Aug 2026

Our first research paper from the Wang lab, a real milestone to celebrate. Led by our postdoc Dr. Chris Mellor.

Aug 2026

Our first attendance at this focused and rigorous conference on one-carbon metabolism in Washington DC. Many Cornell alumni in this field!

July 2026

Delighted to share our latest review published in Biomolecules on the role of aldehyde detoxification in genome integrity and cancer. Well done to graduate students Brandon and Emma for co-authoring this article.

July 2026

Nicholas Cheng, graduate student in our lab was awarded a T32 Fellowship in Translational Nutrition. This Fellowship will support Nicholas’ ongoing research into novel toxicities of endogenous formaldehyde and its link to metabolism and nutrition. Well done Nick!

May 2026

Meng visits his alma mater at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, where he completed his PhD and postdoc. Hosted by Dr. Julian Sale, Meng gave a seminar on using mass spectrometry to trace the origins of DNA damage.

May 2026

Meng attends the European Union Fanconi anaemia meeting at Gdansk, Poland. A fantastic gathering of clinicians, scientists, Fanconi anemia patients and families!

May 2026

Our undergraduate student Carla Hu was awarded Best Honor Thesis for her research in our lab. Congratulations Carla!

May 2026

Absolute pleasure to visit our collaborator Dr. Karen Yeary at Roswell Park, Buffalo. Thank you for hosting us and providing opportunity to present our research.

April 2026

Many congratulations to Sadie Azad, our research assistant, being awarded a PhD position at Cornell University. She will join our lab officially as a PhD student in August 2026!

April 2026

Fantastic opportunity to hear about the latest cancer research at AACR. Also had the chance to meet the other AACR awardees and hear about their exciting new research.

8 September 2025

A roadtrip to Rochester NY for the 2025 Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society Annual Meeting where we presented 3 posters on formaldehyde biology.

29 August 2025

Emma Kosmeder has officially joined the Wang lab to conduct her PhD. We celebrated by a Coating Ceremony organized by the vet school. Welcome Emma!

21 August 2025

The Wang lab has secured $2.07 million funding from the NIGMS MIRA R35 award. This award will ensure the stability of our lab in the coming years and propel our research upwards and forwards!

21 August 2025

Nicholas Cheng and Brandon James both passed their A exams (PhD candidacy exam) with flying colors. Our lab is blessed to have these two wonderful and dedicated PhD students.

18 August 2025

Check out this new review written by Chris Mellor, Elisabeth Larson and Meng Wang on the mechanisms of genome instability arising from folate deficiency published in the Journal of Cell Biology.

13 June 2025

Brandon and Meng represent the Wang lab at the European Hematology Association 2025 Congress in Milan, Italy. Great to catch up with European colleagues and present our latest work.

01 June 2025

Fantastic meeting to hear the pioneers in the field and a great opportunity to showcase the latest work from our lab. Amazing running routes with close encounters with horseshoe crabs!

23 May 2025

Saeideh Azad, our undergraduate researcher graduated today from Cornell University. Many congratulations and thank you Saeideh for all your hardwork. Saeideh will be staying on in our lab this coming year as a research assistant before applying to grad school.

9 May 2025

Jessie Ye successfully completed her Honor Thesis research in our lab and will be graduating this year from Cornell University. Jessie will pursue her next career goal in applying to medical school! We wish her all the best!

27 April 2025

Attended the AACR 2025 meeting in Chicago. It was a pleasure to meet colleagues, trainees, my funders (AACR, FCF, St. Baldrick’s) and make many new connections.

09 April 2025

We are celebrating Monika Singh’s success at securing a PhD position at University of Rochester starting this Fall 2025!

18 March 2025

Hosted by Dr. Jannell Bazurto, an expert on methylotrophic bacteria. Lots of formaldehyde biology to learn from each other when comparing microbial versus mammalian formaldehyde biology.

28 February 2025

An absolute delight to speak at the Clinical Research Scholar Seminar at The Rockefeller University, hosted by Dr. Agata Smogorzewska.

18 February 2025

We have been awarded the 2025 Multidisciplinary Seed Grants in Immunology from Cornell Center for Immunology with Dr. Sarah Caddy, to study the impact of formaldehyde on viral infection outcomes. Very excited to take our research in a novel direction!