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2026-05-11

Dr. Bu and Dr. Hsueh celebrate PhD graduation

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2026-04-17

Why I’m a Scientist: Dr. Fang Li

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2026-03-19

PhD student Fan Bu receives Schmit-Steer Award

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2026-03-11 

University of Minnesota scientists reveal how deadly Marburg virus enters human cells, identify therapeutic vulnerability

Minnesota researchers work to tame one of world’s deadliest viruses

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2026-03-02 

Midwest AViDD Co-Director Fang Li senior author of most-cited all-time papers in two leading virology journals

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2025-11-12 

Dr. Fang Li named Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher for fifth consecutive year, joined by two Li Lab members

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2025-10-28 

Dr. Fang Li receives five awards, including the highest honor for Medical School faculty

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2025-09-30 

Dr. Gang Ye promoted to research assistant professor 

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2025-02-03

New study reveals how Sudan virus binds to human cells

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2024-12-23

University of Minnesota scientists advance nanobody technology to combat deadly Ebola virus

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2024-09-26

Structural biology, alpacas, and phages join forces to combat the evolving COVID-19 virus

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2024-03-28

Nanoli Therapeutics LLC has been founded

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2023-12-04

New study highlights COVID-19's adaptive strategy for infection

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2023-09-14

Crucial pandemic research wins Midwest AViDD co-director, Dr. Fang Li, prestigious American Society of Microbiology award

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2023-04-10

2023 Health Care Heroes: U of M's Fang Li helps prepare world for next pandemic

Dr. Fang Li, co-director of Midwest AViDD, has been named a Minnesota Health Care Hero for 2023

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2022-12-06

Fang Li listed top-rank most impactful scientist in the world in 2022

Midwest AViDD's Dr. Fang Li among World's Top 500 Most Impactful Scientists of 2022

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2022-10-18

Evidence for possible animal origin of the COVID-19 Omicron variant

Structural evidence that rodents facilitated the evolution of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant

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2022-08-31

Dr. Fang Li returns to the Department of Pharmacology as professor and endowed chair

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2022-05-23

U of M receives NIAID grant to develop drug treatments for future viral pandemics

Antiviral Drug Discovery Centers for Pathogens of Pandemic Concern award recipients

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2022-04-07

Dr. Li receives Zoetis Award for Veterinary Research Excellence

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2022-03-08

How Omicron infects cells while evading immunity

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2022-02-09

Fang Li Research Awards - Program announcement and call for nominations

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2021-09-08

U of M Scientists develop a novel virus-like particle COVID-19 candidate vaccine

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2021-08-09

Learning from llamas, U of M scientists develop a candidate COVID-19 drug

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2020-11-11

How scientists around the country are using the APS to fight COVID-19

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2020-05-06

UMN researchers uncover the potency and evasiveness of COVID-19 virus

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2020-04-16

U researchers make key COVID-19 virus discoveries

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2020-03-30

How the novel coronavirus binds to human cells

U of M researchers find key-and vulnerable-features of novel coronavirus

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2020-01-30

Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) receptors show similarities to SARS-CoV, according to new analysis