Lab Members

Yuan-Hung Lo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Molecular and Cellular Oncology
Email: YLo1@MDAnderson.org

Dr. Lo is a tenure-track assistant professor at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Before joining MD Anderson, he obtained his Ph.D. at Baylor College of Medicine and completed his postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University. Dr. Lo’s research focuses on developing and applying primary 3D organoid models to study gastrointestinal (GI) tract function and dysfunction. His lab employs cutting-edge genetic approaches to investigate the pathogenic mechanisms of GI diseases, including innovative functional genomic platforms to elucidate how genomic alterations regulate stem cell function, cell lineage differentiation, tumor heterogeneity and cell vulnerability during cancer development. His recent work has leveraged CRISPR/Cas9-engineered tumor organoid models to investigate the oncogenic transformation of ARID1A-deficient gastric cancer. He has received numerous awards for his work, including the NIH/NCI Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00) and the NIH/NCI Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition Award (F99/K00).

Qing Liu, Ph.D.
Research Investigator
Email: QLiu9@MDAnderson.org

Qing Liu is a Research Investigator in the Lo Lab within Molecular and Cellular Oncology, which is in the Division of Basic Science Research at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Her research expertise spans organoid cells, genomics, epigenomics, enhancers, enhancer RNAs (eRNAs), long noncoding RNAs and RNA-binding proteins. Dr. Liu earned her Ph.D. in biotechnology engineering from Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, China, in 2005.

Wei-Chieh (Pierce) Yu, M.S.
Ph.D. Student
MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Email: WYu4@MDAnderson.org

Wei-Chieh (Pierce) Yu is a Ph.D. student in the Lo Lab at the MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences from 2024. He is focusing on CRISPR-engineered human gastric organoids to explore mutation mechanisms and identify treatment targets. He earned a master's degree in biotechnology at National Taiwan University in 2023. He enjoys playing sports and exploring new places.