The mission of the Yang lab@TAMU is to understand how viruses replicate to expand the knowledge of both viruses and their hosts, and to develop novel strategies combating human and animal viral diseases. We mainly study poxviruses.
In parallel, we strive to train and educate the next generation of scientists.

Zhilong Yang Lab

Our research was featured in Texas A&M Stories. https://stories.tamu.edu/news/2026/08/18/too-much-rna-can-starve-cells-of-energy-study-finds/

Congratulations to Anil and Lara on the new publication titled “Vaccinia virus growth factor induces divergent signaling programs and biological outcomes from cellular epidermal growth factor.” https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1014725https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1014725

Congratulations to Ziyue, Ajit (UMN), and co-authors on the new publication titled “Synthesis and Structure−Activity Relationship (SAR) of Hydroxypyridone-3-carboxamides against Orthopoxviruses”. https://pubs.acs.org/jmcmar/article/doi/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.6c01525/5456093/Synthesis-and-Structure-Activity-Relationship-SAR?searchresult=1

Congratulations to Anil on receiving the official notice letter from the NIH for earning a fundable priority score for his K22 Career Transition Award application!


Zhilong and team
Zhilong Yang  and team
Zhilong Yang and team