Research Lab Technician II
Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology
Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC

2250 Alcazar St.
CSA 123 – HSC 9062
Los Angeles, CA 90033-9062
Phone: (323) 442-3187
Fax: (323) 442-2981
hongcoll@usc.edu

Education
Experience
Publications

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
B.S., 2022
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention 
Minors in Natural Science and Drawing

  • 2022 – 2024 – Research Lab Technician II, Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

  • 2020 – 2022 – Research Assistant – USC HEAL Lab, Los Angeles, CA

  • 2020 – 2020 – Research Assistant – USC REACH Lab, Los Angeles, CA

  • 2017 – 2017 – Research Intern – Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN

  1. Wang L, Liu Z, Zhao S, Xu K, Aceves V, Qiu C, Feng HC, Bian F, He J, Song CJ, Troutwine B, Liu L, Ma S, Niu Y, Wang S, Yuan S, Li X, Zhao L, Liu X, Qiu G, Wu Z; Deciphering disorders Involving Scoliosis and COmorbidities (DISCO) study group; Zhang TJ, Gray RS, Wu N. Variants in the SOX9 transactivation middle domain induce axial skeleton dysplasia and scoliosis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2025 Jan 28;122(4):e2313978121. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2313978121. Epub 2025 Jan 24. PMID: 39854231.

  2. Bian F, Hansen V, Feng HC, He J, Chen Y, Feng K, Ebrahimi B, Gray RS, Chai Y, Wu CL, Liu Z. (2024) The G protein-coupled receptor ADGRG6 maintains mouse growth plate homeostasis through IHH signaling. J Bone Miner Res. 2024 Oct 29;39(11):1644-1658. doi: 10.1093/jbmr/zjae144. PMID: 39236220; PMCID: PMC11523133.