NEWS

PUBLICATION July 16, 2026. Congratulations to Dr. Lee!

Oh YM, Bacallao EA, Lee SA, Kim J, Swinford S, Smith GE, Britt B, Abdalla SM, and Lee SW. Identification of age-associated upstream regulators to promote neuronal resilience in HD patient-derived neurons. Neurosci. Bull. 2026. Accepted.        

PUBLICATION July 7, 2026. Congratulations to Dr. Lee!

Lee SW, Upshaw TJ, Bailey DJ, Lee SA, Kim J, Joshi P, Smith GE, Swinford S, and Oh YM. CDKN1A Protects Medium Spiny Neurons from Huntington’s Disease Pathology. Neurobio. Dis. 2026 Sep. PMID: 42409247. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nbd.2026.107522

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WELCOME June 8~July 24, 2026. Welcome, Nash!

The Lee Lab would like to welcome Nash Singh (MUSM, 2029) to the MUSM Summer Research Program.

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WELCOME May 18~July 24, 2026. Welcome, Lily!

The Lee Lab would like to welcome Lily Laola Kealohilani Choy (Mercer Undergraduate) to the MURS Summer Research Program.

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PRESENTATIONS November 14~19, 2025. Congratulations to Dr. Lee!.

Dr. Lee presented his work at the Society for Neuroscience (SFN).

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AWARDS October 31, 2025. Congrats, Arsha Moorthy, a medical student who was named a Columbus campus winner of Oral Presentation in Biomedical Research at the 2025 MUSM Joint Research Symposium.

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WELCOME October 27, 2025. Welcome ShinAe!

The Lee Lab would like to welcome ShinAe Lee as a Research Assistant.

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PUBLICATION October 2025. Congratulations to Dr. Lee! 

Lee K, Shin B, Kim M, Lee SW, Oh YM, Kim KH, Jiang A, Ko K, Gillis T, Lucente D, Lee R, Kwak S, Lee JM, Wheeler VC, Yoo AS, 

Gusella JF, MacDonald ME, and Seong IS. Genetic dissection of Huntington's disease modification by variation at RRM2B. Hum Mol Genet. 2025 Oct. PMID: 41092345. https://doi.org/10.1093/hmg/ddaf150

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AWARDS October 25, 2025. Congrats, Arsha Moorthy!

Arsha Moorthy, a medical student who was awarded a Joy McCann Summer Research Award for Women in Medicine.

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WELCOME June 19, 2025. Welcome Arsha!

The Lee Lab would like to welcome Arsha Moorthy (MUSM, 2028) to the Summer Research Program.

PRESENTATIONS June 9, 2025. Congratulations to Dr. Lee!

Dr. Lee presented his work at Korea University.

CONFERENCES May 30, 2025. Congratulations to Dr. Lee!

Dr. Lee presented his work at the Sejong University Symposium.

GRANTS March 1, 2025. Congratulations to Dr. Lee!

Dr. Lee received a Travel Grant from the National Research Foundation of Korea with Dr. Yang-Hee Kim at Sejong University.

GRANTS March 1, 2025. Congratulations to Dr. Lee!

Dr. Lee received a Research grant from the Hereditary Disease Foundation (HDF).

AWARDS October 25, 2024. Congrats, Bryce!

Bryce Britt, a medical student who was named a Columbus campus winner of Oral Presentation in Biomedical Research at the 2024 MUSM Joint Research Symposium.

AWARDS October 25, 2024. Congrats, Emily!

Emily Bacallao, a medical student who was named Poster Presentation Winner in Biomedical Research

of the Columbus campus at the 2024 MUSM Joint Research Symposium.

WELCOME July 1, 2024. Welcome Sam!

The Lee Lab would like to welcome Samuel Swinford as a Research Assistant.

WELCOME June 10~July 26, 2024. Welcome, Emily and Bryce!

The Lee Lab would like to welcome Emily Bacallao (MUSM, 2027) and Bryce Britt (MUSM, 2027) to the MUSM Summer Research Program.

WELCOME May 20~July 26, 2024. Welcome Gene!

The Lee Lab would like to welcome Genevieve Evelynne Smith (Mercer Undergraduate, 4th) to the MURS Summer Research Program.

PUBLICATION April, 2024. Congratulations to Dr. Lee!

Oh YM* and Lee SW*. Patient-derived neuron model: Capturing age-dependent adult-onset degenerative pathology in Huntington’s disease. Mol Cells. 2024 Apr. 47(4): 100046. *co-corresponding authors.

PUBLICATION February, 2024. Congratulations to Dr.

Lee! Oh YM*, Lee SW*, and Yoo AS. Striatal neuronal models of Huntington’s Disease via direct conversion: Modeling age-dependent disease phenotypes. Huntington’s Disease: Pathogenic Mechanisms and Implications for Therapeutics. 2024 Feb. *co-first authors.

PUBLICATION January, 2024. Congratulations to Dr. Lee!

Lee SW*, Oh YM*, Victor MB, Yang Y, Chen S, Strunilin I, Dahiya S, Dolle RE, Pak SC, Silverman GA, Perlmutter DH, and Yoo AS. Longitudinal modeling of human neuronal aging reveals the contribution of the RCAN1–TFEB pathway to Huntington’s disease neurodegeneration. Nat. Aging. 2024 Jan. 4;95-109 *co-first authors.

WELCOME November 27, 2023. Welcome James!

The Lee Lab would like to welcome James Dudley as a Research Assistant.