Author Archives: Yun Chen
Photoshoot 2022 “A Day in MEOW Lab”
We thank Junjie for organizing and directing the photoshoot. Please see what we are up to at the page.
Matt’s paper on viscosity, membrane tension and intracellular temperature measurement is published
We are very happy to announce that Matt’s review paper “How sticky? How Tight? How Hot? Imaging probes for fluid viscosity, membrane tension and temperature measurements at the cellular level” is published in The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell … Continue reading
Halloween group meeting 2022
The theme of this year’s Halloween costume meeting was pirates. Nobody could see very well during the photoshoot because the eyepatch really blocked the view of one of the eyes. No wonder we never meet any former pirate who later … Continue reading
Junjie wins Bioluminsecence Diversity Travel Scholarship
We learned the good news that Junjie is selected to receive one of the three Bioluminsecence Diversity Travel Scholarships to attend the Laboratory of Fluorescence Dynamics (LFD) workshop 2022 in Irvine, California. Funded by the Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group, … Continue reading
Team building (by dining) with collaborators
At MEOW lab we are hungry for scientific discoveries but hungrier for good food. Thanks to Jen’s organization we were very lucky to satiate our appetites for both by having dinner with our collaborators whom we usually see via Zoom … Continue reading
Daniel wins the Dean Robert H. Roy Fellowship
We are very happy to learn that Daniel is selected for the Dean Robert H. Roy Fellowship for the 2022-2023 academic year by the Dean’s office of Whiting School of Engineering. Starting his PhD training only weeks ago, Daniel has … Continue reading
Jen’s paper is published
Jen’s review paper “Mechanical regulation of signal transduction in angiogenesis” is accepted and published at Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. We review how variation in the mechanical microenvironment can modulate the angiogenesis process. Jen combed through the literatures and presented … Continue reading
Our Viscosity Paper is Featured in Nature Physics News and Views
Our paper “Membrane ruffling is a mechanosensor of extracellular fluid viscosity (PDF version: https://go.nature.com/3oyIXXB)” published today is also highlighted at the Nature Physics News and Views article “Ruffled in water, smooth in honey” . We thank Drs. Laura M. Faure … Continue reading
Happy Birthday Jen
We celebrated Jen’s birthday by treating ourselves to a load of crabs at a crab shack. It was a perfect summer dinner. Happy Birthday Jen!
Dr. Pittman!
Matt successfully defended his thesis and earned his doctorate today. It has been a long and hard journey but Matt got through all the extraordinary challenges brought by experiments, publication process and the pandemic with perseverance and courage. We are … Continue reading