Author Archives: Yun Chen

Happy Holidays

Bearded MAFIA members wish you a happy holiday and a prosperous 2017!!!  

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Happy Birthdays Seungman and Yu, See You Later Matt

We wished happy birthdays to Seungman and Yu and bid our temporary goodbye to Matt at Donna’s tonight. What’s better than getting together, having good food and bonding in the cold, pre-holiday days of December?

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MAFIA spent time at Alcatraz

While waiting for the flight to return home from San Francisco after the ASCB meeting, we visited the notorious prison island Alcatraz. We needed to reach Alcatraz by boat. Despite the chilling rain, the spirit of adventure was quite high. We toured … Continue reading

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ASCB 2016

Yun, Seungman, Deb, Wei-Hung and Matt attended the ASCB meeting in San Francisco between December 3rd and 7th. The trip back and forth was long and bumpy. The schedule was hectic and demanding. But we met old friends, made new friends, … Continue reading

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Welcome Oludunsin

We welcome Oludunsin Samuel-Ojo, a MechE senior, joining the lab of MAFIA. Oludunsin will be studying the mechanics and nano-structure of DNA, in collaboration with Prof. Stavros Gaitanaros. We are excited to have you on board, Oludunsin!

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Welcome Guohao

We welcome Guohao Sun, a MechE junior, joining the lab of MAFIA . Guohao will be part of the exciting and growing PDF project. We look forward to working with you, Guohao!

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Brian wins Provost’s Undergraduate Research Award

It seems good news comes in pairs. Brian’s proposal entitled “Cell Stretching Platform for Cell-Cell Adhesion Strength Measurement and Self-Organization Behavior Tissues”  also wins Provost’s Undergraduate Research Award. Brian leads this multidisciplinary project fiercely and fearlessly. We are thrilled but … Continue reading

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Jenny wins Provost’s Undergraduate Research Award

Jenny’s proposal entitled ” Developing 3D Molding and 3D Printing Techniques to Study the effect of Geometry on Protein Expression in Micro-Tissues” is selected for Provost’s Undergraduate Research Award. We are very happy to see her good work, which involves many late night … Continue reading

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Gettysburg Fall 2016

A regular Saturday for MAFIA gang is some R&R and fun in the lab. Today we extended our R&R all the way to Gettysburg PA, with, of course, our buddy group led by Prof. Sung Hoon Kang. We learned a lot … Continue reading

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Brian went to Space@Hopkins Symposium

Yun was in the background presenting Brian’s work to the audience.

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