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New Paper Published in ACS Sensors
Center researchers published a paper titled, “System Modularity Chip for Analysis of Rare Targets (SMART-Chip): Liquid Biopsy Samples” which appeared in the ACS Sensors journal in May 2021. Authors of the paper include Thilanga N. Pahattuge, Ian M. Freed, Mateusz L. Hupert, Swarnagowri Vaidyanathan, Katie Childers, Malgorzata A. Witek, Kumuditha...
CBMM Researcher Joins Sandia National Laboratories
Swarnagowri Vaidyanathan, a 2021 graduate from the Bioengineering program at the University of Kansas, accepted a postdoctoral position at the Sandia National Laboratories for Joint BioEnergy Institute. Located in Emeryville, CA, Dr. Vaidyanathan will be working on microfluidic technologies to build automated systems for techniques such as CRISPR, Electroporation, and...
CBM2 Publishes Paper in March 2021 Lab on a Chip
CBM2 researchers published a paper in the March 2021 issue of Lab on a Chip titled, “Thermoplastic nanofluidic devices for identifying abasic sites in single DNA molecules.” Authors of the paper include Swarnagowri Vaidyanathan, Kumuditha M Weerakoon-Ratnayake, Franklin I Uba, Bo Hu, David Kaufman, Junseo Choi, Sunggook Park, and Steven...
Paper Published and Featured on Cover of EVCNA
A paper by CBM2 researchers titled, “Isolation and Analysis Methods of Extracellular Vesicles (EVs)” was published in the journal Extracellular Vesicles and Circulating Nucleic Acids in March 2021. It was also featured on the front cover of the journal. Authors of this paper include Zheng Zhao, Harshani Wijerathne, Andrew K. ...
Steve Soper Gives Keynote Presentation at SelectBio Innovations in Microfluidics and Single Cell Analysis conference
Prof. Steve Soper gave a keynote presentation on March 18, 2021, at the SelectBio Innovations in Microfluidics and Single Cell Analysis conference. His talk was titled “Affinity Selection and Enumeration of SARS-CoV-2 Viral Particles from Saliva Samples using Microfluidics for COVID-19 Diagnostics.”...
Chathurika Rathnayaka Presents Poster at PITTCON Conference & Expo 2021 Virtual Event
Chathurika Rathnayaka, a Graduate Student in the Soper research group at the University of Kansas, presented a poster titled, “Electrokinetics of Ribonucleotide Monophosphates (rNMPs) in Thermoplastic Nanochannels,” at the 2021 PITTCON Virtual Event. Chathurika’s poster presentation was during the Monday, March 8, 2021 session number PACS-11 from 8:30 AM –...
Soper to Present at PITTCON Conference & Expo 2021
Prof. Soper Gives Keynote Presentation at SelectBio Circulating Biomarkers 2021 Conference
Prof. Steven A. Soper, Director of CBM2, gave a keynote presentation February 26, 2021, at the SelectBio Circulating Biomarkers Digital Conference. His talk was titled, “Repurposing Microfluidic Tools for the Analysis of Liquid Biopsy Markers for COVID-19 Diagnostics.”...
Prof. Godwin Speaks at Kansas City VA Life Science Seminar
CBM2 faculty member Andrew Godwin, Ph.D., spoke on February 18, 2021 at the Kansas City VA Life Science Seminar, hosted by the Kansas City VA Medical Center Research Division and Midwest Biomedical Research Foundation for Veterans. Godwin, who is the Chancellor’s Distinguished Chair in Biomedical Sciences, the Deputy Director of...
New Papers Accepted for CBM2 Researchers
CBM2 researchers from the University of Kansas and Louisiana State University have two new papers accepted for publication in January 2021. ...
CBM2 Researcher Takes Position at AstraZeneca
Zheng Zhao, CBM2 graduate student in the Soper research group at the University of Kansas, graduated in December 2020 and has accepted a Postdoctoral position at AstraZeneca headquarters in Gaithersburg, MD. He is currently in the department of Translational Medicine/Oncology/Research & Development, performing research on proteomics of Extracellular Vesicles (EVs)...
Special Issue of Cells Accepting Manuscript Submissions
Dr. Malgorzata (Maggie) Witek, Associate Research Professor in the chemistry department at the University of Kansas, and CBM2 faculty member, will be guest editing a Special Issue of the journal Cells in 2021. The title of the Special Issue is “Microfluidics and Miniaturized Systems Aiding Studies Involving Cells and Animal...
Cancer Research Delayed Due to Pandemic Shutdown
While research on the disease caused by the novel coronavirus has been on a fast track the past several months, most other medical research ground to a halt in March and has yet to resume at anything near its pre-COVID pace. It is impossible to know the full implications of...
CBM2 Participates in 2020 Virtual KU Carnival of Chemistry
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 KU Carnival of Chemistry was held online on Saturday, October 24, 2020. The free event, hosted on Facebook by the University of Kansas Chemistry Club, provided new content and videos hourly throughout the afternoon. ...
