Updates & Fun

End of August Lab Photo

The lab's summer intern Hailie presenting their summer research project!

Congratulations to graduate student Brian Wauford who passed his qualifying exam to officially become a PhD candidate in the UMass Chan Medical School Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.

Dr. Fu was invited to speak at Harvard Medical School's Department of Metabolism Symposium. 

Pizza party at Lake Park to say farewell & best wishes to lab tech Hannah who moved on to an industry job. 

Gabriel Cruz Fernandez was a 2023 Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) student in Accalia Fu’s lab.  He presented a poster at a SURP Symposium about the metabolic interactions between beta cells and macrophages.  Dr. Fu was one of the poster judges at the event that concluded their ten-week program.  

Lab outing to celebrate the New Year with dinner at the Mercantile downtown Worcester

Tissue culture room is ready for action and welcome Hannah who unlocked the lab's next level - fully stocked shelves!