Oct 2026

I am honored to receive the Early Career Research Excellence Award from the College of Human Medicine. I am grateful for this recognition and for the College’s encouragement and support of our research.

This achievement reflects the collective efforts and dedication of our team. My sincere thanks to all team members for your hard work, collaboration, and invaluable contributions. I look forward to building on this momentum as we continue our research journey and pursue new discoveries together!

Cheeers 🥂

Sep 2026

The Yi Lab received the ABTA Discovery Grant 🎉 to study how ecDNA transfer promotes cancer progression in glioblastoma. Kudos to Reagan for generating preliminary data and to Jaehong, who will continue leading the project!

Sep 2026

Noah gave a research talk at the IPSTP Retreat and won the oral presentation award! Great job!

Feb 2026

Congrats, Noah, on the COGS and the Graduate Travel Fellowship travel awards! With these supports, Noah will present his exciting research at the GRC meeting this March!

Feb 2026

Congrats Reagan on your research fellowship! Reagan will present her current research at the UURAF poster session in April! Come and ask Reagan about ecDNA!

Feb 2026

Congrats, Emmanuel, on the COGS and the Graduate Travel Fellowship travel awards! With these supports, Emmanuel will present his exciting research at the GRC meeting this March!

November 2025

The second research grant for our team is now official 🎉 Eunhee was selected as an awardee of the Victoria's Secret Global Fund for Women's Cancers Career Development Award, supported by the AACR, Victoria's Secret, and Pelotonia. Read the official announcement about our exciting ideas on tackling breast cancer!

June 2025

Congrats Noah on taking a seat in the prestigious IPSTP training program! This is a wonderful start and a testament to your potential! The team is so proud of you and excited to see all that you will accomplish through this opportunity!

Dec 23, 2024

We are thrilled to announce that our team has been awarded the Elsa U Pardee Cancer Research Grant! This grant will support our ongoing research on ecDNA's role in melanoma treatment resistance!

We'd like to extend our deepest Gratitude to the Elsa U Pardee Foundation for their support! We look forward to the discoveries ahead and to sharing our progress soon!

Check out the story here!

Summer 2024

Yay! In this summer, Eunhee completed a mentor training designed by the CIMER and supported by our BMS program 🎉

2024.04.09. Tue

Today is the 100 days of the Yi Lab! 🎉🎉🎉

And look at the new color of Eunhee's office!

It is newly painted with a very fun and lovely color called "Lively Yellow"!

The Yi Lab looks forward to working with all new incoming lab members 😍 throughout this summer, fall, and winter!

Stay tuned for the introduction of the new members!

Yi Laboratory website is launched today! More information for hiring will be posted soon!

Eunhee has accepted an offer and will join Michigan State University as a tenure-track assistant professor on January 1st, 2024!!