congratulations to Zack on receiving the F31 for his project, Investigating the Heterogeneous Intercellular Signaling of Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cells and its Changes around the Circadian Clock! 🏆🔬 #usckeck #Hematopoiesis #uscstemcell #uscviterbi
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7 Dec 2024
Happy holidays from the Lu Lab! 🎄🎅🏻❄️ #happyholidays #TisTheSeason #uscstemcell #FightOn #thermofisher #iaspireto
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Rong Lu Lab retweeted
24 Oct 2024
Did we find the fountain of youth (for the immune system)? ⛲️
@USCStemCell scientist Rong Lu and her collaborators point the finger at a small subset of blood stem cells that keep immune systems youthful and effective in warding off age-related diseases. stemcell.keck.usc.edu/the-se…
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23 Oct 2024
Our study looking at how the immune system keeps its youth has aged beautifully over the years, but it’s finally out! Congrats to our Senior Scientist, Dr. Nogalska! #USCStemcell #immuneaging #hematopoieticstemcells #keckschoolofmedicine
stemcell.keck.usc.edu/the-se…
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8 Oct 2024
Excited to share that with the @ElowitzLab at @Caltech we’ve been awarded the NIH Director’s Transformative Research Award! We’ll use MEMOIR technology to study blood cell production in bone marrow, potentially improving patient treatments. 🧬🩸 #USCStemcell #StemCellResearch
8 Oct 2024
USC’s Rong Lu and Caltech’s Michael B. Elowitz win the NIH Director’s Transformative Research Award for their new approach to study blood and immune cell production in bone marrow. stemcell.keck.usc.edu/uscs-r… @USCStemCell @KeckSchool_USC @NIH_CommonFund #NIHHighRisk
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11 Sep 2024
Did you know the bone marrow is roughly 4% of your body weight? If you want to learn more interesting facts about the bone marrow come join our lab! Rong just gave her intro presentation to the new @USCPIBBS students. We are actively looking for motivated grad students!
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26 Aug 2024
Excited to share a new pre-print from our lab about a new way to examine intercellular signaling in the mouse bone marrow. Congrats to Zach and all the other authors! biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/… #USCstemcell #USCksom #USCViterbi #USCPIBBS #intercellularsignaling #hematopoiesis
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Rong Lu Lab retweeted
27 Mar 2024
📢 @USCStemCell welcomes a new leader, renowned physician-scientist Chuck Murry, MD, PhD. A #StemCell innovator focusing on repairing the heart, Murry brings expertise in translating biomedical science to the clinic. Learn more 👇 keck.usc.edu/news/usc-stem-c…
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27 Jan 2024
Check out our exciting new paper on how gene expression can regulate blood production across individual HSCs! And congrats to all the authors on their hard work!
science.org/doi/10.1126/scia…
#uscstemcell #usckecksom #uscpibbs #bloodproduction #stemcellresearch #scienceadvances
26 Jan 2024
As people age or become ill, their immune systems can become exhausted and less capable of fighting viruses. In a new study in @ScienceAdvances, @USCStemCell researchers from @RongLuLab describe how gene activity could enhance immune cell production. stemcell.keck.usc.edu/study-…
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11 Jan 2024
This past weekend our lab celebrated its 10th anniversary at Big Bear Lake. It was wonderful seeing some of our lab alumni again and hearing about their exciting life updates! #uscstemcell #ronglulab #uscksom
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19 Oct 2023
The Rong Lu Lab participating in the 16th Annual @ShakeOut Earthquake Drill. #uscstemcell
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Rong Lu Lab retweeted
11 Sep 2023
USC's Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine (stemcell.keck.usc.edu/) is recruiting outstanding tenured faculty in the broad areas of developmental and stem cell biology and regenerative medicine. To apply, visit usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-a…
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9 Aug 2023
Hear Dr. Lu give a quick summary on our lab’s unique research and it’s potential applications in other research fields.
Clonal Tracking Using Lentiviral Barcoding and High Throughput Sequencing youtu.be/sbBBtIEaPS8 via @YouTube
#aha #bcvs2023 #uscstemcell #kecksom
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