Shiyuan Wang successfully defended his dissertation! Congratulations, Dr. Wang!
Feb 2024
Our lab presented a featured colloquium "Yang Lab CDB Breakfast Colloquia". Qiong introduced the overall research theme of the lab followed by three research talks presented by Yeong, Liam, and Owen.
Jan 2024
Qiong accepts a Chair-Elect position for “Physical Cell Biology” at Biophysical Society (BPS).
Jan 2024
Linyuan Li joined us as an Undergraduate Honors Thesis student! Welcome, Linyuan!
Dec 2023
Our Lab (Gembu, Yeong, and Qiong) attended and presented at the annual ASCB|EMBO meeting in Boston, MA. We each gave a talk.
Aug 2023
Our lab attended the 19th International Xenopus Conference at Cambridge, MD. Qiong and Gembu gave talks; Minjun and Liam presented posters.
Jul 2023
Usha attended a Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP) Course at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Jun 2023
Usha presented a poster at the International Society for Stem Cell Research ISSCR 2023 Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.
Jun 2023
Owen Puls successfully defended his dissertation! Congratulations, Dr. Puls!
May 2023
Yeonghoon Kim joined us as Biophysics graduate students. Welcome Yeong!
Mar 2023
Ernesto received an Barry Goldwater Scholarship! Congratulations, Ernesto!
Mar 2023
Liam received an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship! Congratulations, Liam!
Mar 2023
Minjun and Franco both received Rackham Doctoral Intern Fellowships! Congratulations, Minjun and Franco!
Feb 2023
Usha was selected by the Visiting Scientist Program and visited the Advanced Imaging Center (AIC) at HHMI Janelia Research Campus for zebrafish live embryo imaging using light-sheet microscopy! Congratulations, Usha!
Feb 2023
Franco received an Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship! Congratulations, Franco!
Dec 2022
Our Lab attended the annual ASCB|EMBO meeting in Washington, DC. Usha gave a talk; Franco, Gembu, Owen presented posters.
Oct 2022
Franco and Qiong attended at the Build-a-Cell Workshop #9: Stanford.
Jul 2022
Usha presented a spotlight talk at the Joint SDB-PASEDB Meeting Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre, Vancouver, and a poster at the Santa Cruz Developmental Biology meeting, Santa Cruz, CA.
Jun 2022
Owen Blanchard joined us as an Research Laboratory Technician Associate! Welcome, Owen!
Jun 2022
Franco Tavella and Gembu Maryu each gave a talk at the 15th Annual q-bio Conference in Fort Collins, CO.
Jun 2022
Ernesto Flores and Olivia Marita joined us as summer REU students! Welcome, Ernesto and Olivia!
May 2022
Liam Yourston joined us as Biophysics graduate students. Welcome Liam!
May 2022
Owen Blanchard graduated with an honors thesis in our lab. Congratulations, Owen!
Apr 2022
Usha attended the 4th Annual Conference on Quantitative Approaches in Biology in Evanston, IL.
Mar 2022
Franco Tavella and Owen Puls each gave a talk at the APS March Meeting in Chicago.
Apr 2020
Usha received an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship! Derek received a Rackham Graduate Student Research Grant! Franco received an Excellence in Upper-Level Writing Prize in Science! Chun-Yen received a Rackham International Student Fellowship! Congratulations to you all, Chun-Yen, Derek, Franco, Usha!
Apr 2020
Chun-Yen Sung and Franco Tavella joined us as Biophysics graduate students. Welcome Chun-Yen and Franco!
Sept 2019
Derek Walker joined us as a Physics graduate student. Welcome Derek!
Aug 2019
The Yang Lab (Owen, Shiyuan, and Qiong) attended the qBio 2019 Conference at San Francisco. Qiong is on the organizing committee; Owen and Shiyuan presented posters.
Jul 2019
Our research article "Building Dynamic Cellular Machineries in Droplet-Based Artificial Cells with Single-Droplet Tracking and Analysis" is published in Analytical Chemistry.
Apr 2020
Usha received an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship! Derek received a Rackham Graduate Student Research Grant! Franco received an Excellence in Upper-Level Writing Prize in Science! Chun-Yen received a Rackham International Student Fellowship! Congratulations to you all, Chun-Yen, Derek, Franco, Usha!
Apr 2020
Chun-Yen Sung and Franco Tavella joined us as Biophysics graduate students. Welcome Chun-Yen and Franco!
