Yuanyuan presents at the MASH and Fibrosis Keystone Conference in Banff

Congratulations to Dr. Yuanyuan Qin who's abstract entitled, "TMEM55B deficiency alters lysosomal fatty acid trafficking and induces MASH" was selected for an oral presentation on March 6, 2024 at the MASH and Fibrosis Keystone Conference in Banff, CA.

Marisa appointed as the Director of Lab Research for Oakland

 

Samina presents at the Bay Area Stanford Regenerative Medicine Conference

Huge congrats to Samina who was selected for an oral presentation of her SSRP project at the Bay Area Stanford Regenerative Medicine Conference for Students held on September 23, 2023. 

Medina lab receives new NIH award

The Medina received a 2-year R56 from the NIH entitled, "TMEM55B as a molecular determinant of NAFLD" based on the tremendous efforts by Yuanyuan and her students!

Eliza presents at the UCB/UCSF Metabolic Biology retreat

Congratulations to Eliza - who stimulated a very active discussion during the presentation of her thesis project at the UCB/UCSF Metabolic Biology Graduate Group retreat. Sept 11, 2023 Brazilian Room, Tilden Park

Congratulations to Samina and Samirah for completing the SSRP program

Wrapping up an intensive 9-week research project, Samina and Samirah presented their research projects at the annual SSRP symposium.

Welcome Samirah and Samina!

The Medina lab welcomes two summer students, Samirah and Samina, through the UCSF SSRP/CIRM SPARK program.

Marisa joins IHG

Marisa is officially a member of the UCSF Institute for Human Genetics faculty.

Welcome Yuqing (Eliza) Zhang!

Yuqing (Eliza) Zhang joins the Medina lab as the first Master's student through the UC Berkeley Metabolic Biology graduate group. https://nst.berkeley.edu/graduate-programs/metabolic-biology

Book chapter!

I'm pleased to announce the publication of "Cholesterol and PI(4,5)P2 in Vital Biological Functions: From Coexistence to Crosstalk" edited by Avia Rosenhouse-Dantsker. Yuanyuan and I contributed a chapter entitled, "Mechanism of the regulation of plasma cholesterol levels by PI(4,5)P2".