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We're hiring!
We are actively seeking highly motivated postdocs, graduate students, and visiting scholars with training backgrounds in synthetic chemistry, medicinal chemistry, analytical chemistry, synthetic biology, and molecular biology to join us!
Postdoc application portal can be found here and the graduate students should apply via the Scripps Research Graduate Program.
Lab updates
We are a new lab at The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla. Here are real time updates of the lab building and growth. Follow us and join us on our adventure!
Lab Life
10.28.2025
Nothing more rewarding than seeing Heewon pass her PhD candidacy with confidence and perfect bibliography.
We’re so proud and looking forward to your continued success!
9.24.2025
Alex has officially qualified as both an outstanding TA and a brilliant PhD candidate.
We can’t wait to see all you’ll accomplish in the rest of your PhD!
8.31.2025
We said goodbye to our summer intern Diane, welcomed our new postdoc Tsung-Han, and successfully escaped the contaminated lab (themed escape room, not the real one)
8.8.2025
Congrats to Fernanda for wrapping up her summer internship with an excellent poster session!
We wish her all the best in her next steps at UC Berkeley!
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8.2.2025
Congrats to Alex for receiving the poster award at the 72nd GRC Natural Products and Bioactive Compounds conference!
Amazing work representing our lab- well done Alex!
5.22.2025
Lijian receives the second prize for undergraduate research excellence in the Top Talent Program, Xiamen University.
Congrats Lijian!
2.19.2025
Yuzhong is awarded the 2024 Michelson Prizes: Next Generation Grants!
2.6.2025
We're awarded the Scripps Research Collaborative Innovation grant to develop next-generation antibiotics to fight superbugs with the Baran Lab!
8.29.2024
First Liu Lab retreat in Julian, CA!
Welcome Dr. Crames and Yongheng Gao!
8.14.2024
Goodbye BCC and hello CHWL!
We're ready for the new academic year and new students!
5.1.2024
Our first postdoc Dr. Yihan Yang!
Welcome and we're beyond excited to have you on the team!
3.29.2024
First poster and first conference of the Liu Lab!
Thank you to the Build-a-Cell community for being so welcoming!
2024
Graduate students awarded fellowships!
Heewon Seo- Dr. Kerri Anne Mowen Memorial Scholarship
2024
Graduate students awarded fellowships!
Alex Du- Endowed Fellowship in the Skaggs Graduate School of Chemical and Biological Sciences
2.4.2024
Hotpot of celebration:
1. Alex joining the lab!
2. Yuki and Heewon (about to) starting their rotation!
3. Yongheng and Sakina finishing their visit/rotation: thank you both for all the laughter and results!
12.24.2023
First Christmas in the Liu Lab!
So proud to have such a talented and collaborative team! Looking forward to another year of collaboration and success!
10.31.2023
After groundbreaking work (science and lab construction), we celebrate Halloween as a group of six. Congrats to Celine whose split GFP costume is the winner of the year!
08.21.2023
The first member of the lab just joined this week..
Welcome Max!
08.01.2023
The Liu Lab @ Scripps
has officially moved in
Beckman Center for Chemical Sciences
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