Welcome to the Chan Yul Yoo Lab at the University of Utah!

Welcome to the Chan Yul Yoo Lab in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Utah!

Just as we see the world by our eyes, plants see light with photoreceptors to control growth and development through the entire life cycle. Our lab is broadly interested in understanding fundamental functions of photobodies (photoreceptors-containing biomolecular condensates) as developmental and environmental sensors in controlling plant growth, development, and chloroplast biogenesis (greening). We use a combination of molecular biology, cell biology, and genetic techniques to explore fundamental mysteries of photobodies.

EDI (Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion) commitment
– The Chan Yul Yoo lab is committed to create an inclusive, positive, and healthy lab environment where individual lab members feel valued, regardless of race, age, gender, sexual orientation, nationality, and religious beliefs. We aim to promote diversity and support equity in the lab.

We are looking for passionate undergraduate students and PhD students!
Please see JOIN US for more information.

News

Aug 29, 2023
Nate Raymond joined the CY lab as a MCEB rotation student! Welcome!

Aug 2, 2023
Madi Dean received 2023 Fall UROP award! Congratulations!

Apr 19, 2023
Madi Dean joined the CY lab! Welcome!

Apr 20, 2023
Lexie received a Biology Research Scholar Award for Fall 2023. Congratulations! Award ceremony will be Apr 26, 3pm ASB220.

Apr 19, 2023
Kate passed Capstone exam and officially joined the CY Lab! Congratulations and Welcome again!

Mar 24, 2023
Jaehyung received an 2023 ASPB Travel Award! Congratulations!

Jan 17, 2023
Three undergraduate students (Lexie, Min, and Abi) joined the CY Lab! Welcome!

Min and Abi are SRI students!

Jan 9, 2023
Kate Christensen (MCEB rotation) and Jiyeon Hyun (MCEB rotation) joined the CY Lab! Welcome to the lab!

Dec 6, 2022
Scott’s research proposal was selected for UROP award! Congratulations!

Dec 2, 2022
New paper is published in Nature Communications!

Aug 29, 2022
Scott joined the CY Lab!
Welcome to the lab!

Aug 24, 2022
First official Lab meeting! Dr. Emily Yang from Columbia University visited our lab!

Aug 24, 2022
Sandhya joined the CY Lab! Welcome!

Aug 2nd, 2022
Dr. Jaehyung Lee joined
the CY Lab! Welcome!

Jul 6th, 2022
The CY Lab renovation is underway to be done by the Fall semester! Fingers crossed!

Jun 22nd, 2022
Our first postdoc will join to our lab on Aug!

Feb 23rd, 2022
A postdoc position is available! Check here!

Feb 21st, 2022
The Chan Yul Yoo Lab website opens!

Jan 1st, 2022
The Chan Yul Yoo Lab is officially started in the School of Biological Sciences, University of Utah!