What's New? (Previous Posts)
May 26, 2022
Chia-Wei won a Dissertation Year Program (DYP) Fellowship and an Outstanding Teaching Assistant (OTA) Award. Congratulations!
March 7, 2022
Sid successfully defended his Ph.D dissertation. Congrats, Dr. Mohda!
October 12, 2021
Chia-Wei and Hideaki presented at MicroTAS 2021 in Palm Springs, CA.
February 19, 2021
Sid and Yu’s paper entitled, "Laser-etched grooves for rapid fluid delivery for a paper-based chemiresistive biosensor," is now published in Biosensors and Bioelectronics. Congratulations!
February 12, 2021
Jenna and Jose’s mini-review entitled, "Emerging Technologies for Monitoring Plant Health in Vivo," is now published in ACS Omega. Congratulations!
February 2, 2021
Sid and Carlos’s review entitled, "Recent developments in flow modeling and fluid control for paper-based microfluidic biosensors," is now published in Biosensors and Bioelectronics. Congratulations!
October 12, 2020
Yu (Mulchandani group) and Sid’s review entitled, "An origami electrical biosensor for multiplexed analyte detection in body fluids," is now published in Biosensors and Bioelectronics. Congratulations!
August 14, 2020
Brent and Mick’s paper entitled, "Modifying wicking speeds in paper-based microfluidic devices by laser-etching," is now published in Micromachines. Congratulations!
November 13, 2019
Brent and Jianhou’s paper entitled, "Distance and microsphere aggregation-based DNA detection in a paper-based microfluidic device," is now published in SLAS Technology. Congratulations!
September 9, 2019
Brent successfully defended his Ph.D dissertation. Congrats, Dr. Kalish!
February 15, 2018
Brent and Mick's work has been accepted for an oral presentation at Biosensors 2018 in Miami, FL.
February 14, 2018
Prof. Tsutsui gave a seminar at UCR Bioengineering Department.
February 3-7, 2018
RML members presented at SLAS 2018 in San Diego.
December 19 & 26, 2017
Prof. Tsutsui gave a seminar at University of Tokyo.
September 16, 2017
Brent, Sid, Jianhou, and Prof. Tsutsui hosted hands-on activity sessions at Johns Hopkins CTY Bio-Nano Convergence Program.
September 13, 2017
Prof. Tsutsui gave a seminar at Purdue University Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering.
August 17, 2017
Profs Tsutsui, Princevac (ME), and zur Nieden (CBNS) received a new NSF grant.
July 26, 2017
Prof. Tsutsui received a Regents' Faculty Development Award.
July 1, 2017
Jenna and Jianhou (re-)join RML as Ph.D students. Welcome!
June 28-30, 2017
RML members attended the 18th Annual UC Bioengineering Symposium at UCLA.
June 22, 2017
Brent, Carys, and Prof. Tsutsui hosted a paper engineering workshop at 2017 REEL Conference.
May 8, 2017
Daniel and Ronak's work entitled, "Impact of fluidic agitation on human pluripotent stem cells in stirred suspension culture," is now published in Biotechnology and Bioengineering. Congratulations!
April 9-12, 2017
Brent presented his paper-based microfluidics work with James, Jenna, and Chad at IEEE-NEMS 2017 Conference in Los Angeles.
February 2, 2017
Carlos and Cindy's work entitled, "Characterizing effects of humidity and channel size on imbibition in paper-based microfluidic channels," is now published in Microfluidics and Nanofluidics. Congratulations!
January 31, 2017
Jessica's work entitled, "Polydiacetylene-coated sensor strip for immunochromatic detection of Xylella fastidiosa subsp. fastidiosa," is now published in SLAS Technology. Congratulations!
January 25, 2017
Prof. Tsutsui received an NSF CAREER Award.
January 1, 2017
Carlos is now an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Cal Poly Pomona.
December 7 & 9, 2016
Carlos and Daniel successfully defended their Ph.D dissertations. Congrats, Drs. Castro and Nampe!
September 10, 2016
Brent, Carlos, and Prof. Tsutsui hosted hands-on activity sessions at Johns Hopkins CTY Bio-Nano Convergence Program.
August 1, 2016
Carlos has accepted a tenure-track faculty position at Cal Poly Pomona (starting Jan. '17). Congrats, soon-to-be Professor Castro!
July 1, 2016
Profs Tsutsui and Mulchandani (CEE) received a new NSF CBET grant.
June 14 & 15, 2016
Brent, Carlos, and Prof. Tsutsui hosted a paper engineering workshop at 2016 REEL Conference.
June 11 & 13, 2016
Jessica, Carlos, Daniel (all Ph.D), Brent (MS), Mick, and Josh (both BS) walked at 2016 Commencements. Congrats all!
May 17, 2016
Jessica successfully defended her Ph.D dissertation. Congrats, Dr. Wen!
May 5, 2016
Jessica and Karen's work entitled, "Polydiacetylene-Coated Polyvinylidene Fluoride Strip Aptasensor for Colorimetric Detection of Zinc(II)," is now published in Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical.
April 19-20, 2016
Four undergraduate members presented at the 10th Annual UCR Undergraduate Research Symposium.
