News

20241011

Ho Lab Board Game Night.

20240731

Benisa Zogu joins us as a Research Associate I.

20240717

Ken Ning is accepted into the CIRM Scholars Training Program!

20240617

Ho Lab welcomes CIRM SPARK students Sarah Martellino (Providence High School) and Urja Parekh (La Cañada High School)! They will participate in research with us for 6 weeks.

20240221

Updated group photo

20240219

Dr. Stefano Arfe joins us as a Postdoctoral Scientist.

20240206

Dr. Thomas Mota defends his disseration: Functional consequences of TBK1 deficiency: Implications for ALS/FTD. Congratulations!!

20240108

Ashley Dawson joins us as a Research Associate I.

20240102

Ken Ning joins us as a PhD rotation student.

20231222

Our team celebrates a fruitful 2023 with lunch and escape from an Area 51 alien research facility!

20230928

The Ho Lab is awarded a CIRM DISC2 Quest Award to develop a gene therapy to treat
ALS caused by repeat expansions in the
C9orf72 gene! A big congratulations to our postdoc and Cedars-Sinai Regenerative Medicine Institute CIRM Scholar Dr. Brijesh Singh on leading this exciting project!!

20230701

Ho Lab welcomes CIRM SPARK student Dylan Smith (Santa Monica Preparatory High School) and INSPIRE intern Joseph Lee (UCLA)! They will participate in research with us for 6 weeks (Dylan) and 10 weeks (Joseph).

20230123

Michael wins the Jim Barber Research Award at the 13th Annual California ALS Research Summit in San Francisco!

20220829

Nick Angelillis joins us as a PhD rotation student.

20220627

Ho Lab welcomes CIRM SPARK students Audrey Monro (Palos Verdes High School) and Ryan Gutierrez (Saint John Bosco High School) from the RMI High School Outreach Program! They will participate in research with us for 6 weeks and present their work at the CIRM SPARK Symposium at UCSF.

20220601

Esha Gauba, Michael Ramos, and Brijesh Singh are accepted into the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine Scholars Training Program!

20220506

Lucas Marques joins us as an intern from UCLA.

20220204

It has been a great start to 2022!

Ritchie has been selected for funding for several grants: The U.S. Department of Defense, the Louis B. Mayer Foundation, and the Winnick Family Foundation.

Ho Lab represents with 3 virtual poster presentations at the 12th Annual California ALS Research Summit, and Wonhee wins the Jim Barber ALS Research Award.

Deepika Wali also joins us as a PhD rotation student.

20210901

Ritchie receives a Pilot Award from the Center for Research in Women’s Health and Sex Differences to investigate sex differences in motor behavior, spinal cord composition, and molecular activity in ALS

20210503

2 PhD students, Lizhuo Ai and Nancy Morones begin their lab rotations!

20201215

Ho Lab welcomes two postdocs: Dr. Esha Gauba from Stanford University and Dr. Brijesh Singh from Columbia University. Despite a challenging pandemic, we are excited to move our research projects forward!

20200723

Ritchie receives his R00 Pathway to Independence Notice of Award from the National Institute on Aging!!

20200706

Ho Lab welcomes Ian Tindel as a Research Intern.

20200702

Ho Lab welcomes Thomas Mota as a PhD student. Thomas is also recommended for the HHMI Gilliam Graduate Fellowships Grant! Congrats!

20200330

Michael Ramos joins the Ho Lab to pursue his thesis! Welcome, Michael!

20200124

Wonhee and Ritchie present their posters at the 10th Annual California ALS Research Summit.

20200106

Michael Edison Ramos begins his rotation.

20191109

The Ho Lab opens!