ZHANG LAB
Geroscience Drug Discovery
Lab News
04/23/2026 PBS Research Day
Join us for PBS Research Day 2026 at the University of Georgia College of Pharmacy. The event includes faculty talks, trainee research presentations, posters, and a keynote lecture highlighting innovation in biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences.
03/13/2026 Cell Press Blue highlights our lipid senolytic work
Aging research with infinite potential:
Lei Justan Zhang (University of Georgia College of Pharmacy), Paul Robbins (University of Minnesota Medical School), & colleagues identify fatty acids that selectively induce death in senescent cells—the culprits behind aging and many chronic diseases—opening new avenues for age related therapies.
03/12/2026 New Grant Award
We are honored and grateful that our project, “One-Two Punch Therapy for Refractory Cancer in Human and Canine,” was selected for UGA’s 2025 Presidential Interdisciplinary Seed Grant program, an exciting step toward developing new therapies for cancer in both humans and our best friends, dogs.
12/01/2025
We are excited to have Partha and Qianqian join as PhD students, welcome aboard!
Our coffee budget and research plans both expanded!
Let’s change the world, one experiment, one cup of coffee, at a time!
11/10/2025
Dr. Zhang gave an invited lecture, “Bioinformatics Approaches for Drug Discovery,” at Hasanuddin University in Makassar, Indonesia.
10/31/2025
Happy Halloween! No tricks, just treats: We’ve won a 2025 Teaming for Interdisciplinary Research (TIR) Pre-Seed Award. Thanks to our awesome team in the College of Pharmacy and UGA. Time to bring new therapies from bench to bedside...and kennel-side!
10/07/2025
Ready to discover: Setting the stage for new therapies!
08/01/2025
The Zhang Lab is officially open! Come say hello!