April 1, 2016
Brent's work entitled, "Using Adhesive Patterning to Construct 3D Paper Microfluidic Devices," is now published in JoVE.
March 18, 2016
Congratulations to Mick who graduated from UCR BS ME program.
January 23-27, 2016
RML members presented 3 posters at SLAS 2016 in San Diego.
January 17, 2016
Our collaborator, Dr. Richard Echodu (Gulu University, Uganda), visited RML.
August 18, 2015
Prof. Tsutsui and Brent attended 2nd REEL Conference at UCR.
June 12, 2015
Congratulations to Cindy and Chad who graduated from UCR BS ME program.
May 11, 2015
Josh is selected as a 2015 MARC U STAR Trainee. Congrats!
April 30, 2015
RML received 2 UCR Collaborative Seed Grants (with Profs. Roper and Rao).
April 15, 2015
Carlos received a Graduate Research Mentorship Fellowship for AY2015-16 from Graduate Division. Congrats!
March 30, 2015
Jessica received an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention. Congrats!
October 1, 2014
Brent received the Lung-Wen Tsai Memorial Award for Mechanical Design. Congrats!
September 4, 2014
Brent's manuscript has been accepted for publication in Lab on a Chip. (Published Online First)
August 27, 2014
Jessica and Carlos's manuscript has been accepted for publication in JALA. (Published Online First)
June 18-20, 2014
RML members presented 4 posters at 15th Annual UC Bioengineering Symposium at UCI.
April 11, 2014
Carlos received a Graduate Research Mentorship Fellowship for AY2014-15 from Graduate Division. Congrats!
April 11, 2014
Chad received the HSI Undergraduate Research Fellowship for Spring 2014. Congrats!
December 15, 2013
Daniel's review article entitled "Engineered Micromechanical Cues Affecting Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Regulations and Fate" was published in JALA.
October 15, 2013
Carlos received the Lung-Wen Tsai Memorial Award for Mechanical Design. Congrats!
October 2, 2013
Chad received the HSI Undergraduate Research Fellowship for Fall 2013. Congrats!
August 29, 2013
Prof. Tsutsui and Prof. zur Nieden (Cell Biology & Neuroscience) received UCR Collaborative Seed Grant.
August 25-30, 2013
Prof. Tsutsui attended Agricultural Research Connections Workshop in Nairobi/Naivasha, Kenya.
June 30, 2013
Prof. Tsutsui received Regents' Faculty Fellowship.
June 19-21, 2013
RML members gave 1 oral presentation and 2 poster presentations at 14th UC Systemwide Bioengineering Symposium at UCSD.
June 12-15, 2013
Daniel presented his poster on his stem cell work with Chad and Dr. Liew (UCR Stem Cell Center) at ISSCR 2013 annual meeting in Boston.
May 10, 2013
Prof. Tsutsui is featured in 2013 UCR Living the Promise.
April 10-12, 2013
Carlos and Cindy's work on paper-based microfluidics and Daniel's work with Prof. Rao's group on high throughput microinjection are presented at MMB 2013 conference.
April 2, 2013
Cindy received the HSI Undergraduate Research Fellowship for Spring 2013. Congrats!
March 22, 2013
Congratulations to Brent who graduated from UCR BS ME program. He will be working as a staff member in RML until he starts his graduate study this fall.
November 7, 2012
Prof. Tsutsui gave an invited seminar talk at Department of Mechanical Engineering of Chulalongkorn University of Thailand.
November 4-7, 2012
Prof. Tsutsui gave an invited talk and chaired two sessions at the IEEE NANOMED 2012 conference.
October 12, 2012
Prof. Tsutsui serves as a co-guest editor of JALA's special issue on Advancements in Biomedical Micro/Nano Tools and Technology.
June 13-16, 2012
Prof. Tsutsui attended ISSCR 2012 Meeting in Yokohama, Japan.
May 9, 2012
Prof. Tsutsui is awarded Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's Grand Challenges Explorations Grant to develop a low-cost method of directly printing biosensors on maize leaves for detection of biotic stressses.
March 20, 2012
Prof. Tsutsui serves on the IEEE NMDC 2012 Technical Program Committee.
Nov 12, 2011
Prof. Tsutsui serves on the IEEE NANOMED 2012 Technical Program Committee.
Oct 13-15, 2011
We attended BMES 2011 Annual Meeting in Hartford, CT.
Oct 3-5, 2011
We attended the World Stem Cell Summit in Pasadena, CA.
Sept 14, 2011
A review article on defined cultures of pluripotent stem cells co-authored by Prof. Tsutsui was published in Regenerative Medicine.
Aug 26-27, 2011
Prof. Tsutsui and Carlos participated in the 6th Nagoya Univ - UCLA International Symposium on Micro-Nano Mechatronics in Los Angeles.
July 11, 2011
RML welcomes a new member, Carlos Castro. He is pursuing his Ph.D degree in Mechanical Engineering.
July 1, 2011
Regenerative Microengineering Laboratory is founded at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at UC Riverside.
July 1, 2011
Prof. Tsutsui joins the Department of Mechanical Engineering at UC Riverside.