Archives for 2026

Grateful to Northeastern Global News for highlighting our lab’s work to uncover and engineer the chemistry of medicinal plants for human health.

Our paper on elucidation of cardenolide biosynthesis in foxglove is out. Here’s the news release from Northeastern Global News.

Jing-Ke Weng has received the 2026 Charles Albert Shull Award from the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB). This award recognizes our lab’s work on how plants generate chemical innovation and how that knowledge can advance medicine, agriculture, and sustainability. Here is the news release from IPHI. This recognition belongs to all past and current members of the Weng lab, whose creativity, dedication, and teamwork have made this journey possible.

Our paper on elucidation and engineering of withanolide biosynthesis is out. Here’s the news release from Northeastern Global News.