We are delighted to welcome Jingsong Huang, a PhD student from Nanjing Tech University, to the Hu Lab as a visiting PhD student. Jingsong will spend one year with us, from September 2026 to August 2027, carrying out part of his PhD research and joining our daily scientific discussions and lab activities. A visiting experience is not only about completing a research project, but also about exchanging ideas, learning from one another and discovering new ways of thinking about

August 2026 marks the beginning of a new chapter for the Hu Lab as nine Master’s students join our team. We are truly grateful that they have chosen to spend this important stage of their journey with us. Each of them brings a unique background, perspective and aspiration, and we look forward to learning from one another, supporting each other through both challenges and successes, and growing together as a team. We hope their time in the Hu Lab will be filled not only with m

A new semester brings new beginnings, new faces, and new energy to the Hu Lab. Today, we gathered again as a team to enjoy good food, good conversations, and some time together outside the lab. We are very happy to welcome our new members and excited to begin another semester together. Great science is built not only on ideas and hard work, but also on trust, teamwork, and mutual support. Looking forward to learning, growing, and achieving more together as one team!

We are delighted to welcome Tingyu to our Lab as a new PhD exchange student. Tingyu joins us from Prof. Shao Li’s group at Tsinghua University. He is a highly talented young researcher and will focus on dry-lab research during his stay with us. We are very excited to have him bring his talent, energy, and fresh perspectives to the lab. Welcome, Tingyu! We look forward to working together and making exciting progress over the next six months.

Hu Lab is delighted to welcome Ms. YANG Xiaoxun as our new Lab Manager. Xiaoxun brings over 10 years of experience at the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, where she has served as Research Assistant & Lab Manager. With deep expertise in day-to-day lab operations, organization, and team support. We are confident that Xiaoxun’s arrival will greatly benefit the lab, and we look forward to her dedication, high standards, and rigorous management as we cont

We are pleased to welcome Prof. Hui Wang , who joined our lab in December 2025 as a visiting scholar and new lab member. Prof. Wang is an early-career faculty researcher from Bengbu University, China . We’re excited to have her with us and look forward to the new perspectives and insights she brings to the team. Welcome, Prof. Wang!

We are delighted to announce that Junlan Wang has successfully progressed to an NUS PhD student in January 2026 , following 1.5 years of Master’s training in our lab ( enrolled Aug 2024; graduated Nov 2025 ). This PhD upgrade is a strong recognition of Junlan’s outstanding academic performance and dedication to research . Congratulations, Junlan—we look forward to your exciting PhD journey ahead!

We’re thrilled to welcome Li Shenhua and Huang Jishang to our lab as PhD exchange students from the Liu Lifeng Lab, Tongji University . Both students have been awarded China Scholarship Council (CSC) funding for a two-year exchange and will conduct research with us over the next two years. With strong clinical backgrounds , Shenhua and Jishang will bring valuable medical and translational perspectives to our programs—helping us bridge mechanistic discovery with real-wor

We’re delighted to welcome Cai Qingyuan as a new PhD student in our lab at NUS. Qingyuan completed his undergraduate studies at Franklin & Marshall College (USA) . He previously trained under A/Prof Sun Ji , who has returned to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital . Following this transition, Qingyuan has officially joined our group. Qingyuan’s research will focus on protein design , integrating computational modeling with experimental validation to engineer proteins with n

Today, 06 Sep 2025, Sunshine. To celebrate the start of the new semester of 2025-2026, our lab came together today for a city walk and...

A new semester, a new beginning, and… new faces in Hu Lab! This August, we are thrilled to welcome four bright Master’s students who just...

A huge congratulations to our new PhD student Syndey Xin Yu WONG for winning the LIJEN Industrial Development Medal for her outstanding...