Lab News

Congratulations to the Yue Lab for the new publication at Pharmaceutics. It was published on 12/31/2023, a great new year gift to the Yue lab. Check the paper at https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4923/16/1/63

Dr. John Powell gave 2 poster presentations at the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Annual Meeting at Orlando, FL Oct. 24, 2023. 

Dr. Vishakha Tambi gave her poster presentation at the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Annual Meeting at Orlando, FL Oct. 23, 2023. 

Welcome GPiBS student Sergio Vazquez Gomez to join the Yue Lab for his second lab rotation Sept. 25-Nov. 3d, 2023

Welcome GPiBS student Cooper McKinney to join the Yue Lab for his first lab rotation Aug. 14-Sept. 22, 2023. 

The Yue Lab July 2023 summer outing~ Congratulations to Drs. Powell and Tambe for submitting 3 abstracts to the AAPS/PharmSci 360 Annual meeting at Orlando, FL in Oct. We could not wait to take a break and escape from the laboratory. With brains of three PhD and one PhD-to-be, the Yue Lab succeeded in Prison Break

Congratulations to Dr. John Powell for receiving the Research Conference and Workshop Travel Award ($1000) from OUHSC Stephenson Cancer Center to present research at the 2023 AAPS/PharmSci 360 Annual meeting in Oct. 2023 at Orlando, FL 

Congratulations to Dr. Ruhul Kayesh for successful defense of his PhD on April 26, 2023 and starting his Fellowship position at the US FDA Pediatric Pharmacometrics & Clinical Pharmacology on May 16, 2023! 

Welcome Pascaline Niyonshuti for formally joining the Yue Lab!

March 2023-Yue Lab Luncheon at Vast. Welcome three new lab members, Vishakha, John and Pascaline, and celebrate another first-authored publication of Ruhul. We drew greeting cards written by lab members blindly. With a 1/25 (4%) probability, Ruhul drew the same card written by himself, twice! 

GPiBS student Pascaline Niyonshuti joined the Yue lab for her 4th lab rotation (Jan. 9-Feb. 17, 2023), welcome Pascaline! 

New postdoctoral fellow Dr. John Powell joined the Yue lab in March 2023. Welcome on board John

Congratulations Ruhul for the first-authored publication at Pharmaceutics 2023, 15(3), 1020. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36986880/ 

New postdoctoral fellow Dr. Vishakha Tambe joined the Yue lab in Dec. 2022. Welcome on board Vishakha! 

Welcome GPiBS student Alyssa Wheeler who joined the Yue Lab for her 3rd lab rotation Nov. 7-Dec. 16, 2022!

Dr. Wei Yue received NIH R01 award "Regulation of OATP1B1 and OATP1B3 by lysine acetylation and lysine deacetylase inhibitors" (Sept. 1st, 2022-June 30, 2026, total award $1,160,000). Find details at NIH RePORTER

Dr. Wei Yue received PHF award "Regulation of OATP1B1 and OATP1B3 by lysine acetylation and lysine deacetylase inhibitors" (July 1st, 2022-June 30, 2023). 

Dr. Wei Yue received OU College of Pharmacy Seed Grant Award "Lysine Acetylation: A novel mechanism governing organic anion transporting polypeptides OATP1B1- and OATP1B3-mediated transport" (Aug. 1st, 2021-July 30, 2022). 

May 2022-Congratulations Ruhul for the distinguished E Blanche Sommers Scholarship Award ($2,500)-Outstanding Graduate Student in Pharmaceutical Sciences! 


November 2019-Ruhul presented his research at the AAPS conference at San Diego. A memorable in person meeting right before the pandemic! 


April 2019-Congratulations Alex for the John Bruce Scholarship Award ($5,000)-Outstanding Graduate Student in Pharmaceutical Sciences, O. Ray Kling Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Leadership Award at Graduate College ($1000), and Outstanding Senior Leadership Award of OUHSC ($250)! 

April 2018-A nice reunion of current and former graduate students and postdoctoral fellow at the AAPS Transport Workshop in DC. 

April 2015-Yue Lab at the AAPS Transport Workshop, Baltimore. Congratulations Taleah for receiving the conference travel award!

July 2015-Celebration of Taleah successful passing her general exam and became a PhD candidate!

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July 2014-Khondoker received a special bowling pin as a gift to celebrate his successful passing general exam and becoming a PhD candidate. Congratulations! Farewell to lab members Alaa and John for their new journey to US FDA and Yale graduate school, respectively, and to Summer SURE program student Molly as she returned to Carnegie Mellon University! Wish you all a bright future!