Kim Lab News Archive 2022
Yifei Sun and Spenser Brown’s collaboration project with Dr. Liz Papish (Chemistry) on ruthenium pincer complexes for light activated toxicity against breast cancer was accepted for publication in the Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry. Congratulations, Yifei and Spenser!
Alex Avera’s collaboration project with Dr. Amanda Koh on galinstan oxide thin-film was published in MRS Communications. Congratulations, Alex!
Spenser Brown’s collaboration project with Dr. Han-A Park entitled “Fluid shear stress enhances proliferation of breast cancer cells via downregulation of the c-subunit of the F1Fo ATP synthase” was accepted for publication in Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. Congratulations, Spenser!
Wilmer Andújar-Cruz, Isabella Concannon, and Taylor Schnorbus join Kim Lab. Welcome, Will, Bella, and Taylor!
Fall 2022 Group PhotoAlex Avera and Spenser Brown were named as ChBE GAANN Fellows for 2022-2023. Congratulations, Alex and Spenser!
Joe Park’s glioblastoma organoid paper, co-authored with Alex Avera, was accepted for publication in Biotechnology and Bioengineering. Congratulations, Joe and Alex!
Farewell to the ChBE NSF REU Site’s 2022 cohort, who all gave excellent presentations today of their summer research on “Advanced Polymers for Engineering Innovations” (Directors: Jason Bara and John Kim; NSF-EEC/REU #1851974).
Collaborative project with Dr. Shreyas Rao on “The impact of temozolomide and lonafarnib on the stemness marker expression of glioblastoma cells in multicellular spheroids” was accepted for publication in Biotechnology Progress.
John Kim presented at the 27th ESACT Meeting European Society for Animal Cell Technology in Lisbon, Portugal.
John Kim was awarded the 2022-2023 Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award and to visit Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica (iBET)/Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica (ITQB) at Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal in Spring 2023.
Kim Lab undergraduate researchers Jules Bates and Yifei Sun present at the 2022 Undergraduate Research & Creative Activity Conference.
Congratulations to Jules Bates for winning the 2022 Goldwater Scholarship. Congratulations, Jules!
Spenser Brown was awarded the W.H. Peterson Award by ACS BIOT. She was selected for giving the best student oral presentation at the ACS BIOT 2021 national conference. Congratulations, Spenser!
Macy Birge joins Kim Lab as an undergraduate research assistant. Welcome, Macy!
Alex Avera passed her PhD qualifying exam. Congratulations, Alex!
Last updated: 2026-09-09