Nathaniel Liu is awarded the Ralph A. Seban Heat Transfer Fellowship!
December 8, 2020
Congratulations!
Read morePriya Vijayakumar’s abstract, “A semi-autonomous, multi-zone, microfluidic platform to measure transendothelial electrical resistance,” has been accepted to BEIS 2021!
December 5, 2020
Congratulations, Priya!!
Read moreSean Kitayama passes his quals!
November 19, 2020
Congratulations!
Read moreMolly Kozminsky has been selected to give a talk, “DNA-directed patterning enables fabrication of an in vitro bone marrow niche to study prostate tumor cell dormancy,” at Cell Bio Virtual 2020 in December.
September 23, 2020
Congratulations!
Read moreNate’s, Sean’s, and Kristen’s abstracts are accepted to MicroTAS 2020!
August 17, 2020
Congrats Nate, Sean, and Kristen!
Read moreNate successfully defends his Master’s Thesis!
August 17, 2020
Congrats, Nate! Onward toward your Ph.D.!
Read moreSean Kitayama is named a Craven Scholar in Bioengineering!
June 25, 2020
Congratulations, Sean!
Read moreThomas Carey awarded a CRCC Fellowship!
June 23, 2020
Thomas was awarded a University of California Cancer Research Coordinating Committee (CRCC) Fellowship for his work in developing a novel method to screen for tumor-derived exosomes. Congratulations!!!
Read moreAndre Lai (BioE) joins the lab!
June 23, 2020
Welcome! We’re looking forward to celebrating when we are all able to get together again…
Read moreRachel Rex is awarded a 2020 GE Women’s Network Scholarship!
May 14, 2020
The Society of Women Engineers Scholarship Selection Committee selected Rachel out of 1500 applicants. She was chosen for demonstrating outstanding academic achievement and strong engineering potential. Congratulations!
Read moreThomas Carey receives the 2020 Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award!
April 15, 2020
Congratulations!
Read moreOlivia Scheideler’s paper on high-throughput DNA-directed patterning is published in Science Advances!
March 19, 2020
You can read her paper here. A feature article on the work can be found on the Berkeley Research News website. Congratulations, Olivia, and lab co-authors, Molly Kozminsky and Roberto Falcon-Banchs!!!!
Read moreThomas, Brian, and Kristen’s review paper, Developments in label-free microfluidic methods for single-cell analysis and sorting is one of WIREs Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology Top 10 Downloaded Articles in 2019!
March 3, 2020
Congrats Thomas, Brian, and Kristen. You can find their paper here
Read moreCongrats to Nate for passing his qualifying exam!
January 28, 2020
Congrats Nate!
Read moreOlivia Scheideler has been selected to give a talk at ASCB’s Annual Meeting in December!
September 18, 2019
Olivia will present her work on “Recapitulating Biological Signaling Scenarios with Spatiotemporal Control Using a Multiplexed, DNA-Patterning Approach.” Congratulations!
Read moreSohn Lab is well represented at BMES 2019 in Philadelphia!
July 19, 2019
Thomas Carey was selected to give an oral presentation on his exosome work. Roberto Falcon-Banchs and Brian Li were selected to give poster presentations on their TEER and mechano-NPS work, respectively. Congratulations to Thomas, Roberto, and Brian!
Read moreSean Kitayama is awarded a Berkeley Stem Cell Center Predoctoral Fellowship!
July 5, 2019
The fellowship is supported through the Center’s NIH Stem Cell Biological Engineering Training Program. Congrats!
Read moreThomas Carey is selected to give an Oral Presentation at MicroTAS 2019!
July 5, 2019
Thomas will speak about his exosome project, “Node-Pore Sensing Device to Detect Tumor-Derived Extracellular Vesicles,” at MicroTAS 2019 in Basel, Switzerland in October. Congratulations!
Read moreMolly Kozminsky and Brian Li will present at MicroTAS 2019!
