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Rong Lu is an Associate Professor in the Department of Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine and Biomedical Engineering at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. She directs the Flow Cytometry Center and is a Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Scholar. Her work focuses on hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells, exploring mechanisms regulating blood and immune cell production. Key interests include immune system aging, clonal hematopoiesis, and spatial organization of bone marrow cells.
Research highlights include identifying stem cell subsets driving immune aging and developing techniques for tracking stem cell behavior in vivo using genetic barcoding and single-cell transcriptomics. Lu collaborates with institutions like Caltech on NIH-funded projects, such as the $8.1M Transformative Research Award to study bone marrow hematopoiesis in situ.
Awards include the NIH Director’s Transformative Research Award and recognition for students like Zachary Thomas (NIH F31) and Wade Boohar (Google Alumni Award). Her lab also investigates leukemic mutations and gene expression links to immune cell output, with findings published in Nature, Blood, and Science Advances.
Key affiliations: Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center.
