Wu Lab
Awards and Honors for the Wu Lab
Jian-Qiu Wu
- 2009-2026 R01 grants from the National Institutes of Health
- 2013-present American Cancer Society Research Scholar
- 2020 Excellence in Undergraduate Research Mentoring Award
- 2019 Sanford Goldston Memorial Research Award from Ohio Cancer Research
- 2009-2011 Basil O’Connor Starter Scholar Research Award from March of Dimes
Graduate Student Valerie Coffman:
- First-author JCB paper on formins was selected to be highlighted by J. Cell Biology "In Focus" in 2013 at http://jcb.rupress.org/content/203/1/3.full
- Awarded one-year Elizabeth Clay Howald Presidential Fellowship. Only two out of ~10,000 OSU graduate students receive this award each year.
- Awarded 2nd place for a seminar presented at the Falkenthal Graduate Student Colloquium in the Department of Molecular Genetics at OSU.
- American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) Pre-doctoral Travel Award to attend the ASCB Annual Meeting in Denver, CO and Valerie was featured in the JANUARY/FEBRUARY ASCB NEWSLETTER.
- First-author JCB paper was selected to be highlighted by J. Cell Biology "In Focus" in 2011 at http://jcb.rupress.org/content/195/4/539.full
- Co-author paper was selected to be highlighted by J. Cell Biology JCB at: http://jcb.rupress.org/content/192/6/902.2.full
- Awarded 1st place for a seminar presented at the Falkenthal Graduate Student Colloquium in the Department of Molecular Genetics at OSU.
- Awarded two-year pre-doctoral Fellowship from the American Heart Association, Great Rivers Affiliate. Amount: $46,000 plus tuition remission.
- First-author MBoC paper was chosen by the Editor-in-Chief of Molecular Biology of the Cell to appear as an InCytes from MBC selection in the ASCB Newsletter
- Berl Oakley Travel Award to attend the Plant and Fungal Cytoskeleton Conference at Lucca (Barga), Italy.
Graduate Student I-Ju Lee:
- A best poster award at the Molecular Life Sciences Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs Symposium.
- Awarded a two-year Pelotonia Graduate Fellowship. Amount: $54,000 plus tuition remission.
- American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) Pre-doctoral Travel Award to attend the ASCB Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA.
- Selected to give an oral presentation at the Hayes Graduate Research Forum.
Graduate Student Ning Wang:
- The Ohio State University Presidential Fellowship.
- First-author MBoC paper was chosen by the MBoC Editorial Board for Highlights. It appeared in the ASCB Newsletter at http://www.ascb.org/newsletters/2015/Jan-Feb/files/assets/basic-html/page51.html
- First-author JCB paper was selected to be highlighted by J. Cell Biology at: http://jcb.rupress.org/content/205/3/284.2.full
- Graduate Teaching Award.
- American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) Graduate Travel Award to attend the ASCB Annual Meeting in New Orleans.
- Selected to give an oral presentation at the Hayes Graduate Research Forum.
- Berl Oakley Travel Award to attend the American Society for Cell Biology annual meeting in San Francisco, CA.
- Awarded 2nd place for a seminar presented at the Falkenthal Graduate Student Colloquium in the Department of Molecular Genetics at OSU.
- Awarded a university fellowship.
Graduate Student Yihua Zhu:
- Awarded 1st place for a seminar presented at the Falkenthal Graduate Student Colloquium in the Department of Molecular Genetics at OSU.
- Awarded a two-year Pelotonia Graduate Fellowship.
- Awarded 1st place again for a seminar presented at the Falkenthal Graduate Student Colloquium in the Department of Molecular Genetics at OSU.
- Berl Oakley Travel Award to attend the American Society for Cell Biology annual meeting in San Francisco, CA.
Graduate Student Reshma Davidson:
- Second place award for an oral presentation at the Molecular Life Sciences Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs Symposium in 2015.
