Welcome to the Hao Lab at GW!
Our research area
Our scientific mission is to develop and apply mass spectrometry (MS)-based bioanalytical technologies to advance human health.
We strive to promote a collaborative, inclusive, productive, rigorous, and joyful lab culture.
Research Goals:
1. We develop novel and improved mass spectrometry-based analytical chemistry methods to study proteins, peptides, metabolites, and lipids in human induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) and iPSC-derived neurons.
2. We implement multidisciplinary approaches (proteomics, metabolomics, lipidomics, bioinformatics, cell biology, neuroscience, etc.) through collaborative efforts in iPSC-derived neurons, mouse models, and clinical human subjects to study the lysosomal and mitochondrial dysfunctions of brain diseases.
#MassSpectrometry #AnalyticalChemistry #Proteomics #Metabolomics # Lipidomics
#Neuroscience #Stem cells #Lysosome #Mitochondrion
RECENT NEWS:
(Twitter: @HaoLab_GWU)
- 2024 US HUPO Conference in Portland was a blast with oral and poster presentations from the Hao Lab members. Congrats to Ashley and Haorong for their travel award and poster award!
- Noah Smeriglio, a 2nd year grad student, presented a fantastic talk on our ContamSPOT method at the Washington-Baltimore MS discussion group meeting!
- Hao Lab members attended the 2023 ASMS conference in Houston with 5 posters and 1 talk.
- Congratulations to Ashley Frankenfield on receiving the prestigious ASMS Graduate Student Travel Award!
- Hao Lab members presented at the 2023 US HUPO (Human Proteome Organization) Conference in Chicago this week! Ashley presented lightning talk and a poster. Haorong presented a poster. Dr. Hao gave a talk.
- New Grant in the House! Hao lab just received a five year NSF CAREER Award to support the study of neuronal mitochondrial dynamics using mass spectrometry!
- Congratulations to Dr. Hao on receiving the Cottrell Scholar Award!
- Congrats to Dr. Hao on being selected as the 2022 Rising Star Award from the Human Proteome Organization (HUPO) World Congress!
- Congrats to Ashley Frankenfield on being selected as a 2022-2023 Bill & Marilynn Sweetser Named Scholar of the Metropolitan Washington Chapter of Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (MWC/ARCS) Foundation!
- Congrats to Haorong Li on winning the Young Investigator Travel Award (1st place) and presenting at the Washington-Baltimore MS Discussion group meeting!
- Hao Lab members attended the 70th ASMS Conference in Minneapolis!
- Congrats to Mustafa Ahmed on winning the ASMS Undergraduate Travel Award as one of the 5 awardees in 2022!
- Hao Lab members attended the first in-person conference, the 69th ASMS Conference in Philadelphia!
- Congratulations to Haorong Li (2nd year PhD student) on his recent publication being featured on the journal cover of JASMS!
- Congratulations to Ashley Frankenfield (2nd year PhD student in the Hao Lab) on receiving a prestigious 2021-2022 ARCS Scholarship!
- Dr. Hao is guest editing a special Methods Collection in JOVE (Journal of Visualized Experiment) on ” Understanding the Central Nervous System by Mass Spectrometry”
- Hao Lab received a 5-year NIH R01 grant ($2Million) to support the research in “Developing Mass Spectrometry Strategies to Decipher the Dynamic Lysosomal Dysfunctions in Frontotemporal Dementia” !
- Hao Lab members presented at the virtual US HUPO (Human Proteome Organization) Annual Conference
- Hao lab’s first research manuscript is published in Analytical Chemistry! Congrats to the first author Ashley (2nd year PhD) and all other coauthors!
- Dr. Hao received the Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Award as one of 35 awardees from 127 ORAU member institutions nationwide!
WE ARE HIRING !
If you are interested in joining our lab as graduate/undergraduate/visiting students or
postdoc fellows, please check our OPENING page for details!
