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.
(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.
(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!
(Summer 2022) Dr. Sadaf Shehzad, Ms. Huda Abbood, and Mr. Brandon Shields joined us. More people, more science, and more fun. Welcome all!
(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.
(Spring 2022) We were in San Francisco for the Annual Biophysical Society Meeting.
(Spring 2022) Our first postdoctoral researcher Aleksey Aleshintsev arrived here. Welcome Aleksey!
(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!
(Fall 2021) We thank NIH/NIGMS for supporting our research for the next 5 years through the R35 MIRA funding mechanism ($1.8M).
* Read the UTRGV Innovation Newsletter article from here.
* Read his story featured in the University of Kentucky iMers website.
(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!
(Fall 2020) Miranda won the first prize in her research presentation (in physics) in the College of Sciences Annual Research Conference. Congratulation!
(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.
(Summer 2020) Mr. Cesar Millan, a graduate in biology and a Weslaco High School science teacher joined the lab to perform summer research. Welcome!
