2024
10/11/2024
A new research was just published in Nature Materials. This is a collaborative work with Dr. Alex Hughes's group at UPenn. In this research project, we utilized Brillouin microscopy to elucidate the role of mechanical regulation in kidney development, a long-standing puzzle for biologists. Chenjun conducted all the Brillouin experiments and obtained very nice data. Congratulations!!
09/06/2024
An article co-authored by Chenjun was just published in Journal of Cell Biology. This is a collaborative research with Dr. Gardinier from Henry Ford Health. Using Brillouin microscopy, we helped the scientists understand the osteocytes' response to dynamic mechanical loading.
06/26/2024
We were awarded a seed fund from Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit to support our cancer research!!
06/19/2024
We were recently interviewed by Nature to discuss the promising potential of Brillouin microscopy in understanding the mechanical regulations during embryonic development.
02/10/2024
A review article on Brillouin microscopy was just published in Nature Reviews Methods Primers. This article is featured as the highlight of the month, AND the photo is from us: it's the Brillouin image of a spheroid taken by Karlin!!!
01/25/2024
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We received 2024 NSF CAREER Award!!
With the support of this award, we will develop a new non-contact imaging tool that can quantify 3D cell biomechanics in tumor growth. We hope this new tool can help biologists and doctors better understand the mechanism of cancer and develop new treatment strategies. Read the news here. |
01/18/2024
2023
11/10/2023
Chenjun just published his work in JoVE as a leading author. In this work, we provided all the details about how to use Brillouin microscopy to monitor the mechanical evolution of embryonic tissue in situ when the embryo is developing in mini-incubator. Video comes soon!
10/02/2023
A new paper with Chenjun as co-author was just published in Cancers. In this collaboration with Dr. Radhika Gogoi from Karmanos Cancer Institute and Dr. Gil Mor's group from C. S. Mott Center for Human Growth and Development, we used Brillouin technology to help cancer biologists identify the important role of CTGF (Connective Tissue Growth Factor) in EMT (Epithelial-mesenchymal transition). Read the full story here.
09/19/2023
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We are awarded a R21 grant from NICHD, NIH!!!
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07/07/2023
Our lab is highlighted by The South End- the official student news paper of Wayne State. Karlin and Iris are in the news. Check the full story here.
06/20/2023
Chenjun's paper is published in Optics Letters. Nice collaboration with Dr. Mohammad Mehrmohammadi's group at the University of Rochester. Congrats!!!
06/06/2023
Jitao starts to serve as the Editorial Board Member of the Scientific Reports journal.
06/02/2023
Our lab is funded by "Grants Boost Program" of OVPR at Wayne State University. We will use this fund to collect more preliminary data for external proposal resubmission.
05/23/2023
Two projects in which our lab participates are funded by Richard Barber Interdisciplinary Research Program this year. We will work with Dr. Guan from Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders to study age-related hearing loss, and work with Dr. Mukhopadhyay from Department of Physics to study active crystals on top of a sphere.
05/10/2023
Our work is in the News of Wayne State. Check it out here: New research by WSU scientist brings Brillouin microscopy closer to widespread use in diagnostic medicine
03/09/2023
Our work on the development of dual line-scanning Brillouin microscopy has been published in Nature Methods. Read the related news release here.
01/06/2023
Congrats to Chenchen Handler for publishing her work in Scientific Reports. Now we can do time-lapse mechanical imaging of chick embryo tissue! see how the tissue modulus changes as the neural tube is closing.
2022
12/18/2022
The Guardian selects our latest wok as one of the 10 biggest science stories of 2022. Check No.7 of the news. #The future of Brillouin technology is bright!
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12/14/2022
Lab members gathering at Detroit Shipping Co. to conclude the semester and celebrate the upcoming holidays.
10/12/2022
Marcus Akrawi received on-going research support from the Richard Barber Interdisciplinary Research Program. Congratulation!
09/09/2022
Marcus and Ahmed present their work on Barber Interdisciplinary Research Fair, Karlin served as a powerful judge. Wonderful job, guys!
05/11/2022
Xuan Xuan and Haden were funded by UROP (Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program) Award. Congratulations!!!
04/29/2022
Our lab won University Research Grant (2022-2023)!
03/16/2022
Our project was funded by Richard Barber Interdisciplinary Research Program!! We will study cancer cell biomechanics with both Brillouin microscopy and Atomic Force Microscopy through collaboration with Dr. Peter Hoffmann's group.
03/09/2022
Karlin received the Thesis Research Support Award from the Graduate School. Congratulation!!!
01/02/2022
Welcome Chenjun join the lab!
2021
11/18/2021
Welcome Hani and Haden join the lab!!!
10/07/2021
Jitao is attending the 2021 BMES annual meeting in Orlando and chair the session of Biomedical Imaging And Instrumentation from 10/7-10/9.
09/30/2021
We have two new members. Karlin is our master student at Wayne State University, who joined the lab in August 2021. Chenjun just graduated from the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology and will start his PhD program in January 2022. Welcome joining the lab!!!
05/22/2021
Welcome our first student member, Xuan Xuan, who is on board of Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) and represents her class. Not only to that, Xuan Xuan is also a great volleyball coach and the only expert in our lab who can admit students based on their talents for volleyball.
05/02/2021
Our lab website is launched!