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Madison, WI 53705
Education:
- 2015-2020:Postdoc training in Dr. Ronald Evans’ lab at Salk Institute of Biological Science, San Diego, CA.
- 2008-2014: Ph.D. training in Dr. Jongsook Kim Kemper’s lab at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL.
The Fu laboratory mainly studies how nuclear receptors sense environmental clues and regulate Gastrointestinal (GI) homeostasis in healthy and disease states. Specifically, we are interested in how dietary and microbial induced bile acids are sensed by Farnesoid X Receptor (FXR) and dynamically affect intestinal development, differentiation and inflammation, focusing on colorectal cancer (CRC) and Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
Awards & Grants
- 2025 Pharmtox, Teach of the Year
- 2024-2030:R37, MERIT award, National Cancer Institute (NCI)
- 2024-2027:Research Scholar Grant, American Cancer Society (ACS)
– Coaches vs. Cancer – Bo Ryan-Jay Holliday Families Fund - 2024-2026:Early stage Investigator Award, Margaret Q. Landenberger Research Foundation
- 2024: Faculty Starter Grant Award, PhRMA Foundation
- 2020: AACR Scholar-in-Training Awards
- 2019: Crohn’s Colitis Foundation IBD Visiting Scholar Fellowship
- 2017: Kern Lipid Conference Early Career Investigator Awards
- 2017-2019: Hewitt Foundation for Medical Research Postdoc Fellowship Award
- 2016: Salk Alumni Fellowship Award
- 2015: Outstanding PhD Thesis Award