July 5, 2019
Both Molly and Brian have been selected to present posters at MicroTas 2019 in Basel, Switzerland in October. Molly will present on her work on prostate-cancer dormancy and Brian will present on his work on mechanophenotyping of acute promyelocytic leukemia cells. Congratulations!
Read moreWelcome to all our summer student researchers!
June 19, 2019
Welcome new students Anni Mao and Kevin Rubio, who are part of the Bioengineering Scholars Program, Matthew Bronars (ME and CS), and Kate Spencer from Choate Rosemary Hall. Welcome back Jennifer Hall, Priya Vijayakumar, Everett Morton, and Seraphina Joseph!
Read moreMolly Kozminsky, PhD receives the Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral Individual National Research Service Award
June 19, 2019
Congratulations, Molly!!!!
Read moreYoungbin Kim and Emma Ciminelli, Class of 2019, graduate!
May 23, 2019
Congratulations! We’re so proud of both of you!
Read moreSean Kitayama (BioE) joins the lab!
May 9, 2019
Welcome!
Read moreRoberto Falcon-Banchs named a Siebel Scholar!
May 9, 2019
Congratulations!
Read moreOur visco-NPS paper has been accepted to iScience. Congratulations Junghyun, Brian, Olivia, and Youngbin!
February 23, 2019
Molly’s abstract has been accepted to the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting
February 8, 2019
The title of her abstract is “Fabrication and validation of an in vitro bone marrow microenvironment for the study of prostate cancer progression.” Congrats!
Read moreProf. Sohn is an invited speaker at Translational Medicine Day at UC San Diego
February 8, 2019
Conference details can be found here.
Read moreProf. Sohn is an invited speaker at the Microfluidics Consortium 10.2 meeting
February 8, 2019
Details of the Microfluidics Consortium can be found here. The MF 10.2 meeting will take place on 2/11/19 at Stanford University.
Read moreBrian presents Mechano-NPS at the ACSB Meeting in San Diego today
December 11, 2018
The title of his poster is “Cellular Mechanophenotyping Using Mechano-Node-Pore Sensing”. Congrats!
Read moreOlivia Scheideler will present her high-throughput DNA cell patterning work at the 2019 CMBE Meeting in January
December 11, 2018
Olivia will present a poster, “A High-Throughput Approach for Assembling Multiplexed DNA Patterns to Recapitulate Niche Signaling Interactions with Spatiotemporal Control,” at the meeting in January in San Diego. Congrats!
Read moreKristen Cotner passes her qualifying exam!
October 15, 2018
Congratulations!!!!
Read moreConferences where the Sohn Lab are well represented…
October 5, 2018
Many congrats to Claudia S. Perez Draper, Amgen Fellow, who was chosen to present her paper, “The Integration of Conductive Collagen in a Microfluidic Platform for Trans-Endothelial Electrical Resistance Measurements,” to the 2018 Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) in Indiana November 14-17 // Thomas Carey who gave the Key Note on his exosome work at the SelectBIO Conference in San Diego, Oct. 2. He will also be presenting a poster at MicroTAS in November in Taiwan // Molly Kozminksy who is attending MIT’s ChemE Rising Stars Program this week // Roberto Falcon-Banchs who will be presenting his work on spatial-temporal TEER measurements at this year’s Bioengineering Retreat (Oct. 26-28) in Asilomar
Read moreNate Liu joins our group!
September 17, 2018
Nate is a 2nd-year ME graduate student and Berkeley Fellow. Welcome!
Read moreWelcome Sean Kitayama, first-year BioE rotation student!
September 17, 2018
We look forward to a great semester with Sean!
Read moreOlivia Scheideler is selected to participate in MIT’s Rising Stars in Mechanical Engineering Workshop in October.
September 10, 2018
Congrats!
Read moreThomas Carey is named a Lloyd Scholar for 2018-2019!
July 3, 2018
Congrats, Thomas!
Read moreWelcome Everett Morton and Seraphina Joseph!
June 5, 2018
Everett is a rising sophomore here at UC Berkeley and part of the Bioengineering Science Program this summer. Seraphina Joseph is a rising junior at Berkeley High. Welcome!
