Jeong lab:news archive

• Sungjoon received Chancellor’s Graduate Research Award from the UIC Graduate College. Congratulations! (Dec 2017) [1]
• Sungjoon's poster abstract submitted to 2017 Liver Meeting was selected as a Presidential Poster of Distinction. This is an honor given to the top 10% of scored abstracts. Sungjoon's poster is entitled: Commensal gut microbiota modulates susceptibility to acetaminophen-induced hepatotoxicity. (Oct 2017)
• Young was appointed Associate Head for Research in the Department of Pharmacy Practice. Young stepped down from the Director of Graduate Education position (August 2017)
• Young received a R01 entitled "Molecular basis of altered drug metabolism during pregnancy" from NICHD. This is a translational research project in collaboration with clinicians at Northwestern University and researchers at University of Washington at Seattle. (August 2017)
• Sungjoon Cho won 2nd place in podia competition at the 48th Pharmaceutics Graduate Student Research Meeting (PGSRM), hosted by the University of Michigan. Congratulations! (June 2017)
• Sungjoon Cho is a recipient of the Spring 2017 Provost Deiss Award. Congratulations! (April 2017) [2]
• Young received ASPET Drug Metabolism Early Career Achievement Award. (April 2017) [3]
• Young was appointed as the Director of Graduate Education at the College of Pharmacy. (Oct 2016)
• Miaoran Ning received AAPS Graduate Student Fellowship. Congratulations! [4](May 2016)
• Miaoran Ning received UIC Chancellor's Graduate Research Award. Congratulations! (January 2016)
• Young received Chicago Biomedical Consortium Catalyst Award to study roles of gut microbiota in drug toxicity and efficacy. This is a 2-year collaborative project with Dr. Eugene Chang at University of Chicago [5]. (December 2015)
• Jeong lab moved to Molecular Biology Research Building (MBRB), 900 S. Ashland Ave. (September 2015)
• Young received an R01 grant entitled "Molecular basis of interindividual variability in CYP2D6-mediated drug metabolism" from National Institute of General Medical Sciences. (July 2015)
• Young got appointed to the Editorial Advisory Board of Drug Metabolism and Disposition. (April 2015)
• Xian Pan won 3rd place at predoctoral student poster competition of ASPET Drug Metabolism Division, Experimental Biology 2015. Congratulations! (March 2015)
• Xian Pan won 2nd place at predoctoral student poster competition, UIC College of Pharmacy Research Day. Congratulations! (March 2014)
• Jin Kyung Lee won 3rd place at postdoctoral poster competition of ASPET Drug Metabolism Division, Experimental Biology 2013. Congratulations! (April 2013)
• Xian Pan won 3rd place at predoctoral student poster competition of ASPET Drug Metabolism Division, Experimental Biology 2013. Congratulations! (April 2013)
• Yan-Yan Zhang and Xian Pan received travelship awards from American Society of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics to attend Experimental Biology 2013 held in Boston. Congratulations! (February 2013)
• Jeong received a subcontract funding from Dr. Arun Ghosh's MERIT award for anti-HIV drug development. (September 2012)
• Jeong received a Just-In-Time funding from UIC Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences [6] to study CYP2D6 induction during pregnancy. (Jan 2012)
• Kwihye Koh won the 3rd place in postdoctoral poster competition at the International Society of Studies of Xenobiotics Annual Meeting. Her poster was entitled "17β-Estradiol (E2) enhances cytochrome P450 (CYP) 2B6 expression via cooperative actions of estrogen receptor (ER) and constitutive androstane receptor (CAR)." Congratulations! (October 2011)
• A collaborate R21 project entitled “Comprehensive studies of novel SNPs affecting Warfarin dose in African Americans” was funded by NHLBI. Jeong lab will characterize functional significance of the identified genetic variations. Dr. Minoli Perera at University of Chicago is the principal investigator of the grant. Other collaborator includes Dr. Larisa Cavallari. (July 2011)
• Jeong received an R01 grant from NICHD for a project entitled "Altered drug metabolism in pregnancy." (April 2011) [7]
• A collaborative contract with Dr. Michael Johnson in the Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology received a ~$14 million funding from Department of Defense. Jeong lab will perform preclinical characterization for potential antibiotic agents with activity against both Gram-positive (B. anthracis) and Gram-negative (F. tularensis and Y. pestis) CDC Category A bacterial pathogens (February 2011). [8]
• A collaborative project with Dr Michael Johnson in the Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology received an R56 one-year bridge funding. Jeong lab will perform preclinical characterization of lead compounds for development of anti-SARS agents. SARS virus was responsible for the 2002 outbreak that produced more than 8,400 confirmed infections with more than 800 reported deaths worldwide and enormous corollary economic damage. (August 2010)
• A collaborative project entitled “Functional and clinical significance of the CYP2C9*8 allele” was funded by American Heart Association. Dr. Larisa Cavallari is the principal investigator of the grant. (July 2010)
• Jeong received Valteich Research Award for a project entitled “induction of CYP2D6 expression in pregnancy.” (December 2009)
• Jeong was selected as a BIRCWH (Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health) scholar. BIRCWH is an NIH-funded training program sponsored by UIC National Center of Excellence in Women's Health and the UIC Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. (September 2008)
• Jeong received an R21 grant award from NICHD for a proposal entitled “Regulation of genes involved in hepatic drug elimination by female hormones.” (July, 2008)
• Jeong received a Frontier Award from American College of Clinical Pharmacy for a project entitled “Effects of female hormones on hepatic drug metabolism: clinical implication during pregnancy.” (October, 2007)