New NIH R15 grant!

Great news for the Zhu lab to receive a three-year R15 grant from NIH-NIAMS!! Dr. Liu (co-I), Dr. Vishu Puri (co-I) from Diabetes Institute, Dr. Brian Clark (student mentoring committee), and Dr. Shouan Zhu (PI) will work with students on an exciting project on the role of Sirt5-protein malonylation in regulating chondrocyte metabolism and obesity associated OA development, we will further our studying on Sirt5 specifically in cartilage tissue and osteoarthritis development.