Read moreWelcome Amgen Scholar, Claudia Perez Draper!
June 1, 2018
Claudia is a Molecular Biology Major at the University of Puerto Rico and will be with us for the summer. We are so excited to have her!
Read moreWelcome Molly Kozminsky, Ph.D.!
June 1, 2018
Molly is our new postdoctoral fellow. She received her PhD from Prof. Sunitha Nagrath’s lab at the University of Michigan. We’re very excited to have her in our lab!
Read moreOur mechano-NPS story is the top feature on the College of Engineering homepage and is in the COE monthly news digest!
April 18, 2018
Our mechano-NPS story is here. Congrats, Junghyun!
Read moreThomas Carey, Kristen Cotner, and Brian Li’s paper, “Developments in label-free microfluidic methods for single-cell analysis and sorting,” has been accepted to WIREs Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology
March 23, 2018
Congrats!
Read moreSewoon Han’s paper, Hydrophobic patterning-based 3D microfluidic cell culture assay, has been accepted to Advanced Healthcare Materials!
March 21, 2018
Congrats Sewoon, Junghyun, Alice, Rui, Kevin, and Vicnent!
Read moreJunghyun Kim’s paper, Characterizing mechanical phenotypes with mechano-node-pore-sensing, is the feature article in Nature Microsystems and Nanoengineering!
March 12, 2018
Congratulations, Junghyun! A link for his paper can be found here.
Read moreThomas Carey wins the 2018 Diagnostics World Early Innovator Award at the Molecular Medicine Tri-Conference!
February 14, 2018
Thomas wins for his exosome screening work! Congratulations!
Read moreBrian Li’s abstract, Mechanical Phenotyping of Acute Myeloid Leukemias for Predicting Response to Retinoic Acid, has been accepted to the 9th International Conference on Microtechnologies in Medicine and Biology (MMB)
February 6, 2018
He will present a poster at this international conference, March 26-28 in Monterey, CA. Congrats!
Read moreThomas Carey has been named one of three finalists for the 2018 Diagnostics World Early Innovator Award!
February 6, 2018
The Editors of Diagnostics World and the Molecular Medicine Tri-Conference production team chose the three finalists based on “the innovation and promise of the work they are presenting.” Thomas will present his work at the Molecular Medicine Tri-Conference, Feb. 11-16 in San Francisco. CONGRATS and GOOD LUCK!
Read moreYoungbin Kim will present a poster, Microfluidic Rheology to Study Effects of Cell Cycle to Viscoelastic Properties of Epithelial Cells, at the Biophysical Society 62nd Annual Meeting in San Francisco in February 2018.
December 3, 2017
Congrats!
Read moreBrian Li will present a poster, Mechanical Phenotyping of Acute Myeloid Leukemias for Predicting Response to Retinoic Acid, at the Biophysics Society 62nd Annual Meeting in San Francisco in February 2018
December 3, 2017
Congrats!
Read moreJunghyun Kim is awarded the John and Janet McMurty Fellowship!
December 1, 2017
The John and Janet McMurty Fellowship is awarded to ME students who demonstrate academic excellence. Junghyun receives this prestigious fellowship in “recognition of [his] distinguished academic record and [the ME department’s] confidence in [his] promise for continued noteworthy achievement.” Congratulations!
Read moreThomas Carey passes his qualifying exam!
November 16, 2017
Congrats!
Read moreJunghyun Kim is awarded the 2018 Graduate Student Shooting Star Award!
November 14, 2017
The 2018 BMES Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering (CMBE) conference organizers selected Junghyun for this great honor based on his “outstanding work in the field of cell and molecular bioengineering.” He will present his paper, Multi-Variable Mechanical Phenotyping with Mechano-Node-Pore Sensing, at the CMBE conference in January, 2018 in Key Largo, Florida. Congratulations!
Read moreProf. Sohn featured with colleagues in the Fall 2017 Berkeley Engineer
November 7, 2017
Read Dean Shastry’s interview on “Inventing the Future” in the Fall Magazine and learn about Prof. Sohn’s vision of the future.
