LAB NEWS
Jul 10, 2026
Undergraduate Project Granted National-Level Funding in 2026 Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program
Congratulations! Our undergraduate project led by Yidan Zhao, Zixuan Song & Weiyuan Ding, has been approved as a national-level project of the 2026 National Training Program of Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Undergraduates（2026年大学生创新创业训练计划）.
Jul 1, 2026
Welcome our new research assistant, Xiaojing Guo
We are delighted to welcome Xiaojing Guo to the laboratory as a research assistant. Having recently completed her postgraduate studies, Xiaojing obtained her Master’s degree in Cell Biology at Dalian Medical University.
Jun 17, 2026
Selected as the recipient of HCLS Distinguished Research Award from Harvard Medical School
Exciting News from the Tan Lab: Professor Peng Tan Named Recipient of Harvard Medical School’s 2026 HCLS Distinguished Research Award.
Oct 30, 2025
New paper "Regional encoding of enteric nervous system responses to microbiota and type 2 inflammation" from the lab in Science
Thrilled to share that our work, with Alok Jaiswal, Jacques Deguine, and the Xavier Lab, is now published in Science! We present a comprehensive single-cell atlas of the enteric nervous system under environmental challenges, uncovering coordinated responses to perturbations. Using in vivo Perturb-seq, we’ve identified key factors that link ENS cell states to alterations in intestinal physiology.
Aug 23, 2024
NSFC General Program Grant Awarded for Research on Enteric Neuro-Immune Interactions
We are delighted to announce that our research group has secured a General Program grant from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). This project centers on a newly characterized subpopulation of muscularis macrophages with microglia-like properties. These cells regulate enteric motor neuron plasticity and physiological activity, serving as an essential molecular bridge connecting intestinal inflammation to disrupted gastrointestinal motility.