- Finished in 2nd place for the oral presentation at the 2014 Hayes Graduate Research Forum.
- Second place award for an oral presentation at the Molecular Life Sciences Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs Symposium in 2014.
- Second place award for an oral presentation at the Molecular Life Sciences Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs Symposium in 2013.
Graduate Student Yajun Liu:
- Awarded a two-year Pelotonia Graduate Fellowship.
- Won 1st place in oral presentation at the Molecular Life Sciences Graduate Programs Symposium
- Won 2nd place in poster presentation at the Molecular Life Sciences Graduate Programs Symposium
- American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) Travel Award
- Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Program Travel Grant
Undergraduate Student Katherine Zhang:
- Pelotonia Undergraduate Fellowship
- OSU STEP (Second-year Transformational Experience Program) Award
- Jim Hopper Memorial Undergraduate Research Award (declined due to overlap with Pelotonia)
- Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program (URAP) Fellowship
- Undergraduate Research Scholarship from Arts and Sciences Honors Program
- Edward G. Mayers Scholarship
- Bertram Thomas Memorial Fund Scholarship from Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Oral presentation at The Consortium Research Symposium
- Poster presentation at Mol. Gen. Open House
- Poster presentation at the Pelotonia symposium
Undergraduate Student Evelyn Goodyear:
- Publish a coauthor paper in Molecular Biology of the Cell
(https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34910579/) - Pelotonia Undergraduate Fellowship
- Poster presentations at OSU Undergraduate Research Festivals
- Poster presentation at the Pelotonia symposium
- Mayers Summer Research Fellowship
- Undergraduate Research Scholarship from OSU Arts and Sciences Honors program
- Currently attending the OSU Medical School.
Undergraduate Student Miguel Disbennett (co-mentored with Dr. Ruben Petreaca):
- Pelotonia Undergraduate Fellowship
- Successfully defended an honors thesis
- Attended the Postbac program at University of Michigan
- Co-authored a paper published in MDPI journal Methods Protocols
- Poster presentation at the Pelotonia symposium
- Currently attending the Perelman School of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania
Undergraduate Student Shelby Naegele:
- Pelotonia Undergraduate Fellowship
- A coauthor paper published in the journal Cell Reports
(https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30840879/) - Presented a poster at Denman Research Forum at OSU
- Currently attending the Medical school at Marshall University
Undergraduate Student Alexandra Russell:
- A coauthor paper published in the journal Molecular Biology of the Cell
(https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32432970/) - Successfully defended an honors thesis
- Poster presentation at OSU Undergraduate Research Festival
- Undergraduate Research Scholarship from OSU Arts and Sciences Honors program
- Presented a poster at Plant and Microbial Cytoskeleton Gordon Research Conference August 12-17, 2018 at Proctor Academy, Andover, NH.
Undergraduate Student Tiffany Ko:
- Jim Hopper Memorial Undergraduate Research Fellowship
Undergraduate Student Joanne Hyun:
- A $2,500 Undergraduate Research Scholarship from College of Arts and Sciences Honors program in 2015.
- A $12,000 Pelotonia Undergraduate Fellowship (final amount reduced due to other awards) in 2015.
- A $3,500 Mayers Summer Undergraduate Research Scholarship in 2015.
Undergraduate Student Cally McGee:
- Pelotonia Undergraduate Fellowship in 2012. Amount: $12,000.
- Selected but declined to be a 2012 Summer Research Fellow funded through the Undergraduate Research Office at OSU.
- Selected as a member of the NSF funded REU program at OSU.
Undergraduate Student Vitaliy Rotenberg:
- Mayers Research Scholarship in the Natural & Mathematical Sciences at OSU in 2011.
Undergraduate Student Kersey Schott:
- RUMBA (Research for Undergraduates: adventures in Mathematical Biology and its Applications) fellow.
Undergraduate Student Natalia Kravtsova:
- RUMBA (Research for Undergraduates: adventures in Mathematical Biology and its Applications) fellow.