Read moreWelcome BioE Rotation Grad Students, Louise Hansen, Alden Moss, and Connor Stashko!
September 24, 2017
We look forward to having a great rotation with you this semester!
Read moreRoberto Falcon-Banchs has been selected to give an oral presentation at the 2017 Southern California Biomedical Sciences Graduate Symposium on Oct. 20, 2017
September 24, 2017
Roberto’s talk will be on “A Novel Platform to Investigate the Interplay of Shear Stress and Interstitial Matrix Stiffness on Transendothelial Migration.” Congrats, Roberto!
Read moreThomas Carey is selected to give an oral presentation at BMES in October on his project!
July 10, 2017
Congrats!
Read moreThe Lab is will be well represented at MicroTas this Fall!
July 10, 2017
Junghyun Kim has been selected to give an oral presentation on his mechano-NPS project. Thomas Carey and Sewoon Han have both been selected to give a poster on their projects on exosomes and a path toward organ-on-a-chip. Congrats to everyone!
Read moreThomas Carey is named a Brodie Scholar!
May 30, 2017
Congratulations!
Read moreOlivia Scheideler is selected as a Siebel Scholar for the 2017-2018 year!
May 30, 2017
Congratulations!
Read moreBioE grad students and NSF Fellows Brian Li and Kristin Cotner join our group!
May 7, 2017
Welcome!
Read moreOlivia Scheideler will present her work at the Single-Cell Biophysics: Measurement, Modulation, and Modeling Conference, June 17-20 in Taipei, Taiwan
April 14, 2017
The title of her poster is “A scalable, DNA-based multicomponent patterning method to model multivariable neural stem cell-niche interactions from a single-cell perspective.” Congrats!
Read moreOlivia Scheideler receives the P.E.O. Scholar Award
March 21, 2017
The P.E.O. Scholar award recognizes Olivia’s “scholarly excellence, academic achievement, career goals, and promise to make a significant contribution to the field.” Congratulations!
Read moreThomas Carey is awarded the Kang Family Graduate Award for Biotechnology
March 17, 2017
The Kang Family Award is bestowed upon a UC Berkeley graduate student whose research focuses on biotechnology, in particular point-of-care diagnostics or biomarkers. Congratulations!
Read moreThomas was named a finalist of the Tri-Con Diagnostics Word Early Innovator Award!
March 2, 2017
Congrats!
Read moreJunghyun Kim to speak at the 7th International Conference on Bioengineering and Nanotechnology in Chicago, IL
February 7, 2017
Junghyun’s paper, A Microfluidic Oscillatory Rheometer to Measure Viscoelastic Properties of Cancer Cells, was selected as an oral presentation by the conference organizers. Congrats!
Read moreJunghyun is selected to be a graduate mentor for Berkeley’s SMART program for graduate students!
January 7, 2017
SMART provides an opportunities for graduate students to mentor undergraduates on specific research projects. This selected program is “designed to broaden the professional development of doctoral students and to foster research skills and paths to advanced studies for undergraduates.” Congrats, Junghyun!
Read moreProf. Sohn is elected to the College of Fellows at the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)
December 19, 2016
The AIMBE College of Fellows consists of “the most accomplished and distinguished medical and biological engineers responsible for innovation and discovery.” Prof. Sohn will be inducted as a member of the Class of 2017 during AIMBE’s 2017 Annual Event, March 19-20, 2017, in Washington, DC.
Read moreThomas Carey awarded a 2017 Molecular Med Tri-Conference Student Fellowship
November 23, 2016
Congratulations!
Read moreJunghyun Kim receives The Graduate Division Nano Block Grant Award!
November 22, 2016
This award is for Junghyun’s academic excellence and research in the area of Nano Technology. Congratulations!
Read moreWelcome to our new research undergrads: Emma Cimenelli, Vincent Kwan, and Connie Yu!
September 9, 2016
Francois passes his EPFL qualifying exam!
