Apr, 2008: This is going to the record book. Ping lab was the first in academic research to finish all the ETD reagent pre-installed. It has been told even the Demo center of Thermo at San Jose is about 1 gram behind.

Spring, 2008: In a nod to the European Union Phil Doran and Isabella Ferando have agreed to participate in the lab. Alcohol consumption has hence gone up 3 fold.

Apr, 2008: Jun Zhang makes no notice of yet another outstanding publication in Proteomics of the functional cardiac mitochondria.

Mar, 2008: Did you bring your toothbrush?  Everyone participates in the Ping Lab Spring Clean! If your name happens to be Julia Wang, bing a new pair of pants too. FYI, no pant is bleach-proof. No cabinet, freezer or sample box was safe. *Some samples still missing.  If you find please contact lab.

Feb, 2008: Glen Young wins the AHA’s Joel Drilling’s award for recognition of his excellence in drilling. Although he received a plaque, there was no money inside.   

Jan, 2008: Aldrin Gomes proves he is the biggest in the lab (by several inches) as he accepts a prestigious professorship at the University of California Davis. Revenues at the local Costco and 99 cent store are down 40% for the year.

Dec, 2007: Heartbreaker for David. After registered 6 years in American Heart Association, he once again renewed his trainee membership. His officemate, Oliver receiced FAHA badge.

Nov, 2007: Dr. Ning Deng joined the Force. With a doctoral degree in computer science, he made Nobel as the second choice IT consultant. This is a critical recruit. He takes care of 12 destops, 11 notebook and a 16 notes cluster.

Oct, 2007: “National Lampoon’s Korean Vacation!”  In a sequel to last years blockbuster, the Ping lab finds itself in Seoul Korea for the 6th Aannual HUPO World Congress. This time hilarity ensues as the lab encounters friends and foes on their quest to elect Dr. Ping to Secretary General of the Executive Committee. Are you sure that’s beef your eating?

Jun 2007: Just to mess with Glen Young, the American Heart Association awards him a predoctoral fellowship.  As of yet they have not taken it away.

Apr, 2007: Oliver Drews, in a feat that history will remember, publishes an article in Molecular & Cellular Proteomics vol 6 issue 11. Bravo.

Spring, 2007: After many months of separation and with the renovated lab operational, the various members of the lab are reincarcerated with new equipment and new seating arrangements. 

Dec, 2006: To accommodate the 2006 surge of personnel, the lab undergoes some remodeling when an accident puts most of the lab under several inches of water and coolant. Most of the lab members survived. By the way, that day is Nobel's birthday. He spent the night in the lab to fight the water.

Oct, 2006: In late October, all Ping lab will attend 5th HUPO World Congress in Long Beach. If you are planning to visit and play 'trick and trade' during that time, please check Long Beach Convention Center, followed by Disney Land, Knott's Berry Farm, the Beaches, in that order.

Fall, 2006: Ping lab got freshmen, Daniel Li, Julia Wang, Ding Wang, Ning Deng, Myong Koag and Haojie Lu. Welcome to the lab. Enjoy sunshine LA and don't mess with our esteemed webmaster.

Aug, 2006: Two companion papers of Ping lab were published on Circulation Research vol 99 issue 4. The editorial on the same issue regarded these studies as ""tour de force."

Aug, 2006: David was invited to talk on 2006 American Heart Association summer meeting. He also received Young Investigation Travel Award. Right on, buddy.

Jul, 2006: Warning! Warning!! Protein purification can be hazardous. Sean developed pneumonia after spending few hours in cold room. Cool guys and hot girls, whoever you are, please take caution and maintain your core temperature. If you do not have a thermometer of your own, you can always use David's.

Jun, 2006: Aldrin got Grant-in-aid and Oliver got post-doctoral fellowship both from American Heart Association. For those who eat Subway sandwiches, thank you for supporting Ping lab research.

Feb, 2006: Xiaohai's daughter performed a tranditional dance in Chinese New Year Ceremony at Bradley International Center. She made cover-girl of Daily Bruin. I understand that lots of alumni did not get to read Daily Bruin that day. Don't blame yourself. You have no chance. Xiaohai collected all copies on campus. This is one of those occassions that our campus papers are distributed worldwidely.

Dec 14, 2005: Ping lab Xmas party 2005 was held at one of the most famous attractions in LA, the Getty Center. This is also farewell party for Dr. Manuel, who has been with us for 8 weeks. We all enjoyed his company.

March, 2005: Dr. Xiaohai Li, proteomic expert from China Science Acadmy, joined our functional proteomics team. Shortly after his arrival, his favorite toy of the whole world, "LTQ" AKA "Liberation To Questions" came along. They are going to make a fine team.

Aug 16, 2004: Dr. Ping received a letter from former summer intern student--Aaron Huang. It reads "Hi Dr. Ping, I just wanted to say 'thanks' for giving me the opportunity to participate in research in your laboratory this summer. Not only did I have a great time, I think this experience has elicited my interest in cardiology. While it is to early to say whether this will be the focus of my medical career, it definitely gives me something to think about. Thanks again!

Jun, 2004: Dawn, the Don of the lab fairs, is sick and she is turning into a vegetable. There is green viscous fluid running out of the orifices in her head. Someone gets her some pesticide!

May-Jun, 2004: The biggest event during this period of time is grant application. As a qualified member of Ping lab, you have to understand the "Ping language" at this particular moment. "Whenever you are ready"="Move your butt here right now". "It is so tiring"="You need to increase alert level". "Stay cool"="You had too much coffee". "I will do this"="You have messed up". "It is almost done"="We would need several more hours and don't lose your nerve". By the way, just ignore sentense like "Alright", "OK", "Almost there".

