2023
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- 3/30 – David Johnson wins special mention at the annual Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Student Research Symposium. Congratulations David!
- 3/21 – Wade Zeno presents an invited talk in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- 3/24 – Wade Zeno presents an invited talk in the Department of Biological Chemistry at Johns Hopkins University
- 2/21 – David Johnson gives his first in-person presentation at a national conference – the annual Biophysical Society Meeting!
- 2/20 – Juhee Kim gives her first in-person poster presentation at a national conference – the annual Biophysical Society Meeting!
- 2/18 – Wade Zeno is an invited speaker to the Membrane Fission and Fusion subgroup at the annual Biophysical Society Meeting in San Diego, CA
- 1/9 – Orianna Kou officially joins the group and a Physical Biology Ph.D. Student. Welcome Orianna!
2022
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- 12/6 – Wade Zeno presents an invited talk in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO
- 11/16 – Wade Zeno co-chairs the “Interfacial Processes at Biomembranes” session at the annual AIChE meeting in Phoenix, AZ.
- 9/21 – Zeno Lab is awarded its first grant – the NIH ESI MIRA! (link) This grant will fund work that explores dynamic interactions between intrinsically disordered proteins and curved membrane surfaces
- 8/22 – Brandon Pizarro and Nicoletta Bouzos join the group as Chemical Engineering Ph.D. students. Welcome Brandon and Nicoletta!
- 6/27 – Wade Zeno presents in the “Functional Mechanisms” session at the Intrinsically Disordered Proteins Gordon Research Conference in Les Diablerets, Switzerland
- 6/14 – Wade Zeno is the Discussion Leader for the “Signaling Reactions on the Membrane” session at the Biointerface Science Gordon Research Conference in Lucca, Italy
- 5/13 – Wade Zeno presents an invited talk in the Chemistry and Biochemistry Department at the University of California, Merced
- 5/10 – Juhee Kim passes her Chemical Engineering Ph.D Screening Exam. Congratulations, Juhee!
- 4/29 – Wade Zeno receives Naval Impact Influencer Award for teaching
- 3/22 – David Johnson gives his first conference presentation at the American Chemical Society annual spring meeting
- 2/19 – Wade Zeno is an invited speaker to the Membrane Structure and Function subgroup at the annual Biophysical Society Meeting in San Francisco, CA.
2021
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- 8/23 – Juhee Kim joins the group with as a Chemical Engineering Ph.D. Student. Welcome Juhee!
- 8/12 – Wade Zeno receives the 2021 Powell Research Award
- 7/15 – Wade Zeno presents an invited talk at the Telluride Science Research Center workshop on Intrinsically Disordered Proteins
- 3/2 – Zeno publishes findings on curvature sensing by the protein clathrin (article link)
- 2/26 – The Group finally receives its Leica STELLARIS 5 Laser Scanning Confocal Microscope (Tweet)
- 1/30 – Zeno Research Group begins collaboration with biotechnology company BIOGRAPHENE investigating Graphene Quantum Dots as a potential nanomedicine
2020
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- 8/24 – David Johnson joins the group as a Materials Science Ph.D. Student. Welcome David!
- 8/16 – Zeno Research Group at USC is founded