Our lab uses hematopoietic stem cells as a model to study stem cell coordination, regulation, and malfunction from a single cell perspective.

Los Angeles, CA
Joined September 2022
Just defended! Walked in Mrs. Vergel Snodgrass, walked out Dr. Vergel Snodgrass! 🎓🎉@USCPIBBS @USCStemCell
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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 ✌️ – at Los Angeles, CA
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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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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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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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Congratulations to Danica Gonzalez (MCDB ’26) for receiving a USC Provost’s Undergraduate Research Fellowship! 🌟 #uscstemcell #ronglulab #usc #fighton
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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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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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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
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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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📢 @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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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 – at Los Angeles, CA
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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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 – at Big Bear Lake, CA
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The Rong Lu Lab participating in the 16th Annual @ShakeOut Earthquake Drill. #uscstemcell
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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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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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