• SIU Day (9/23/26)

It is a great experience to host our 3rd consecutive SIU Day activity. This year, we hosted lab tours for two groups of high school students (~25 students). They were introduced to our single-cell bacterial detection techniques and the microfabrication facilities. We hope this experience will spark their curiosity and inspire them in STEM education and research.

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• Lab positions (9/1/26)

We now have funded positions for 1 Phd, 1 Master, and 2 undergraduates. Please see details in the News channel and apply if interested.

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• Advanced Science (8/21/26)

Sabita's paper on "Artificial Intelligence‐Empowered Single‐Cell Phenotyping for Rapid, Automated Pathogen Diagnostics" has been published in Advanced Science. This work presents an integrated diagnostic platform that combines microfluidic single-cell bacterial detection with artificial intelligence-driven analysis for rapid antimicrobial susceptibility testing. Check it out here. Congradulations!

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• NIH award (8/26)

Our lab has received an NIH/NIAID R15 award to develop an integrated microfluidic–AI platform for bacteremia detection and antimicrobial susceptibility testing. Thanks for this support.

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• Dibora Sintayehu Tito (8/26) 

Dibora joined our group as a PhD candidate. Welcome!

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• Master defense (7/28/26)

Bushra defended her Master's thesis on "CRISPR-Based Point-of-Care HIV-1 RNA Detection Using a Microfluidic Platform." Great job, and congradulations!  We hope you the best of luck in your career!

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• Master defense (7/23/26)

Sabita defended her Master's thesis on "Single-Cell Phenotyping for Efficient Pathogen Diagnostics Using Artificial Neural Networks."​​ Great job, and congradulations!  We hope you the best of luck in your career!

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