Dr Yuhong Du

Yuhong Du, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology at the Emory University, is the Associate Director at the Emory Chemical Biology Discovery center (ECBDC). Dr. Du received her Ph.D. in Pharmacy from the National University of Singapore in 2003. Her Postdoctoral training was carried out in the Department of Pharmacology at Emory University, where she studied molecular mechanisms that control cell survival signaling. Dr. Du is a founding member of the ECBDC and has directed the design, acquisition, assembly, and operation of the ECBDC’s two advanced robotic screening systems to facilitate ultra-high throughput biochemical and image-based phenotypic screening.  Dr. Du’s expertise includes innovative HTS/HCS assay design, development and implementation. She is actively involved in educational programs on HTS technologies. Currently, Dr. Du oversees the daily operation of the high throughput screening program at Emory.