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Congratulations to Minh-Chau Le on UFHCC Predoctoral Award!

Submitted by Minh-Chau Le on Mon, 01/23/2023 - 2:37pm

Congratulations to IMG member Minh-Chau Le on being awarded the UF Health Cancer Center (UFHCC) Predoctoral Award! The annual UFHCC Predoctoral Awards are intended to recognize and support outstanding predoctoral candidates who are conducting innovative cancer research. Under Dr. Hugh Fan’s mentorship, Minh-Chau is conducting her dissertation work titled: “Microfluidic Platforms for the Detection of Rare Cells in Sarcomas and Triple-Negative Breast Cancer.” 

Congratulations to Madison Chubb for MAE IDEA Undergraduate Research Fellowship!

Submitted by Minh-Chau Le on Fri, 01/13/2023 - 2:45pm

Congratulations to IMG undergraduate Madison Chubb for being awarded the MAE IDEA Undergraduate Research Fellowship! This fellowship recognizes and encourages the academic achievement of students from underrepresented groups who aspire to pursue research careers. Under Dr. Hugh Fan’s mentorship, Madison Chubb will be conducting her work on engineering microfluidic devices for tumor cell isolation to study cancerous cells in the blood samples of patients. Go Gators!

Dr. Fan's Group at the 2022 ASME IMECE Conference

Submitted by Minh-Chau Le on Mon, 11/07/2022 - 2:38pm

Congratulations to Morteza Alipanahrostami and Minh-Chau Le for representing Dr. Hugh Fan’s Lab at the 2022 ASME IMECE conference in Columbus, Ohio (Oct. 30-Nov. 3)! Morteza presented his paper titled: “Integration of Minivalves with RNA Amplification Device for Simultaneous Detection of SARS-CoV-2 and Influenza Viruses”. Minh-Chau presented her paper on “Microfluidic Devices for Isolating and Releasing Disseminated Tumor Cells in Bone Marrow.” Go Gators!

Dissertation Defense - Carlos Manzanas

Submitted by Minh-Chau Le on Mon, 10/17/2022 - 11:07am
Event date: 
Tue, 10/18/2022 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm

Carlos will defend his Ph.D. dissertation titled "Miniaturized Platforms for on-site Pathogen Detection using Paper-Based Nucleic Acid Extraction and Isothermal Amplification" this Tuesday (10/18/2022) at 1 PM.

Please join us on zoom to support Carlos at his dissertation defense.

Date: Tuesday, October 18, 2022

Time: 1:00 PM

Proposal Defense - Minh-Chau Le

Submitted by Minh-Chau Le on Tue, 05/03/2022 - 4:03pm
Event date: 
Wed, 05/04/2022 - 11:30am to 1:30pm

Minh-Chau will defend her PhD proposal titled "MICROFLUIDIC PLATFORMS FOR THE DETECTION OF RARE CELLS IN SARCOMAS AND TRIPLE-NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER" on Wednesday, May 4th at 11:30 AM over Zoom.

Date: Wednesday, May 4, 2022

Time: 11:30AM-1:30PM ET

Zoom Link: https://ufl.zoom.us/j/97321982423?pwd=MHg4aTdHUG9UTUtrSE5ZUm5hWHY3Zz09