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Spring Lab Outing
April 2026 - We went to dinner as our spring lab outing and celebration party for our PhD candidate Deepali's successful proposal defense and our MS graduate Hannia's successful MS defense.
MS BME Thesis Defense
April 2026 - Our MS BME student Hannia Balcorta successfully defended her thesis - "Simultaneous Carrier, Cargo, and Functional Tracking of Lipid Nanoparticles" with Drs. Michael, Natividad-Diaz, and Wilhelm as committee members.
Presentations at COURI Spring Symposium 2026
April 2026 - Our undergrad students Paulo, Rayce, and Trinity presented their research work on air-liquid interface models for testing LNPs, biomolecular coronas of LNPs, and machine learning-based optimization of LNP formulations respectively at the COURI Spring Symposium
Volunteering at ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Engineering Carnival
February 2026 - DESTINATION lab volunteered at the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Engineering Carnival community outreach and recruitment event.
Attendance at 2026 UT System Trauma Research Symposium
February 2026 - Dr. Poon and Jael Chavez (along with our collaborators at the Michael Lab) attended the 2026 UT System Trauma Research Symposium in Austin. Jael presented his research poster on high-throughput screening of immunomodulatory LNPs for sepsis treatment.
Publication in Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports
February 2026 - Lab alumnus Mario and Dr. Poon published a research article in the journal Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports in collaboration with Prof. Binata Joddar's group entitled ""