Author Archives: Yun Chen

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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Halloween Group Meeting

We combined work with a little celebrating spirit of Halloween at our group meeting today. Note the tattooed arms. Note our dignified guest Prof. Barman. Note the pretentious bad-ass attitudes. The lovely MAFIA lab manager. All pumped up for another … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday Matt!!!

Matt’s birthday gave us a perfect reason for MAFIA family and friends to get together and bond at CVP. We had a memorable evening. What a lovely start of fall 2016!

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Welcome Jeyani

We welcome Jeyani Narayan joining the lab of MAFIA. Jeyani is a sophomore in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. She will work on the stretching project with Brian. We are excited to have you working with us Jeyani!

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Matt Wins ASCB Travel Award

Matt was selected for Travel Award to attend American Society of Cell Biology Annual Meeting at San Francisco in December. Matt’s winning project  is high-throughput measurement of sub-pN forces generated by motile cells.  It is a rare honor for undergraduate students. We are psyched … Continue reading

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Debonil Wins ASCB Travel Award

Debonil was selected for Travel Award to attend American Society of Cell Biology Annual Meeting at San Francisco in December. Debonil studies the effects of  hydrostatic pressure changes on the ECM and cells.  We congratulate Debonil  to be recognized for his good work.

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Jenny Is Invited to Give a Talk at ASCB Microsymposium

Jenny is invited to present her work at the microsymposium of ASCB Annual Meeting at San Francisco in December about the micromolding method she developed to culture cells in  arbitrary 3D geometries. It is a rare honor for undergraduate students. Way to … Continue reading

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