2024
March: Ishmael passed his Ph.D. qualifying exams. Congratulations Ishmael!
2023
July: Agbor graduates with his M.S. degree. Congratulations Agbor!
2022
December: Nilo graduates with his Ph.D. Congratulations Dr. Jehanathan!
June: Lab awarded a 3-year R21 grant from NIH/NCI to develop "Plate reader assays to forensically assess exposure of plasma and serum to thawed conditions".
May: Nilojan awarded the John Kacoyannakis (Koko) Award, presented to an outstanding graduate student in analytical chemistry. Congratulations Nilo!
May: Emil awarded ASU's School of Molecular Sciences' 2022 Royal Society of Chemistry Certificate of Excellence for outstanding academic performance by an undergraduate chemistry or biochemistry major. Congratulations Emil!
May: Dr. Rogers retired. Best wishes Dr. Rogers, we'll miss you!
February: Lab awarded a 3-year R21 grant from NIH/NCI for development of "Aliquot-level visual indicators of biospecimen exposure to thawed conditions".
2021
December: Erandi graduates with her Ph.D. Congratulations Dr. Kapuruge!
July: Stephanie graduates with her Ph.D. Congratulations Dr. Thibert!
January: Jesús graduates with his Ph.D. Congratulations Dr. Aguilar Díaz de león!
2020
August: Jesús' paper entitled "Glycan Node Analysis of Plasma-Derived Extracellular Vesicles" accepted into the journal Cells. Congratulations Jesús and thank you to Sierra Walker, Joy Wolfram and our other Mayo Clinic collaborators!
June: Laboratory operations resumed.
May: Dr. Borges interviewed and quoted in Lab Manager Magazine in an article entitled, Overcoming Challenges in Plasma Sample Prep
May: Nilo passes his qualifying exams. Congratulations Nilo!
April: Jesús awarded the John Kacoyannakis (Koko) Award, presented to an outstanding graduate student in analytical chemistry. Congratulations Jesús!
April: We are pleased to have had Dr. Stephen Rogers as a mission‑critical member of our laboratory for a whole year now!
March: Laboratory operations suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus.
March: Jesús' paper entitled "Evaluation of Oxidative Stress in Biological Samples Using the Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances Assay" accepted into the Journal of Visualized Experiments. Congratulations Jesús!
March: Former graduate student Dr. Yueming Hu's paper entitled, "Biochemically Tracked Variability of Blood Plasma Thawed-State Exposure Times in a Multisite Collection Study" accepted into Biopreservation and Biobanking. Congratulations Yueming!
February: Stephanie selected for a Biodesign Institute travel award to the 2020 US HUPO Conference. Congratulations Stephanie!
News Archive
Spring 2019: Dr. Borges granted tenure and promoted to Associate Professor! Effective August, 2019.
Spring 2019: Yueming graduates with her PhD. Congratulations Dr. Hu!
Spring 2019: Stephanie awarded a School of Molecular Sciences Distinguished Teaching Assistant Award. Congratulations Stephanie!
Spring 2019: Yueming wins the Best Poster Award at the national Mass Spectrometry Applications to the Clinical Lab (MSACL) 2019 Annual Meeting. Congratulations Yueming!
Spring 2019: Amir graduates with his Master's Degree. Congratulations Amir!
Spring 2019: Alex graduates with his Bachelor's Degree. Congratulations Alex!
Fall 2018: Josh graduates with his PhD. Congratulations Dr. Jeffs!
Fall 2018: Zihan graduates with her Bachelor's Degree. Congratulations Zihan!
Spring 2018: Shadi graduates with her PhD. Congratulations Dr. Ferdosi!
Spring 2018: Stephanie awarded a School of Molecular Sciences Distinguished Teaching Assistant Award. Congratulations Stephanie!
Fall 2017: Jesús awarded a travel scholarship for the 2017 SACNAS‑The National Diversity in STEM Conference in Salt Lake City, UT, where he gave both an oral and poster presentations. Congratulations Jesús!
Spring 2017: Jesús awarded a Carl Storm Underrepresented Minority (CSURM) Fellowship to support his participation in the 2017 Glycobiology Gordon Research Conference where he gave a poster presentation. Congratulations Jesús!
2017: Jesús passes his qualifying exams. Congratulations Jesús!
Fall 2016: Jesús awarded a travel grant to present a poster at the Emory University-Laney Graduate School STEM Research and Career Symposium at Emory University. Congratulations Jesús!
Spring 2016: Sahba graduates with his Bachelor's Degrees. Congratulations Sahba!
2016: Erandi passes her qualifying exams. Congratulations Erandi!
2016: Stephanie passes her qualifying exams. Congratulations Stephanie!
2016: Jesús awarded an ASU Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD) Doctoral Enrichment Fellowship for 2015-2018. Congratulations Jesús!
Summer 2015: Sally graduates with her Master's Degree. Congratulations Sally!
Spring 2015: Tyler graduates with his Bachelor's Degree. Congratulations Tyler!