August 17, 2016
Congrats!
Read moreProf. Sohn presents “Designing Experiments for Impact” at Nuclear Innovation Bootcamp: Nuclear Upended
August 9, 2016
Roberto and Francois’s review, “Single Cell Label-Free Profiling”, has been accepted to the Encyclopedia of analytical Chemistry!
July 27, 2016
Congrats!
Read moreProf. Sohn participates in the UC Berkeley College of Engineering’s “Girls in Engineering Program”
July 18, 2016
Girls in Engineering is a great program in the College of Engineering focused on inspiring the next-generation of female engineers. Prof. Sohn presented the talk, “What is Engineering and What Do Engineers Do?”
Read moreUndergrad alumni, Nga Ho and Heather Lynch, achieve career milestones!
June 17, 2016
Congrats to Nga who was awarded a PhD in Bioengineering at Boston University! Congrats also to Heather Lynch who was awarded tenure at Stony Brook University in the Dept. of Ecology and Evolution!
Read moreThomas Carey (BioE) joins our group!
May 19, 2016
Welcome!
Read moreWelcome to all our new undergrads: Kevin Luong (BioE), Alice Ma (Integrative Biology), and Nathaniel Liu (ME, UC San Diego
May 19, 2016
Congrats to Kevin Jiang, Andy Lei, and Roy Park—BioE Class of 2016!!!
May 19, 2016
We wish you all the best!
Read moreGood luck Christina in med school!
April 30, 2016
We will miss you!
Read moreNahyun passes her quals!
April 1, 2016
Congratulations!
Read moreJunghyun passes his quals!
March 18, 2016
Congratulations!
Read moreKevin Jiang is selected for a Regents’ and Chancellor’s Undergraduate Research Fellowship
March 3, 2016
Kevin will be screening neural and mesenchymal stem cells via Node-Pore Sensing. Congrats!
Read more2nd Annual Sohn Lab Retreat at Tahoe
February 12, 2016
Our 2nd annual lab retreat. This year, we were in North Tahoe.
Read moreJunghyun presents his poster, “Node-Pore Sensing: A Novel Platform to Characterize & Differentiate Cellular Mechanical Phenotypes” at the Breast Oncology Program Retreat, UCSF
February 4, 2016
Congrats to Junghyun Kim and Daniel Yang—recipients of The Graduate Division Nano Block Grant Award for the Spring Semester!
January 18, 2016
Sewoon’s Paper Accepted to Scientific Reports
November 16, 2015
Sewoon’s paper, “Constructive remodeling of a synthetic endothelial extracellular matrix,” is accepted to Scientific Reports. Congratulations!!
Read moreJunghyun Kim’s Poster a Finalist for the Best Poster Award at µTAS
October 27, 2015
Junghyun Kim’s poster, Characterizing mechanical properties of cancer cells by Node-Pore Sensing, is a finalist for the Best Poster Award at µTAS in Gyeongju, Korea. Congrats!
Read moreFrancois Rivest Presentation on Barker-coded Node-Pore Sensing
October 26, 2015
Francois Rivest gives an oral presentation on Barker-coded Node-Pore Sensing at µTAS in Gyeongju, Korea.
Read moreMicroTas 2015 Presentations
October 25, 2015
Francois Rivest will be giving an oral presentation and Junghyun Kim and Daniel Yang will be giving poster presentations on their work at MicroTas 2015. October 25-29
Read moreProfessor Sohn Participates in Berkeley Big Give Campaign
October 6, 2015
Prof. Sohn participates in Berkeley’s Big Give campaign. Check out the ~54 sec mark on the video posted!
Read moreOlivia and Roberto Present Posters at Bioengineering Retreat
October 3, 2015
Olivia and Roberto present their posters at the Bioengineering retreat in Asilomar. Olivia’s poster focused on DNA-patterning of neural stem cells: “Versatile Methods for Generating Efficient, Multiplexed Cellular Communities Using DNA-Based Patterning.” Roberto’s poster focused on real-time cellular tracking at the point-of-care: “Developing of Real-Time Cell Tracking Technique for Surface-Marker Screening.” Congrats to both!!
