News

June, 2023

We welcome all summer interns: Amanda Leone (Columbia College), Kavya Batra (Columbia MA in biotechnology), Claire He (Columbia College), and Rafan Sarker (The Bronx High School of Science)!


May, 2023

Congratulations to MD. PhD. student Jake Gertie for passing his qualifying exam with flying colors!


January, 2023

PhD student Christine Wu (Microbiology & Immunology program) starts her rotation in the lab! Welcome Christine!


October 31, 2022

H. Chung lab goes on a hiking trip to Hudson Highlands State Park. We picked the perfect day. Fall foliage was beautiful!!


September, 2022

Nadia Karber (Columbia College) joins the lab as an undergraduate intern! Welcome Nadia!


September 12, 2022

The whole lab heads to Tappan Hill Mansion to attend the 2022 Microbiology & Immunology Department retreat!


August, 2022

MD. PhD. Student Jake A. Gertie joins the lab! Welcome Jake!


August, 2022

PhD student Tyler Dorrity gave a fantastic talk at the FASEB conference ‘RNA Associated Mechanisms Conference: In Immunity and Disease (Steamboat Springs, CO).’ Hachung spoke at the conference too!


June 1, 2022

Huge congrats to the lab for receiving an R01 from NINDS (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.


April 11, 2022

PhD student Lisa Yu begins her rotation with H. Chung Lab! Welcome, Lisa!


September 23, 2021

Hachung presents our on-going work at the Lupus 21st Century Conference in Tucson, Arizona!


September 20, 2021

PhD student Michael James starts his rotation in the lab! Welcome, Michael!


September 13, 2021

Tyler Dorrity wins poster award at the M&I Retreat. Congratulations, Tyler!


June 30, 2021

H. Chung lab’s new laboratory technician, Kenenni, joins the lab!


June, 2021

Columbia University MD-PhD student, Jake Gertie, starts his rotation in the lab! Welcome, Jake!


June, 2021

Columbia University undergraduate students Ava Rotondo and Amanda Leone begin their summer internships in the H.Chung Lab!


Spring, 2021

Rachel and Justin were accepted to multiple graduate programs! Rachel will attend The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory School of Biological Sciences and Justin will attend Harvard University. Both will be pursuing a PhD in Biology.


October 5, 2020

Hachung’s post-doc mentor Charles Rice wins the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his contributions to hepatitis C research!


August 10, 2020

Chung lab’s first post-doc Heegwon Shin joins the team!


July 1, 2020

Congratulations Tyler Dorrity for receiving the NIH T32 fellowship!


May 20, 2020

Justin Aruda graduates from Columbia College with Departmental Honors in Biological Sciences. Congratulations!


April 27, 2020

Congratulations Hachung for receiving the Searle Scholar Award!


September 9, 2019

Chung lab’s first graduate student Tyler Dorrity joins the team!


September 3, 2019

Justin Aruda, a Columbia College student, joins the lab as an undergraduate researcher!


June 24, 2019

Chung lab’s first technician Rachel Polfer joins the lab!


May 15, 2019

Congratulations Hachung for receiving the Junior Faculty Grant from Columbia University!


March 4, 2019

The Chung lab is officially open!!