Lab News
November 2024 – The lab welcomes Bioengineering PhD students Siamalan Krishnathas and Erin Shen as well as Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering PhD student Sofia Hernandez!
October 23-26, 2024 – Several team members attended BMES Annual Meeting. Marina and Tyler gave talks, Sam, Anushka, and Tyler presented posters, and Anushka won 1st prize with her team for the NIBIB Challenge.
June 13, 2024 – Mei-Li successfully defends her Ph.D. thesis! Congratulations, Dr. Laracuente Bice!
April 9-10, 2024 – Tyler and Emily attended the GCC 4th Annual Future of Immunology Symposium in Houston, where Tyler gave a talk and Emily gave a lightning talk and won the ‘Fan Favorite’ award!
April, 2024 – Congratulations to lab member Emily Henrich for being awarded an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship!
April 5, 2024 – Erin successfully defends her Ph.D. thesis! Congratulations, Dr. Euliano!
March 6, 2024 – Brett successfully defends his Ph.D. thesis! Congratulations, Dr. Pogostin!
February 2024 – The lab attended the BIOE Research Retreat, where Lynna gave a flash talk and Erin won the 5th year poster award!
November 13-15, 2023 – Erin and Alyssa attend the Nature – Bioengineering for Global Health Conference in Nashville, where Alyssa gave a flash talk and both presented posters.
October 2023 – The lab welcomes Bioengineering PhD students Katherine Chen, Emily Henrich, and Chaoyang Tang!
October 2, 2023 – The lab welcomes Laavanya Devarajan, a visiting PhD student from IIT Madras!
September 9, 2023 – Congratulations to Alyssa Kunkel for publishing in the Journal of Biomedical Materials Research!
August 2023 – The lab welcomes Bioengineering Masters student Gabby Lea!
August 15, 2023 – Congratulations to Brett Pogostin on being awarded an F99/K00 Fellowship!
July 28, 2023 – Congratulations to Sam Wu and Yosan Embafrash for earning top honors at the IBB Summer Research Symposium!
May 30, 2023 – Congratulations to Miusi Shi for publishing in Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews!
May 12, 2023 – Congratulations to Tyler Graf for publishing in JoVE!
March 27, 2023 – Congratulations to Lynna Baryakova for publishing in Nature Reviews Drug Discovery!
March 2, 2023 – Congratulations to Tyler Graf for publishing in Advanced Materials!
January 3, 2023 – The lab wins a grant from the Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Foundation.
December 12, 2022 – Congratulations to Tyler Graf for publishing in PNAS!
November 2022 – The lab welcomes Bioengineering PhD student Alyssa Kunkel and Chemistry PhD students Heather Chia-Chien Hsu and Shengyue Piao!
November 16, 2022 – Congratulations to Tyler Graf for publishing in Science Translational Medicine!
November 10, 2022 – Dr. McHugh has received a co-appointment in the Department of Chemistry.
October 28, 2022 – Dr. McHugh has received the Distinguished Scientist Award from the Sontag Foundation to develop an immunotherapy for brain cancer.
October 12-15, 2022 – The lab attends the BMES Annual Meeting in San Antonio, where
Erin, Marina, and Mei-Li presented posters and Brett, Lynna, and Tyler gave oral presentations.
October 19, 2022 – Congratulations to Lynna Baryakova on passing her Thesis Proposal!
October 12, 2022 – Congratulations to Erin Euliano for publishing in Science Translational Medicine!
September 23, 2022 – Congratulations to Marina Yu for passing her Thesis Proposal!
September 8, 2022 – Congratulations to Brett Pogostin for publishing in Biomaterials Science!
September 1, 2022 – The lab wins the John S. Dunn Foundation Award in collaboration with Dr. Robert Jenq at MD Anderson.
September 1, 2022 – Congratulations to Mei-Li Laracuente for being named an NIH Graduate Fellow!
August 5, 2022 – Congratulations to Valentina Ortega for earning top honors at the IBB Summer Research Symposium!
July 12, 2022 – The lab wins a grant from the Sarcoma Foundation of America.
June 7, 2022 – Congratulations to Erin Euliano for passing her Thesis Proposal!
February 28, 2022 – The laboratory welcomes Postdoctoral Scholar Miusi Shi, M.D.!
February 17, 2022 – Congratulations to Mei-Li Laracuente for being named a Rice University Innovation Fellow!
January 3, 2022 – The laboratory welcomes lab technician Sarah Melhorn!
December 15, 2021 – Congratulations to Brett Pogostin for passing his thesis proposal!
November 19, 2021 – Congratulations to Mei-Li Laracuente for passing her Thesis Proposal!
May 4, 2021 – Congratulations to Dhruv, Sherry, and Tyler for publishing in AAPS!
May 13, 2021 – Congratulations to Sherry Yue Qiu for defending her Master’s Thesis!
May 12, 2021 – Congratulations to Dhruv Varshney for defending his Master’s Thesis!
May 4, 2021 – The laboratory welcomes BIOE Master’s Student Gautham Budaraju to the group!
March 23, 2021 – Congratulations to lab member Lynna Baryakova for being awarded an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship!
March 15, 2021 – The lab wins an R03 Grant from the NIBIB to study electrosprayed drug delivery systems
March 1, 2021 – The lab wins the Genentech Age-Related Macular Degeneration Research Fellowship.
November 10, 2020 – Congratulations to Mei-Li and Marina for publishing in the Journal of Controlled Release!
October 12, 2020 – The laboratory welcomes BIOE Ph.D. student Lynna Baryakova to the group!
August 10, 2020 – The lab wins a K22 Grant from the NIAID to study vaccine delivery systems.
September 14, 2020 – The laboratory welcomes BIOE masters students Sherry Yue Qiu and Dhruv Varshney!
August 12, 2020 – Congratulations to Tyler Graf for publishing on the cover of Science Translational Medicine!
March 31, 2020 – Congratulations to lab member Brett Pogostin for being awarded an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship!
December 3, 2019 – The laboratory welcomes bioengineering graduate students Tyler Graf, Marina Yu, Mei-Li Laracuente, and Brett Pogostin!
September 6, 2019 – The laboratory welcomes its first graduate student, Erin Euliano!
July 1, 2019 – The laboratory is officially open! We are on the lookout for great students, postdocs, and collaborators, so please reach out if you believe there could be synergy.
