Lab News

2019

Jul 02, 2019: Our book "Cell-Free Synthetic Biology" is published now.

May 02, 2019: An interview article from SynBioBeta is online now: Biology Unlocked: Emerging Applications of Cell-Free Systems. Please enjoy it!

Feb. 05, 2019: Happy Chinese New Year!

2018

Nov. 06, 2018: Welcome Eunhee Cho from Imperial College London joining us!

Nov. 01, 2018: Chen Wang and Xin Pu have started their graduation thesis training. Welcome!

Jul. 06, 2018: Dong Liu won the Tsinghua Outstanding Thesis Award. Congrats!

Jun. 04, 2018: Our research MTP (Massive Transformative Purpose) has been changed to "Crafting the Ultimate Artificial Life for Human Benefit".

May 09, 2018: Our paper "Virus-like particle engineering: From rational design to versatile applications" has been selected as a Front Cover Article of Biotechnology Journal.

May 09, 2018: Our co-author paper "Nutritional and medicinal characteristics of Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus) for applications in healthcare industry by artificial cultivation: A review" has been selected as a Front Cover Article of Food Science and Human Wellness.

Mar. 19, 2018: "Cell-free Synthetic Biology Database" website founded by us is online now.

Feb. 16, 2018: Happy Chinese New Year!

Jan. 08, 2018: Dong Liu and Zhou Cao have started their graduation thesis training. Welcome and good luck!

Jan. 01, 2018: Happy New Year!

2017

Oct. 14, 2017: Prof. Lu won the HOU Debang Chemical Science and Technology Youth Award.

Aug. 21, 2017: Shengnan Ma and Qi Sun have joined the group! Welcome!

Jul. 04, 2017: Welcome international visiting graduate students: Damian Paterno from The University of Melbourne and George Booth from Imperial College London!

Jul. 03, 2017: Cheng Zhang and Xiaomei Lin both won the Outstanding Thesis Award. Congrats! Wish you have a wonderful future!

Jun. 21, 2017: Our two co-author papers about the applications of heparins on the treatment of inflammatory disorders, pulmonary injury and fibrosis have been published on Carbohydrate Polymers.

May 11, 2017: Prof. Lu won the Best Presentation Award in the Biochemical Engineering Young Scholar Forum, Xuzhou, China.

May 05, 2017: Peng Zhang has joined the group! Welcome!

Apr. 20, 2017: Prof. Lu has been selected as the Guest Editor for the "Cell-free Synthetic Biology" Special Issue of the Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology journal. Please click here for details.

Apr. 06, 2017: Dong Liu, Yuhao Li, Zhongbo Li, Jianning Liu and Haoran Yang have joined the group for Student Research Training! Welcome!

Mar. 04, 2017: Our invited Review paper "Cell-free synthetic biology: Engineering in an open world" is online now!

Jan. 28, 2017: Happy Chinese New Year!

2016

Nov. 20, 2016: Xuanwei Ding, Xiaomei Lin, Cheng Zhang and Yunze Sun have joined the group! Welcome!

Oct. 23, 2016: Prof. Lu won a Young Scholar Award at ICMS 2016, Shanghai, China. Congratulations!

Sep. 01, 2016: The Lu lab has officially opened its doors for business.