August 2026
- Congrats to lab alum Tanya! She accepted a postdoc position with Yi Tang and the NSF BioPACIFIC MIP at UCLA!
July 2026
- Congrats to lab alums Erin, Casey, and Katrina, along with our collaborators in the Luptak, Steward, and Digman labs! Manuscript on optimized RNA lanterns accepted at ACS Chem. Biol.!
- Congrats to Halley, Shelbee, lab alum Kat, and our collaborators in the Potma lab! Manuscript on new alkyne tags for OPTIR accepted at ACS Chem. Biol.!
- Happy 16th birthday to the lab! Sweet 16!
June 2026
- We hosted this year’s Greater Los Angeles Area (GALA) Chemical Biology Symposium! Check out some pictures here.
- Congrats to Julia! She accepted a postdoc position in the Devlin lab at HMS!
May 2026
- Congrats to lab alum Dr. Zi Yao! He was awarded a K99 award from NIH!
- Congrats to Yuan! Perspective piece accepted at Curr. Opin. Chem. Biol.!
- Tanya defended her thesis! Congratulations Dr. Hadjian!
- Julia defended her thesis! Congratulations Dr. Balsamo!
- Erin defended her thesis! Congratulations Dr. Fuller!
- Congrats to Erin! She was awarded the Jacqueline Smitrovich Prize!
- Congrats to Erica and Brenden, our two new Ph.D. candidates in the lab!
April 2026
- Congrats to Erin! She accepted a postdoc position in the Sim lab here at UCI!
- Jenn was officially promoted to the next major rank in the UC system! Congrats Jenn!
- Congrats to Jenn! She was named a Cottrell Scholar and a recipient of the 2026 IMPACT award!
- We had a great time at the Anaheim Ducks vs. Vancouver Canucks hockey game! Check us out supporting the Ducks!
February 2026
- Congrats to lab alums Lila, Carly, and Zach, and our collaborators in the Digman and Amelio groups! Paper on expanded applications of bioluminescent phasor officially accepted at Cell Reports Methods!
- Congrats to Erin, lab alums Lila and Zach, and our collaborators in the Digman lab! Paper on the new PhasorScope build accepted at ACS Chem Biomed Imaging!
- Congrats to Erin, lab alums Lila and Kevin, and our collaborators in the Luptak, Steward, and Digman labs! Manuscript on new RNA probes accepted at JACS!
January 2026
- Congrats to Julia! Paper with the Bess lab was accepted at ACS Chem. Biol. this past week!
- Happy holidays! We celebrated with a fun holiday group dinner at Habana.