Category Archives: Uncategorized

Visiting University of Queensland

This September, we embarked on a 10-day trip, crossing oceans and continents to visit University of Queensland and work with our collaborators, a team led by Prof. Warwick Bowen. Together we measured intracellular activities with a new label-free optical microscopy. … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Visiting University of Queensland

End of Summer 2023

As the Fall semester starts next week, we celebrated a busy and productive summer this year. We are fortunate to host many outstanding visiting students all over the world, Alejandro, Ivy, Amman, Nishith and Jeremy. Thank you for contributing to … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged | Comments Off on End of Summer 2023

Daniel Passes Doctoral Qualifier Exam

Our brave Daniel passed the DQE exam with flying colors today, also his birthday. His exam was scheduled  3 months earlier than the regular exam set by the department. This sets the record in his class and in our lab. … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged | Comments Off on Daniel Passes Doctoral Qualifier Exam

Junjie’s presentation at Center for Cell Dynamics

We marked the end of Spring 2023 semester by attending Junjie’s talk given at Center for Cell Dynamics (CCD), entitled “Quantum Actuation in Cells with Recombinant Magneto-sensitive Protein”.  We are very excited about this work and its applicational potential in precise … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , | Comments Off on Junjie’s presentation at Center for Cell Dynamics

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.

Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Photoshoot 2022 “A Day in MEOW Lab”

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

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged | Comments Off on Matt’s paper on viscosity, membrane tension and intracellular temperature measurement is published

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

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged | Comments Off on Halloween group meeting 2022

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

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged | Comments Off on Junjie wins Bioluminsecence Diversity Travel Scholarship

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

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , | Comments Off on Team building (by dining) with collaborators

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

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged | Comments Off on Daniel wins the Dean Robert H. Roy Fellowship