Jiaying Zheng (Fiona) 郑嘉颖

Neuroscience PhD from Mayo Clinic; now postdoc in Neuroimmunology center at UThealth Houston

[Jiaying Zheng (Fiona) 郑嘉颖 @FionaJiaying]

I bet this opossum stole our PLX3397 chow 🤣

[Jiaying Zheng (Fiona) 郑嘉颖 @FionaJiaying]

So much fun! 😆😆😆

[Wu Lab at UTHealth @LongJun_Wu]

Wu lab celebrated an eventful and productive 2024! Moving the lab from @MayoClinic to @UTHealthHouston is not an easy task. So grateful to everyone for your tremendous efforts setting up the lab. Wish all the prosperous 2025! Merry Christmas and happy holidays!

[Jiaying Zheng (Fiona) 郑嘉颖 @FionaJiaying]

@LongJun_Wu @MDA_UTHGrad @KoichiHaruwaka @CNG_UTHealth Yay! 😃

[Wu Lab at UTHealth @LongJun_Wu]

I enjoy being a judge for 30th Neuroscience Poster Session at Texas Medical Center. @MDA_UTHGrad Such a vibrant neuroscience community & glia research here! The trainees are just amazing. Proud of @KoichiHaruwaka @FionaJiaying for best poster awards!@McGovernMed @CNG_UTHealth

[Jiaying Zheng (Fiona) 郑嘉颖 @FionaJiaying]

Congrats Dr Wang!!!

[Wu Lab at UTHealth @LongJun_Wu]

Such a pleasure to host Lingxiao @LWang357 PhD defense today @MayoGradSchool. Appreciate his leading efforts in our lab to study microglia and macrophage function in brain injury. Very proud to witness him to mature as a talented and outstanding scientist! Many congrats, Dr Wang!

[Wu Lab at UTHealth @LongJun_Wu]

The first official group photo of Wu lab @UTHealthHouston today! Beryl ruined our planned lab gathering, but we all stayed safe. Appreciate the diligence of members in Houston diligence setting up the new lab at our new Center for Neuroimmunology and Glial Biology @CNG_UTHealth.

[Wu Lab at UTHealth @LongJun_Wu]

Glad to share our study on board-associated macrophages (BAM) published @CellReports! The work was spearheaded by talented PhD student Lingxiao @LWang357 @MayoGradSchool We found CCR2+ monocytes are able to replenish resident BAMs when they were depleted or lost under diseases.

[Jiaying Zheng (Fiona) 郑嘉颖 @FionaJiaying]

@LongJun_Wu @ShunyiZhao_ Congrats!!! 🎉

[Wu Lab at UTHealth @LongJun_Wu]

Happy holidays! We enjoyed great time at the Wu lab Christmas party. Thanks Dale for the tremendous contribution in the past 6 years! Thanks @AbhijeetBarath @aastha_dheer for organizing the event!

[Wu Lab at UTHealth @LongJun_Wu]

Many congrats on Fiona’s excellent PhD defense today! She is so brave and talented, spearheading the completely new research direction on glioma research in the Wu lab. Thanks committee members @DrAaronJJohnson @Da_Mesquita_S, Dr Vile, Dr Scarisbrick for the tremendous support!

[Jiaying Zheng (Fiona) 郑嘉颖 @FionaJiaying]

@YangYangPhD @LongJun_Wu @MayoGradSchool @DoctorQMd @DrAaronJJohnson @MayoClinicNeuro Yes! Although this paper is more about infiltrating myeloid cells 🤣

[Jiaying Zheng (Fiona) 郑嘉颖 @FionaJiaying]

Also, if you’re at #SfN2023, you’re welcome to stop by broad D40 in the glioblastoma section on Tuesday (11/14) afternoon! 😆😆😆

[Jiaying Zheng (Fiona) 郑嘉颖 @FionaJiaying]

Super excited to share our new paper about TREM2 roles in glioma! Big thanks to my amazing team for their great support. And one step closer to finishing my PhD 😆

https://t.co/9WY6kXJVjv

@LongJun_Wu @MayoGradSchool @NeuroOnc

[Jiaying Zheng (Fiona) 郑嘉颖 @FionaJiaying]

@LWang357 Big thanks especially to you Lingxiao! You contributed so much in this manuscript! 😃

[Jiaying Zheng (Fiona) 郑嘉颖 @FionaJiaying]

Super excited to share our new paper about TREM2 roles in glioma! Big thanks to my amazing team for their great support. And one step closer to finishing my PhD 😆

https://t.co/9WY6kXJVjv

@LongJun_Wu @MayoGradSchool @NeuroOnc

[Jiaying Zheng (Fiona) 郑嘉颖 @FionaJiaying]

Congrats!!!

[Wu Lab at UTHealth @LongJun_Wu]

Great work from @aastha_dheer on microglial chemogenetics and seizures. Acute activation of microglia Gi signaling reduced seizures while chronic activation increased neuronal death.

[Jiaying Zheng (Fiona) 郑嘉颖 @FionaJiaying]

@emilynorton295 @Da_Mesquita_S @LongJun_Wu @MayoGradSchool Haha thank you Emily! 😎

[Jiaying Zheng (Fiona) 郑嘉颖 @FionaJiaying]

Thank you!!! :D

[Jiaying Zheng (Fiona) 郑嘉颖 @FionaJiaying]

I tried to emphasize that correlation does not imply causation in my last submission but the reviewers did not like it 🥲

[Jason Sheltzer @JSheltzer]

Let’s play a little game.

Let’s say that you’re the CSO at a cancer pharma company, and you have to choose a target to go after.

Here’s a gene – high expression is associated with poor prognosis in brain cancer. Looks like a good candidate for an inhibitor right?

[Jiaying Zheng (Fiona) 郑嘉颖 @FionaJiaying]

Congratulations @ShunyiZhao_ for your first authorship paper from Wu lab. As an almost 6th year PhD student I feel stressed about my papers 🌚

[Shunyi Zhao @ShunyiZhao_]

My paper about chemogenetic manipulation of CX3CR1+ cells is finally out @molpsychiatry! Big shout out to co-first @FionaJiaying and the team! Very grateful for all the support from my PhD mentor @LongJun_Wu!

Please check it out if you are interested!
👉 https://t.co/xEIjZaB93y

[Jiaying Zheng (Fiona) 郑嘉颖 @FionaJiaying]

😆Congrats!

[Wu Lab at UTHealth @LongJun_Wu]

Extremely excited that we are awarded 8-year NINDS R35 grant on how microglia sense and regulate neuronal activity! Truly appreciate the strong support @NINDSfunding! Grateful to all former and current lab members for tremendous contributions and tireless work in past 11 years!