Read moreSohnLab at the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth Program
September 26, 2015
The SohnLab participates in the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth Program. Junghyun, Nahyun, Olivia, and Prof. Sohn do a hands-on demonstration on microfluidics for middle-school students.
Read moreWelcome Thomas Carey!
September 14, 2015
Welcome to Thomas Carey, our new Bioengineering rotation student!
Read moreProfessor Sohn at the World Economic Forum
September 11, 2015
Professor Sohn participates on a panel discussion “Decoding Cancer” at the World Economic Forum in Dalian, China.
Read moreProfessor Sohn Participates in Berkeley “Ideas Lab”
September 9, 2015
Professor Sohn participates in the Berkeley “Ideas Lab” with Profs. Ana Arias (EECS), Dan Fletcher (Bioengineering), and Amy Herr (Bioengineering) at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting of the New Champions in Dalian, China. She delivers a “pecha kucha” on the liquid biopsy work the lab is developing.
Read moreFrancois Rivest Receives Master’s Degree from the EPFL!
September 8, 2015
Congrats to Francois Rivest on his Master’s Degree from the EPFL! We look forward to having him back in November as an EPFL PhD student!
Read moreCongrats to Daniel Yang on his Master’s Thesis!
July 23, 2015
Congrats to Daniel Yang on his Master’s thesis!
Read moreSohnLab at MicroTas 2015
June 30, 2015
The lab will be well represented at MicroTas 2015 in Korea in October. Francois Rivest has been selected to give an oral presentation and both Junghyun Kim and Daniel Yang were selected to give poster presentations. Congrats to all three!
Read moreWelcome Dr. Sewoon Han!
June 1, 2015
Welcome Dr. Sewoon Han, our new postdoctoral fellow. Dr. Han received his Ph.D. from Prof. Seok (Sid) Chung’s group at Korea University.
Read moreWelcome Brian Li!
June 1, 2015
Welcome Brian Li, who is from UT Austin and is an Amgen Scholar!
Read moreWelcome Undergraduate Researchers!
June 1, 2015
Welcome to our summer undergraduate researchers: Kathleen Keh, Serena Leong, Rui Li, Shane Pracar, Lisa Qing, Stephanie Scribner, Andy Sum, and Shun Yao. We hope that you’ll have a productive and successful summer, and have as much fun as we do!
Read moreProfessor Sohn at the 2015 EIPBN Conference
May 29, 2015
Prof. Sohn gave an invited talk on Node-Pore Sensing at the 2015 EIPBN (Electron, Ion, Photon Beam and Nanofabrication) Conference in San Diego, CA.
Read moreCongrats Graduating Seniors!
May 16, 2015
Congratulations to all our graduating seniors—Stephanie Cai, Rui Li, and Christina Lin! We are all proud of you!!
Read moreWelcome Back Roberto Falcon!
May 11, 2015
Roberto Falcon, Bioengineering graduate student, joins our group after completing his 1st year rotations. Welcome back!
Read moreProf. Sohn at the Bay Area Spring 2015 Conference at UCSF
May 9, 2015
Prof. Sohn gave a Plenary talk on Node-Pore Sensing at Korean Life Scientists in the Bay Area Spring 2015 conference at UCSF.
Read moreDaniel Yang at the 2015 SPIE Bio-MEMS and Medical Microdevices II Conference
May 6, 2015
Daniel Yang gave an oral presentation on his paper, “High-throughput microfluidic device for circulating tumor cell isolation from whole blood,” at the 2015 SPIE Bio-MEMS and Medical Microdevices II Conference in Barcelona, Spain.
Read moreProf. Sohn at Princeton’s Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
April 3, 2015
Prof. Sohn gave an invited talk on Node-Pore Sensing in the Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University.
Read moreSohnLab Retreat in Lake Tahoe
February 20, 2015
First Annual SohnLab retreat at Heavenly, Lake Tahoe. February 20-22
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