@LiLab_Kidney

Associate Professor at USC. My laboratory builds kidney tissues from human stem cells for regenerative medicine and drug discovery.

Joined May 2021
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Zhongwei Li retweeted
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@USC8 Oct 2025
100K+ Americans are waiting for a kidney transplant. @USCStemCell researchers are growing lab-based kidney structures that mimic how real kidneys filter & function. stemcell.keck.usc.edu/team-m…

USC Stem Cell-led team makes major advance toward building a synthetic kidney - USC Stem Cell

Scientists combine kidney filtering and urine-concentrating components to create “assembloids,” the most mature and complex kidney structures ever grown in a lab and a tool for developing new...

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Zhongwei Li retweeted
Pedro Medina@Pmed2718 Sep 2025
By applying our understanding of kidney development, we were able to recapitulate some of the major renal organogenesis in vitro in our new human kidney progenitor assembloid! You can appreciate how the assembloid self-organizes in vitro! @LiLab_Kidney dlvr.it/TN7QR7
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Online Now! Spatially patterned kidney assembloids recapitulate progenitor self-assembly and enable high-fidelity in vivo disease modeling dlvr.it/TN7QR7 #stemcells

Spatially patterned kidney assembloids recapitulate progenitor self-assembly and enable high-fide...

Recapitulating the self-assembly of kidney progenitors, Huang, Medina, He, Zeng, and colleagues have developed mouse and human kidney progenitor assembloids, exhibiting enhanced cellular complexity,...

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In a Cell Stem Cell paper, a team led by Zhongwei Li @KeckSchool_USC combine kidney filtering & urine-concentrating components to make “assembloids,” lab-grown kidney structures for developing new therapies. @USCStemCell @LiLab_Kidney @CellPressNews stemcell.keck.usc.edu/team-m…
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A @USCStemCell study, led by @LiLab_Kidney, improved the ability to cultivate nephron progenitor cells (NPCs), the cells that give rise to the kidney's filtration system. stemcell.keck.usc.edu/usc-le…

USC-led study introduces a new and improved way to grow the cells that give rise to the kidney’s...

In a new study published in Cell Stem Cell, USC scientists report significant progress in cultivating nephron progenitor cells (NPCs), the cells destined to form the kidney’s filtration system, the...

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A new @USCStemCell study, led by Zhongwei Li's Lab (@LiLab_Kidney), introduces a new and improved way to grow the cells that give rise to the kidney’s filtration system. @AndyMcMahonLab @LindstromLab @ukrocharity @CellPressNews @NIH_CommonFund stemcell.keck.usc.edu/usc-le…

USC-led study introduces a new and improved way to grow the cells that give rise to the kidney’s...

In a new study published in Cell Stem Cell, USC scientists report significant progress in cultivating nephron progenitor cells (NPCs), the cells destined to form the kidney’s filtration system, the...

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Celebrating #WorldKidneyDay with @ukrocharity and Zhongwei Li’s lab @USCStemCell and @KeckSchool_USC. @LiLab_Kidney and colleagues @AndyMcMahonLab, @LindstromLab and @JPetiPeterdi are progressing on generating a transplantable kidney from human stem cells to replace dialysis.
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Zhongwei Li retweeted
USC BME@uscbme20 Oct 2022
USC BME is hiring! See link for details - bme.usc.edu/about/careers-in…

Careers at the Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering - USC Viterbi | Keck School |...

Careers at the Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering Job Openings Published on September 12th, 2017Last updated on March 7th, 2025

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Zhongwei Li retweeted
Kurian Lab@KurianLab13 Oct 2022
Periodic reminder for open job ads in the lab. Still looking for a talented stem cell biology post doc and 2 motivated PhD students 👇🏾👇🏾 – at Cologne, Germany
Kurian Lab@KurianLab5 Sep 2022
ERC funded 4-5 year fully funded Postdoc and Ph.D. position to study mRNA translation control mechanisms in human cardiac development and disease @UniCologne @UKKoeln @ERC_Research #sciencejobs #postdoc #phdpositions please RT🙏 Details below:
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Looking for a lab technician at Clinic Hospital, Barcelona, at the research line Regeneration in kidney diseases. More info and applications here! #barcelona #research clinicbarcelona.org/uploads/…
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We are looking for a highly motivated postdoc to join us @HHMIJanelia! Apply if you are curious and excited about how cells and extracellular matrices build organs! Please RT! hhmi.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/e…
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In a @CellStemCell study, scientists from the @USCStemCell lab of Andy McMahon generated kidney-like structures called organoids, and used them to identify potential drugs for adult-onset polycystic kidney disease. @TTdevbio @jacksongcheng @KECKSchool_USC stemcell.keck.usc.edu/mini-k…

USC Stem Cell scientists use mini-kidney models to identify potential drugs for polycystic kidney...

Scientists from Andy McMahon's lab at USC generated kidney organoids, and used them to identify potential drugs for polycystic kidney disease.

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Zhongwei Li retweeted
Kurian Lab@KurianLab29 Jun 2022
Accepting the final round of apps for a fully-funded Ph.D. position. If you are excited to study the regulation of cell fate decisions that build the human heart using systems biology approaches and human organoid models, please apply. Expertise: Development Bio/RNA biology
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The 2022 Ogawa-Yamanaka Stem Cell Prize has been awarded to Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte. Learn more about Izpisua Belmonte and his work #OgawaYamanaka @GladstoneInst hubs.li/Q01fxL5y0
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Zhongwei Li retweeted
Kurian Lab@KurianLab26 Apr 2022
Excited to study how the self-organization of tissues/ organs is regulated during embryonic development? Are you an RNA biologist or dev biologist with basic comp. bio expertise? Let's work together towards your PhD who are we: kurianlab.com please RT 🙏
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Our lab has an open position for a postdoctoral researcher interested in translational drug delivery and nanomedicine! RT appreciated! 🧪🧫🥼 chunglaboratory.com/open-pos…
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The @USCStemCell lab of Andy McMahon has identified a type of injured cell that might contribute to the transition from an acute kidney injury to chronic kidney disease, as described in a new study in PNAS. @PNASnews @KeckSchool_USC stemcell.keck.usc.edu/acute-…
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Science’s new weapon against kidney disease: Tiny lab-grown organoids @sciencefocus @LiLab_Kidney @KECKSchool_USC @USCStemCell sciencefocus.com/news/kidney…

Science’s new weapon against kidney disease: Tiny lab-grown organoids - BBC Science Focus Magazine

A group of researchers from Keck School of Medicine of USC have made a major breakthrough in creating tissues that mirror parts of the kidney.

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Zhongwei Li retweeted
Mo@Mo_Li_KAUST28 May 2021
Glad to organize a Frontiers Research Topic | Developmental Models 2.0 for @FrontCellDevBio with three experts, Alessandra Giorgetti Keiichiro Suzuki, Yong Gu. Please consider contributing to it🤝@JCIB_Lab_Salk @KaustResearch frontiersin.org/research-top…

Developmental Models 2.0

Human pluripotent stem cells (PSCs), including embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), can self-renew indefinitely, and differentiate into any cell type in the body....

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Zhongwei Li retweeted
Ocampo Lab@OcampoLab18 Jun 2021
The Ocampo Lab is looking for 3x highly-motivated postdocs to work on the development of anti-aging interventions based on epigenetic reprogramming. Keywords: C. elegans and/or killifish, neurogenesis, drug screenings, Switzerland.🇨🇭🚀🚀🚀 Please retweet. bit.ly/3gBM8ut
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