Team

Principal Investigator

Lai Wen, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Pharmacology


Office Location

Manville Health Sciences (MHS)

Room 1D

Phone: (775) 682-8203

Email: lwen@unr.edu

About


Lai joined the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine in 2022 where his lab focuses on leukocyte adhesion and inflammation.


Education and Training


2017-2022 Postdoctoral fellow/Instructor, La Jolla Institute for Immunology, San Diego, CA, USA

2014-2017 Postdoctoral fellow, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

2009-2014 Ph.D. (summa cum laude), University of Tübingen, Germany


Awards and Honors


2022 American Heart Association (AHA) Career Development Award

2022 American Association of Immunologists (AAI) Trainee Abstract Award

2020 American Association of Immunologists (AAI) Trainee Poster Award

2019 American Heart Association (AHA) Postdoctoral Fellowship

2015 Young Investigator Award, 7th International Conference on cGMP, Trier, Germany

2015 Travel Grant, Boheringer Ingelheim Fonds, Germany

2014 Rudolf-Buchheim-Award, German Society for Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology

2014 Doctoral degree awarded with the mark of “summa cum laude

2013 Poster Award, 6th International Conference on cGMP, Erfurt, Germany

2009 Travel Grant, Boheringer Ingelheim Fonds, Germany


Team members:


Serena Lee (CMPP Graduate student)


Aubrin Sarder (Biochemistry bachelor student)