July 2026- We are so excited to announce that Mary Turner has joined our lab as a graduate student. Welcome to the team, Mary!

July 2026- We are so excited to announce that Yesica Landaverde Rodriguez has joined our lab as a graduate student. Welcome to the team, Yesica!

June 2026- We are excited to welcome Raelyn (Rae) Begay to the team. Rae joins the lab as a Professional Research Assistant (PRA), and we are happy to have her on board.

June 2026-We are excited to have Jayna Baker joining the lab as an undergraduate researcher. Welcome, Jayna!

June 2026- We are pleased to welcome Sara Vanegas Ramirez to the lab this summer as an N-CORE research intern. 

April 2026- Yunsik is named a Searle Scholar. This program supports independent research projects of outstanding early-career scientists in the biomedical sciences and chemistry, providing funding to further the lab goals.
https://searlescholars.org/yunsik-kang/

July 2025- Welcome Katelyn Bond, our new Professional Research Assistant (PRA)!

June 2025- Yunsik is named a Boettcher Investigator and receives the prestigious Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Award. This grant supports promising early-career scientists in Colorado.
https://boettcherfoundation.org/boettcher-foundation-awards-1-75-million-to-colorados-leading-biomedical-researchers/

May 2025- Yunsik’s postdoctoral work on the structural basis of lipid transfer by a bridge-like lipid-transfer protein is published.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40269155/

February 2025– Our NINDS R00 grant is funded!

November 2024- The lab welcomes Joel Bonilla, who joins the team as a Senior Professional Research Assistant (PRA).

August 2024- The Kang Lab officially opens its doors at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.