Author: mthone

• June 11, Sicong Wang, a Chemical and Biomolecular Ph.D. student, joins BioTEL as a permanent member! Welcome, Sicong!
• March 16th, BioTEL welcomes a new visiting scholar from Korea. Welcome, Dr. Oh!
• January 21st, BioTEL welcomes a new undergraduate student, Adel! Welcome, Adel!
• January 1st, BioTEL welcomes a new medical student, Matt! Welcome, Matt!

• December 17th, Jee and Melissa publish their review in Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews! Congratulations!!!
• October 13th, Maggie and Rebecca publish their review in ACS Nano! Congratulations!!!
• August 26th, Melissa quickly followed behind and also successfully defended her PhD! Congratulations, Dr. Melissa Thone!
• August 20th, Maggie did an excellent job and successfully defended her PhD! Congratulations, Dr. Margaret Lugin!
• Melissa has scheduled her defense for August 26th at 1pm, hope to see you there!
• Maggie has scheduled her defense for August 20th at 1pm, hope to see you there!
• July 9th, Maggie catches that the campus-wide deployed hand sanitizer had been recalled by the FDA due to contaminating methanol. Awesome catch, Maggie! Thank you for keeping us safe!
• July, BioTEL welcomes our newest MD/PhD student Rebecca to the lab! Welcome, Rebecca!
• April 16th, Saad successfully passed his qualifying exam and advanced to candidacy! Congratulations, Saad!
• March 2nd, BioTEL welcomes our newest postdoc Jee to the lab! Welcome, Jee!
• January 14th, Jess’s paper was accepted for publication in Bioconjugate Chemistry. Nice work, Jess!

• November 22nd, Maggie is chosen to receive the public impact fellowship! Congratulations, Maggie! Awesome job!
• November 10th, Melissa‘s review paper on production techniques was published in Methods. Congrats, Melissa!
• September 25th, BioTEL welcomes new visiting scholar Dr. Young Tag Ko from Gachon University! Welcome, Dr. Ko!
• September 9th, Melissa wins best oral presentation at the Korea University/UCI Symposium. Congrats, Melissa!
• June 14th, Nathalie has been selected to be a fellow of UCI’s Maximizing Student Development (MBRS-IMSD) Program funded by the NIH. Congratulations, Nathalie!
• June 12th, Saad receives a Service Award in Pharmaceutical Sciences! Congrats, Saad!
• June 12th, Jessica was selected as Pharmaceutical Sciences TA of the year! Great Job, Jessica!
• June 7th, Michael joins the lab as a masters student. Welcome, Michael!
• June 5th, Brandon has committed to completing his Ph.D. at BioTEL! Welcome, Brandon!
• May 16, Melissa has been chosen as a President’s Dissertation Year Fellow. Congrats, Melissa!
• April 9th, Jessica did a great job at her defense and is now Dr. Jessica Kemp. Congratulations, Jessica! We will miss you!
• March 20th, BioTEL welcomes original BioTEL PhD student and now visiting scholar Min Suk! Welcome back Min Suk!
• March 8th, Maggie wins second place in the annual Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering recruitment poster contest. Congrats, Maggie!
• March 8th, Jinnen receives an honorable mention for her poster at her first conference. Congrats, Jinnen!
• March 6th, Melissa wins a poster competition at the ISBioTech Conference! Congrats, Melissa!
• March 6th, Melissa is selected as Chemical and Materials Science Engineering Graduate Student of the Year! Congrats, Melissa!
• February 6, Melissa has been honored with a DECADE Travel Grant! Congrats, Melissa!
• January 1st, Happy New Year, BioTEL!

• November 27th, BioTEL welcomes a new masters student to the lab, welcome Garrett!
• November 26th, Nathalie won a prize for her poster presentation at the 2018 ABRCMS conference! Congratulations, Nathalie!
• November 15th, Melissa has been selected as a Public Impact Fellow! Congratulations and keep up the good work!
• November 1st, BioTEL welcomes two new post-docs to the lab. Welcome Hao and Trang!
• September 25th, Melissa has been selected for the ARCS Scholar Award. Congrats, Melissa!
• September 1st, BioTEL welcomes two new lab technicians to the lab! Welcome Anjali and David!
• August 21st, Dominique’s paper on DOX-loaded extracellular blebs for cancer therapy has been accepted for publication to ACS Nano! Congrats, Dominique!
• August 15th, Dominique did an amazing job at her defense and is now Dr. Ingato! Congratulations, Dr. Ingato!
• June 14th, Melissa advances to candidacy! Congratulations, Melissa!
• June, Alex and Jinnen are selected for UC LEADS and SURP opportunities! Congratulations and great work!
• March 21st, Julius‘ paper on antibiotic chitosan has been accepted for publication in Biomacromolecules. Congrats, Julius!
• March 20th, Dominique was selected to be the student speaker at the 2018 Hooding Ceremony! Congrats, Dominique!
• March 19th, Dominique has been selected for another travel award from UCI DECADE! Congrats, Dominique!
• March 17th, Dominique has been selected to receive a cash award to defray the cost to attend the ACS National Meeting in New Orleans! Congrats, Dominique!
• March 16th, Please join me congratulating Jessica on receiving Chancellor’s Club Fellowship. Congrats, Jessica!
• January 12th, Maggie has received the 3rd place award at the poster presentation on the ChEMS graduate visitation day! Congrats, Maggie!
• January 11th, Chang Soo Kim and Dominique published their gold nanocluster work in Nano Convergence. Congrats, Dominique!
• January 2nd, Dr. Jong Bum Lee from University of Seoul has officially joined BioTEL. He is a professor in Chemical Engineering and is visiting UCI to collaborate on biotherapeutic therapies. Welcome to BioTEL, Dr. Lee!!
• January 1, Happy New Year, everyone! Let’s make it a great one!