May, 2004: Nobody knows whether GW Bush will win election 2004. There is one thing for sure though. GW Wang has won his. So did Jun. Congratulations guys. Those do not check this website quite often also know that something terrific has happened to Dr. Wang, cause he is doing Mr. Chandler Bing's walking all day long.

Apr 30, 2004: CVRL (Cardiovascular Research Laboratory) Happy Hour for Grad-student and Post-docs hosted by Dr. Peipei Ping. Lots of people came. It was fun. People are drinking, talking and enchanging protocols (including experimental and hang-out protocols. I am personally benefited by learning of a place selling cookie-ice cream sandwich for $1.) Next CVRL event will be ice cream social hosted by Dr. Goldhaber. It is awesome! I love CVRL!

Apr, 2004: Jun came all the way here from Kentucky. She is really an amazing person. She can grow tons of E.Coli in a week, 10 WB in a day, one week's foods in a hour. I don't know why Dr. Ping like her so much. I have my reasons. ;)

Mar, 2004: Mr. Will Foster has joined our team. Here is a brief introduction. He is male, single, straight, 20 something, handsome guy, which is available. If you were to contact him, please call 310-267-5624 during 9am to 7pm pacific time, Monday through Sunday.---By the way, I am available too.

Nov 27, 2003: Warning! Alert!! Attention!!! Since Dr. Cao arrived, the mutation rate of the lab has increased at least ten folds. Please do watch out your genome and pass this message to your cells. Stay away of the PCR equipment and agarose os all kinds. Good luck!

Nov 21, 2003: Jun and Dr. Cao, both went through security check of UCLA. Either one of them was required to give finger-print. It has been proven that both of them are nastiness-free. By the way, two set of gloves were reported missing by the end of day. Linda is still looking at the inventory. We will get you update on this issue ASAP!

Nov 19-20, 2003: Jun and Dr. Cao, two founder of the lab, came to Los Angeles. It is such a happy reunion! It is really a time of thanks giving in the eve of thanksgiving ceremony. Let us talk turkey together.

Oct 28-31, 2003: Crew members; Tom, Beniam and Nobel; visited Dr. Edmondson's lab at Little Rock, Arkansas. Dr. Edmondson and Richard are esteemed long-time colaborators of our lab. They were very nice and helpful. The hardwares in their lab were quite impressive, too. This journey was truly beneficial for us. During the three-day visit, Rick has managed to identify more than 10 isoforms of human keratin in a mouse sample. Genotyping for the origin of these keratin is on-going. Beniam has decided to shave all the lab crews and mice before any further MS experiments. Look out, Tomas! Nobel missed the opportunity to let Mr. Clinton sign his T-shirt.

Oct 21, 2003: David sang a Chinese song in the lab. The aftermath is tremendous. Linda was checking whether the radio is broken. The comment from Dr. Wang is "Your Chinese is a little bit weird." However, David is still convinced that his future is on-stage. HOT-DOG.

Oct 20, 2003: Dr. Ju Chen from UCSD gave a talk regarding Cypher and cardiomyopathy. The talk is so popular. Lots of people came. My skeletal muscles are disarrayed after the seminar, for sure.

Oct 16, 2003: A Flu virus is wandering in the lab. The first host has been identified. Several victims have been infected. Everyone is wearing mask now.

Oct 16, 2003: Dr. Macllelan gave a fabulous talk on p53. Meanwhile, the pizzas provided by Dr. Macllelan were also delicious. We are definitely looking forward to more meetings like that.

Sep, 16, 2003: The legendary membrane of our lab, Dr. Jun Zhang, defenced her thesis. As the most senior member, she is loved by all other lab membranes. Congratulations, Jun. Wish the best to you and your family.

Sep , 2003: The cold room has been established. No T-shirt and shorts allowed!

Aug 13-17, 2003: On the last day of the AHA conference meeting in Snowbird, Utah. Dr. Ping gave a fabulous talk and four lab members and one former lab member presented their posters. The posters were big-hits. Dr. Wang, Dr. Lu, Dr. Qiao and former member Dr. Baines won the travel awards. Congratulations. Mainly as a listener, me, the webmaster did learn a lot as well.

Nov 16-20, 2002: AHA 2002 Scientific Sessions. The laboratory will present four oral abstracts at this year’s Sessions. Notably, Dr. Chris Baines is one of six finalists for the Melvin Marcus Award, the final presentations for which will take place on Tuesday, November 19th.

Nov, 2002: The PKC lab has moved from Univ. of Louisville to UCLA. Thanks all the people of Univ. of Louisville for being so supportive and thanks for all the people in UCLA for being so nice to the new-comers. Also special appreciation to Dr. Wang, Tom, Joe and Ernest for making so much difficult a task of moving so smooth.

Oct 29, 2002: Jeff gave a great presentation today. Hang on, bro.

Oct 15, 2002: Joe constructed 4 plasmids already. Congratulations.

Oct, 2002: Three undergraduate students became members of our research team. They made up into "new blood" to keep "the organism" from ischemia. Welcome!

Oct, 2002: Dr. Wang and Tom went over L.A. as pioneer to settle down a new home for this family. Their work will be highly appreciated.

Sep 6, 2002: Dr. Wang becomes trapped in the HSC Tower elevator. Physical Plant was called and responded to safely remove the somewhat shaken but relatively unharmed Dr. Wang from the elevator. He was advised to take the stairs in the future.

Aug 23, 2002: Several lab members enjoyed the outdoor picnic of the Dept of Physiology in a thunderstorm. This experience was refreshing.

Aug 19, 2002: Tom Vondriska successfully defended his dissertation today.

Aug 1, 2002: We have a new member joining the lab, Joe Qiao. He comes from the Basic Medical Sciences Dept at Purdue and brings to the lab a considerable background in molecular biology.