Lu Wang_Northwestern U

Assistant Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics, Northwestern University

[Shilatifard Lab @ShilatifardLab]

For 15+ years, our work has shown that histone-modifying enzymes do more than just their catalytic jobs. They also have important non-catalytic roles. Dr. Zibo Zhao just published a great review on COMPASS family enhancer monomethylases and discusses how their loss creates new druggable vulnerabilities. https://t.co/VBHYgAFJZo Her findings are now in the clinic for treatment of cancers bearing MLL3/4-COMPASS mutations Fingers crossed! @NU_BMG_SQE @NUFeinbergMed @theNASciences @theNAMedicine @CellPressNews @ScienceMagazine @Nature @NatureCancer @MolecularCell @zhao_zibo

[Leonidas Platanias, MD @LeonidasPlatan1]

Really pleased to announce that Dr. Anish Thomas from the NCI -here at AACR 2026- will be joining the @LurieCancer Center as Medical Director of our Lung Cancer Program and Director of the new center for Cancer Metastasis. An exceptional physician scientist and leader.

[Lu Wang_Northwestern U @LuWangLab]

@Oser_Lab Thank you so much for visiting! We were thrilled to host you at Northwestern and truly enjoyed your great talk!

[Lung Cancer Research Foundation @lcrf_org]

LCRF is pleased to announce this year's 2025 Scientific Grant Program awards. Eleven awardees received a total $1.65 million in funding for new #LungCancer research. Read more about these scientists and the focus of their studies. https://t.co/ZOee0WHJCO

[Northwestern BMG and SQE @NU_BMG_SQE]

Join us today for the BMG Seminar Speaker Dr. Christopher R. Vakoc! @ChrisVakoc Hosted by Dr. Lu Wang @LuWangLab #epigenetics #Cancer @NUFeinbergMed @NorthwesternMed @CSHL

[Lu Wang_Northwestern U @LuWangLab]

@Oser_Lab @drshieldsmd Congratulations!! Great work!

[Lu Wang_Northwestern U @LuWangLab]

@JayXiaojunTan @StimulatedRaman Congrats, Xiaojun!

[Leonidas Platanias, MD @LeonidasPlatan1]

The @LurieCancer (LCC) went thru competing renewal of NCI designation. For a 2nd time we got "exceptional" ranking. The NCI site visit team gave a "perfect exceptional" (equivalent to 10). LCC is one of few in the nation and the only one in IL to ever achieve exceptional status.

[Shilatifard Lab @ShilatifardLab]

Read about some of our faculty’s effort at Northwestern Medicine Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics in developing targeted therapeutics towards human disease! @NUFeinbergMed @NU_BMG_SQE https://t.co/hHkvhDWi1L

[Shilatifard Lab @ShilatifardLab]

Have you ever wondered why we have testis specific genes & what happens if their mechanism of silencing is misregulated in other cell types. Well, superb study by Bin Zhang in collaboration with @LuWangLab showed that such ectopic expression can drive cancer & can be targeted for therapeutics https://t.co/v6OBAIMbih @NUFeinbergMed @ScienceMagazine @ScienceAdvances @AACR @NU_BMG_SQE

[Lu Wang_Northwestern U @LuWangLab]

@clara_peek @zhupeij Congratulations!

[Feng Yue @yuefeng_1]

Excited to share our latest work, showing GATA6 is a critical regulator in colorectal cancer and 3D genome organization. Led by Huijue, Zoe and thanks to our wonderful collaborators @LuWangLab and Dr. Guanyu Yang. @LurieCancer @NUFeinbergMed

https://t.co/j7yRlf0Kn1

[Lu Wang_Northwestern U @LuWangLab]

@EichnerLab @NU_BMG_SQE @LurieCancer @NUFeinbergMed Congrats Lillian and the team!

[Shilatifard Lab @ShilatifardLab]

Nominations for Kimberly Prize in Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics for 2025 is now open! https://t.co/wW771rkEoi @NU_BMG_SQE @NUFeinbergMed @NorthwesternU @ASBMB @GeneticsGSA @aaas @the_asci

[Northwestern BMG and SQE @NU_BMG_SQE]

Join us today for the BMG Seminar Speaker Dr. Kapil Bhalla! Hosted by Dr. Lu Wang. @LuWangLab #epigenetics #research #AML @NUFeinbergMed @MDAndersonNews

[Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine @NUFeinbergMed]

Northwestern Medicine investigators have discovered that inhibiting a chromatin remodeling complex associated with a particular gene in small-cell #LungCancer cells may decrease cancer cell differentiation and tumor growth, per @NatureComms.
https://t.co/pB4OBEoUnW

[Lu Wang_Northwestern U @LuWangLab]

@bensahralab @ScienceMagazine @VillaElodie Congratulations, Issam and the group! Really groundbreaking work!

[Lu Wang_Northwestern U @LuWangLab]

@Ruli_Gao Thanks, Ruli!

[Lu Wang_Northwestern U @LuWangLab]

Very excited to share our latest work on the function of POU2F3/POU2AF2 in mediating SWI/SNF-dependent transcription in small cell lung cancer
https://t.co/CjghVPl6N0

[Lu Wang_Northwestern U @LuWangLab]

@PengJi_lab Thanks, Peng!

[Lu Wang_Northwestern U @LuWangLab]

@jaehyukchoimd Thank you, Jae!