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Yang Lab

THE YANG LABORATORY
Division of Biology
Kansas State University
317 Ackert Hall (Office)
411 Ackert Hall (Lab)

Phone (lab): 785-532-6152
phone(office):785-532-3062
Email:zyang@ksu.edu 

WELCOME TO THE YANG LAB

The Yang Lab studies virus, the most abundant organism on earth. Viruses infect all cellular life and they are the best cell biologists. Many viruses cause deadly diseases in humans, other animals, and plants. We are particularly interested in poxviruses. Poxviruses comprise a large family of viruses with large, linear DNA genomes. Smallpox, the deadliest viral disease in human history, is caused by variola, a member of poxviruses. Poxviruses also cause many other currently endemic human and animal diseases, for example, monkeypox, cowpox, and Molluscum contagiosum. Poxviruses are becoming more widely developed to prevent or treat many infectious diseases and cancers.

 

2019 lab lunch  

Lab Lunch to celebrate the graduation of Pragyesh and Marlene (May 2019)

 

 

 

 

  

 

Recent lab news

The Yang Lab is now on Twitter! @yang_zhilong

April 2021

Anil Pant, doctoral candidate in biology, Nepal, was awarded the $17,600 Alvin and RosaLee Sarachek Predoctoral Honors Fellowship in Molecular Biology. Congratulations, Dr. Pant!

March 2021

Congratulations to Anil for a successful dissertation defense! We look forward to your greater contibutions to science, Dr. Pant!

Candy Hernandez passed her prelim exam. Congrats to Ph.D. candidate Candy!

Congratulations to Lara for winning the 2nd place at K-State’s 2021 Three Minute Thesis competition. Great job, Lara!

January 2021

Our manuscript 'Viral Growth Factor and STAT3 Signaling-Dependent Elevation of the TCA Cycle Intermediate levels During Vaccinia Virus Infection' has been provisionally accepted for publication in PLOS Pathogens. Congratualtions to Anil, Lara, Shuai, and Chen!

November 2020

Congratulations to Josh Spradlin and Lake Winter for winning the Johnson Cancer Research Center Cancer Research Awards!


August 2020

Our manuscript entitled "Poxvirus-encoded decapping enzymes promote selective translation of viral mRNAs" was accepted for publication in PLOS Pathogens. Congrats to Fred, Shuai, Candy, Pragyesh, and Josh Spradlin!