News
Sep 17, 2023
Lab dinner: A refreshing break before the Fall rush!
After a productive summer of experiments, fellowship applications, and hard work, we celebrated the start of a new academic year together.
Jun 25 – Aug 11, 2023
Summer research for High school Students
Roberto and Monica, two high school students from Mexico, joined our lab as a part of the ENLACE summer program this year. They worked with Dhivya Pushpa Meganathan and were mentored by Leah, Ali, and Shivani to study how shape of a cell's environment affects the way cells grow. We are so grateful for the opportunity to host these talented students. We're so proud of Roberto, Monica, and all of our ENLACE mentors for their hard work and dedication!
01 Aug 2023
Dhivya Meganathan is recognized 2023 ACS Graduate Student Recognition Program
Congratulations to Dhivya Pushpa Meganathan for being recognized in the ACS Graduate Student Recognition Program for her outstanding leadership. Dhivya's mentorship has positively impacted our undergraduate and master's students, as well as the four high school students she guided during the ENLACE Summer Research Program in 2021-2022 and 2022-2023.
25 Jun 2023
Summer lab gathering
We celebrated the graduations of Rutuja, Ryan, and Leah, and everyones hard work during the winter and spring quarters. We enjoyed a sunny day outdoors filled with laughter, togetherness, and the joy of celebrating our accomplishments as a team.
18 Jun 2023
Graduation of our MS students
Rutuja defended her masters thesis, titled "Electrophysiological and mechanical characterization of iPSC-CMs using a Nano-electrode array and fluorescent nanospheres for cardiotoxicity assessment" She also completed a 10-mile hilly run in La Jolla as a part of her physical challenge before graduating.
Cheers to Ryan as well not only for graduating but also securing a job offer as a process engineer at Atomica. We're cheering for your success. Best wishes to Rutuja and Ryan as they dive into new adventures.
Sep 17, 2023
Lab dinner: A refreshing break before the Fall rush!
After a productive summer of experiments, fellowship applications, and hard work, we celebrated the start of a new academic year together.
02 May 2023
Milestone Achieved: Shivani Shukla passes the Bioengineering Senate Exam
Congratulations to Shivani Shukla for passing her Bioengineering Senate exam. She did an excellent job and her committee was very impressed with her presentation. She is our lab's first official PhD candidate!
20 Dec 2022
AFOSR Young Investigator Award!
We were selected as a recipient of the 2022 Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) young investigator award. The funded project involves advanced Nanotechnology and AI techniques to measure electrical potentials in single neuronal cells to understand neuron communications in health and disease. Big thank you to AFOSR biophysics program for funding our project. Our colleagues Poulikakos Lab and Romero Lab were also among the awardees this year- Go Tritons! Read more here.
13 Dec 2022
Zeinab selected as a 2022 DARPA Riser
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) "risers are up-and-coming standouts in their fields, whose research is related to national security and demonstrates the potential to lead to technological surprise". Zeinab presented the lab's research at the DARPA Forward conference in San Diego on 13 Dec 2022. Read more here.
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10 Dec 2022
Happy Holidays from the BIONE lab!
We gathered to celebrate the end of a successful year; we were awarded our first grant, submitted our first research paper and made exciting discoveries we can't wait to share! The youngest member of the lab also joined the celebrations at 4 months old.
16 Nov 2022
Dr. Reza Abbasi-Asl's seminar
We hosted a seminar on “Spatio-temporal modeling in neuroscience through interpretable machine learning” by Dr. Reza Abbasi-Asl (Assistant Professor, University of California, San Francisco).
19 Aug 2022
Dr. Francesca Santora's seminar and lab visit!
We hosted Dr. Francesca Santora's seminar on “In vitro neurohybrid electronics”, visited our lab, and had lab lunch together.
20 Jul 2022
Cancer Research Seed Grant
Our lab was awarded a the Faculty Seed Grant by the Cancer Research Coordinating Committee (CRCC) to develop new ways to study how cancer cells repair their membranes. Thank you CRCC! We are excited to get started on this project.
June 19 – August 5, 2022
Fostering Future Leaders: High School Pioneers in Research
Our lab thrives on the synergy of knowledge, collaboration, and innovation. Adrian and Angeles, the bright minds we welcomed during the ENLACE Summer 2022 research at UC San Diego, symbolize this ethos. Guided by lead mentor Dhivya Meganathan, their seven-week journey explored nanopillar array electrode fabrication, complemented by mentoring from Rutuja and Ryan in cell culture and staining techniques. Their project, "Nano-patterned surfaces for manipulating cell and nuclear shape," embodies their significant contribution to our research realm.
05 Jun 2022
Abel admitted to UC Berkeley
Abel successfully completed his physical challenge by running the rock and roll half marathon in San Diego before heading to UC Berkeley for his masters. Congratulations Abel!
05 Jun 2022
Celebrating Lab achievements
The Bione lab celebrated the end of the spring quarter and several accomplishments: Ali and Ryan passing their qualifying exams, Abel successfully graduating, and all lab members making progress on their projects and doing awesome science and engineering. Congratulations everyone!
14 Apr 2022
Jacobs School's 40th annual Research Expo symposium
Our Ph.D. students, Dhivya Pushpa Meganathan (on the left) presented a poster entitled “Invitro assessment of drug-induced cardiotoxicity through simultaneous measurement of action potentials and contractile forces of human cardiomyocytes” and Shivani Shukla (on the right) presented a poster entitled “Studying cellular functions using Nanoelectrode arrays”at UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering’s 40th annual Research Expo, April 14, 2022
02 Apr 2022
Day at La Jolla Shores beach
We celebrated the end of a busy Winter quarter with some games and lab lunch at La Jolla shores beach.
27 May 2022
Student choice seminar by Dr. Zeinab
Professor Dr. Zeinab Jahed was invited by the Graduate Society of NanoEngineers to deliver a seminar, chosen by students, where she presented on the topic of 'Nano-Electronics for Sensing and Manipulation of Biological Processes' at the SME, UCSD