CBM2 Makes Headlines for Developing COVID-19 Test
Center director Prof. Steven A. Soper and his research team at the University of Kansas have received grant funding from the National Institutes of Health RADx program to develop a new at-home rapid COVID-19 test, which will yield results in about 15 minutes. The test consists of a small plastic...
Electrophoresis Front Cover
The cover picture shows a single-stranded DNA molecule moving electrokinetically through a nanochannel (100 x 100 nm, width x depth) made from the plastic poly(methylmetharcylate), PMMA, and detected using laser-induced fluorescence. The separation, which is scale-dependent, is based on a combination of electrophoresis and chromatography – open tubular nano-electrochromatography (OTNEC). ...
CBM2 Publishes Paper in Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
Researchers from CBM2, led by Prof. Michael C. Murphy of Louisiana State University, recently published a paper in Volume 574 of the Journal of Colloid and Interface Science titled, “Robust, transparent, superhydrophobic coatings using novel hydrophobic/hydrophilic dual-sized silica particles.” Authors on the paper are Xiaoxiao Zhao, Daniel S. Park, Junseo...
Panel Composes "Liquid Biopsy" White Paper
Prof. Steven Soper was part of a panel (supported by Cambridge Consultants) that composed a white paper entitled “Liquid Biopsy: Current and Future Utility.”...
Prof. Andrew Godwin Participates in COVID-19 Testing
One of CBM2’s faculty members, Prof. Andrew Godwin, has been spending time this spring participating in COVID-19 testing in the Kansas City area. Dr. Godwin, deputy director of the KU Cancer Center and professor and director of molecular oncology in the department of pathology and laboratory medicine at the KU...
Experimental and Molecular Pathology Publishes Kaufman Letter
The journal Experimental and Molecular Pathology recently published a Letter to the Editor written by CBM2 faculty member Dr. David Kaufman titled, “The need for rapid therapeutic efficacy testing for cancer therapy.”...
Prof. Steven A. Soper Presents at Molecular Med Tri-Con 2020
Prof. Steven A. Soper traveled to San Francisco, CA for the 27th International Molecular Med Tri-Conference, held March 1-4, 2020, at the Moscone South Convention Center. The Molecular Med Tri-Con is divided into three conferences: Precision Health, Digital Health, and Bio-IT World West. ...
Dr. Maggie Witek Speaks at SelectBio Conference
Vaidyanathan to Present Research at Capitol Graduate Research Summit
Swarnagowri Vaidyanathan, a third year graduate student in Prof. Steven Soper’s group at the University of Kansas, will participate in the Capitol Graduate Research Summit in Topeka, Kansas at the State Capitol Building on Wednesday, February 26, 2020. ...
CBM2 Participates in KU Carnival of Chemistry, November 2019
CBM2 participated in the Carnival of Chemistry, November 24, 2019, which was hosted by the KU Department of Chemistry and the KU Chemistry Club. The CBM2 group gave a hands-on demonstration to school children and their families of how to fabricate a microfluidic chip. Kids were able to mold a...
Paper Selected as a Best Paper at ASME-IMECE 2019 Conference
A paper written by CBM2 researchers was selected as Best Paper in the MEMS Division at the 2019 ASME-IMECE conference held in Salt Lake City, UT, November 11-14. The title of the paper is “Design and Fabrication of a Multi-Scale Fluidic Motherboard for a Universal Molecular Processing System (uMPS)” and...
2019 Conference Presentations by the Park Group
In 2019, the Park Research Group at LSU gave the following conference presentations. ...
Dr. Steve Soper to speak at AMP 2019 Annual Meeting & Expo November 7-9, 2019
Dr. Steve Soper will travel to Baltimore, MD to speak at the 25th Anniversary Celebration of the Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP 2019) Annual Meeting & Expo. He will present Friday, November 8th during the Emerging Technology for Circulating Tumor Cells, Beyond Counting/ctDNA Alternative Fluids symposia session, with an invited...
Park Participates in 236th ECS Meeting
CBM2 faculty member Professor Sunggook Park traveled to Atlanta, GA to give an invited talk at the 236th meeting of the Electrochemical Society (ECS), October 13-17, 2019. Dr. Park’s lecture, included in the Current Trends in Electrodeposition Symposium, was titled “Electrodeposited Metallic Nanowires for Bioanalytic Nanofluidic Devices.” Co-authors on this...
Soper Addresses Lab-on-a-Chip Meeting
Prof. Steve Soper traveled to Coronado Island/San Diego, CA October 7-9, 2019 for the 11th Annual Lab-on-a-Chip & Microfluidics World Congress 2019. He gave a keynote presentation on October 7 titled “Polymer-based Nanosensors for Single-Molecule Sequencing,” during which he spoke about his research group’s efforts to generate a single-molecule DNA/RNA...
Sunggook Park Gives Invited Talk at MNE
Prof. Sunggook Park traveled to the island of Rhodes, Greece to give an invited talk at the 45th International Conference on Micro & Nano Engineering (MNE), September 23–26, 2019. Dr. Park’s talk was titled “Design and Fabrication of Plastic Nanofluidic Devices for Single Molecule Detection.”...