Sept 2019
Derek Walker joined us as a Physics graduate student. Welcome Derek!
Aug 2019
The Yang Lab (Owen, Shiyuan, and Qiong) attended the qBio 2019 Conference at San Francisco. Qiong is on the organizing committee; Owen and Shiyuan presented posters.
Jul 2019
Our research article "Building Dynamic Cellular Machineries in Droplet-Based Artificial Cells with Single-Droplet Tracking and Analysis" is published in Analytical Chemistry.
May 2019
Zhengda defended his dissertation! Congratulations, Dr. Li!
Apr 2019
Dr. Gembu Maryu joined us as a postdoctoral fellow. Minjun Jin and Usha Kadiyala will join us as Biophysics graduate students. Welcome Gembu, Minjun, Usha!
Mar 2019
Our research article "μdroPi: A Hand-Held Microfluidic Droplet Imager and Analyzer Built on Raspberry Pi" is published in Journal of Chemical Education.
Jan 2019
Check out "the 2019 Winter Biophysics News" for work by Shiyuan.
Dec 2018
Our spotlight article "The Rise of Ultrafast Waves" is published in Dev Cell.
Sept 2018
Our research article "Reconstitution of Cell-cycle Oscillations in Microemulsions of Cell-free Xenopus Egg Extracts" is published in J. Vis. Exp.
Sept 2018
Owen received a Microfluidics Training Program Fellowship. Congratulations, Owen!
Jul 2018
The Yang Lab (Chun-Yen, Owen, Shiyuan, Zhengda, and Qiong) presented at the BIRS workshop "Mathematical Approaches to Cell-Cell Communication and Collective Behaviours" in Banff, Alberta, Canada. Everyone gave a talk.
Apr 2018
Our research article "A robust and tunable mitotic oscillator in artificial cells" is published in eLife.
Apr 2018
Minjun received the Seyhan N. Ege-WISE Award. Suzie received the Alumni Outstanding Award. Congratulations, Minjun and Suzie!
Feb 2018
Zhengda received a Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship. Congratulations, Zhengda!
Feb 2018
Zhengda presented at the 2018 Winter q-Bio Conference in Maui-Grand Wailea, HI.
Feb 2018
Suzie received the 2018 Honors Summer Fellowship. Congratulations, Suzie!
Jan 2018
Owen passed his preliminary examination and has been advanced to PhD candidacy. Congratulations, Owen!
Dec 2017
Shiyuan passed his preliminary examination. Congratulations, Shiyuan!
Dec 2017
Ye defended her dissertation! Congratulations, Dr. Guan!
Dec 2017
Zhengda presented at the 2017 ASCB Meeting in Philadelphia, PA.
Nov 2017
Our review article "Quantitative and synthetic biology approaches in understanding biological oscillators" is published in Quantitative Biology.
Oct 2017
Dr. Meng Sun joined us as a postdoctoral fellow. Welcome, Meng!
Sept 2017
Qiong received a Sloan fellowship.
Jul 2017
Our research article "Incoherent inputs promote network robustness of biological oscillators" is published in Cell Systems.
May 2017
Ye and Zhenga attended the Cells as Dynamical Systems Workshop in San Francisco CA.
Apr 2017
The Yang Lab (Nigel, Owen, Shiyuan, and Qiong) presented at the 5th Midwest Quantitative Biology Symposium in Notre Dame IN. Qiong gave a talk; Nigel gave a lightning talk; Owen presented a poster.
Feb 2017
Owen Puls has joined us as a Physics graduate student. Welcome Owen!
Sept 2016
Shiyuan Wang has joined us as a Biophysics graduate student. Welcome Shiyuan!
Aug 2016
Qiong received an NIH MIRA Award.
Jul 2016
The Yang Lab (Ye, Zhengda, and Qiong) presented at the 10th Annual q-bio Conference in Nashville TN.
Dec 2015
Qiong received an NSF CAREER Award.
Aug 2014
The Yang Lab (Zhengda, Joshua, and Qiong) presented at the 3rd Midwest Single Molecule Workshop 2014 in Urbana IL. Qiong gave a talk and Zhengda presented a poster. Congratulations to Zhengda for winning a poster award!
Jan 2014
Our lab is officially launched. We're currently looking for talented graduate students and postdocs. Please stay tuned with us.