Recent Lab news (Summer 2020 - Current)
(Fall 2023) We thank NIH/NIGMS for providing a supplement grant associate with our R35 MIRA. We acquired a MALS light scattering system.
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(Summer 2023) After earning an Master's degree from the UTRGV biology, Bianca joined us as a Research Associate I. Welcome Bianca. Later this summer, Cristina (a physics undergraduate student) will join us as a summer research assistant. In the upcoming semester, Lois will join us, too.
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(Spring 2023) Miranda accepted an offer from the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine at the UT Health Science Center San Antonio (with a 4-year full scholarship) after deliberating between four pre-matched school offers. Congratulations!
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(Summer 2022) Dr. Sadaf Shehzad, Ms. Huda Abbood, and Mr. Brandon Shields joined us. More people, more science, and more fun. Welcome all!
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(Spring 2022) Miranda successfully defended her master's thesis and graduated. Congratulations on your achievements! She will keep exploring the beauty of DNA-binding proteins as a Research Associate.
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(Spring 2022) We were in San Francisco for the Annual Biophysical Society Meeting.
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(Spring 2022) Our first postdoctoral researcher Aleksey Aleshintsev arrived here. Welcome Aleksey!
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(Winter 2021) A paper was published in the Journal of General Virology in collaboration with Dr. Blair Strang's group at St. George's, University of London in the United Kingdom. Congratulations Lee Zyrus Hernandez!
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(Fall 2021) We thank NIH/NIGMS for supporting our research for the next 5 years through the R35 MIRA funding mechanism ($1.8M).
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* Read the UTRGV Innovation Newsletter article from here.
* Read his story featured in the University of Kentucky iMers website.
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​(Summer 2021) Fatema Tuz Zohra, a graduate student in mechanical engineering successfully defend her master's thesis. She is moving to the Penn State University to pursue a PhD. Congratulations!
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(Fall 2020) Miranda won the first prize in her research presentation (in physics) in the College of Sciences Annual Research Conference. Congratulation!
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(Fall 2020) The single-molecule biophysics lab welcomes Ms. Miranda Molina. She will explore single-molecule DNA-protein interaction study as a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (BCMB) master's student.
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(Summer 2020) Mr. Cesar Millan, a graduate in biology and a Weslaco High School science teacher joined the lab to perform summer research. Welcome!
