Chunyan presented her research at the departmental retreat.
10/2026 | Kai speaks at Mount Sinai!
Kai spoke at Visualizing Longevity: Whole-Body Imaging and the Science of Inflammaging at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York.
10/2026 | Lab receives Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Foundation Grant!
The lab received an Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Foundation Grant.
9/2026 | Raymond rotates in the lab!
We are excited to have Raymond, a MolBio graduate student, rotate in the Mesa lab!
9/2026 | Mesa lab joins the Weill Cancer Hub East!
The Mesa lab joins and receives funding from the new Weill Cancer Hub East. This will allow us to investigate immune cell / cancer dynamics using intravital multiphoton microscopy, and will enable new collaboration with researchers of the hub coming from the Rockefeller University, Weill Cornell Medicine and Princeton University including the Ludwig Princeton Branch.
8/2026 | Lab receives NIAID DP2 New Innovator Award!
We have received the DP2 New Innovator Award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases! We will use these funds to uncover how the immune system orchestrates local stem cell programs to drive multi-tissue regeneration in mammals.
7/2026 | Chunyan awarded Moore Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship!
Chunyan was selected for support from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Postdoctoral Commitment Program in Cellular Biology. Congratulations to Chunyan!
6/2026 | Sarah rotates in the lab!
Sarah, an MD/PhD student rotates in the lab for the summer!
5/2026 | Chunyan presents at the Developmental Biology Colloquium!
Chunyan presented her research at the Princeton Developmental Biology Colloquium.
5/2026 | Kai speaks at the LEO Foundation Summer School!
Kai spoke at the LEO Foundation Skin Immunology Research Center Summer School in Denmark.
5/2026 | The lab’s first preprint!
First preprint from the lab, led by Chunyan Fu. Regulatory T cells are selectively recruited to regenerating but not scarring mouse digit tips, driving macrophage-mediated bone remodeling essential for regrowth. A new axis of innate/adaptive immune cooperation in mammalian regeneration!
4/2026 | Welcome Katie to the lab! 🎉
Welcome Katie Goodwin, a new postdoctoral fellow who has joined the lab to study the dynamics of immune cell migration across living tissues! 🎉
4/2026 | Ravi awarded NSF GRFP!
Ravi Balasubramanian has been selected as a recipient of the 2026 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). Congratulations to Ravi!
4/2026 | David and Ravi join the lab!
We are excited to have David Godovich (Mol Bio) and Ravi Balasubramanian (QCB) officially join the Mesa Lab!
4/2026 | Henry rotates in the lab!
Henry, an MD/PhD student rotates in the lab for the summer!
3/2026 | Ravi rotates in the lab!
We are excited to have Ravi, a QCB graduate student, rotate in the Mesa lab!
1/2026 | Welcome Camille to the lab!
Camille, a junior in Mol Bio at Princeton has joined the lab! Another undergrad, Maya, has been showing her some techniques in the lab.
1/2026 | Postdoc Introductions for the Department
Chunyan introduced herself to the department with a presentation at the MolBio Postdoc Welcome Colloquium
12/2025 | Char passes her general exam! 🎉🥳
Huge congratulations to Char, who is off to a fantastic start studying how macrophage niches are established during development! 🧬🎊👏
12/2025 | Lab Secret Santa
We celebrated the holidays by having a lab secret santa!