2024
July 2024: Our research on palm-sized lab-in-a-magnetofluidic tube platform for virus detection has been featured by NIH/NIBIB Science Highlights: "Putting the power of lab-based diagnostic testing in the palm of your hand".
March 2024: Our research on CRISPR-powered keyword search engine in DNA data storage has been featured by UConn Today. Searching for Data in DNA with CRISPR.
March 2024: Jiongyu’s paper entitled “CRISPR-powered quantitative keyword search engine in DNA data storage” has been accepted for publication in Nature Communications. Congratulations!
2023
November 2023: Our research on asymmetric CRISPR assay has been featured by UConn Today. Researchers Improve Efficacy and Efficiency of CRISPR Diagnostic Technology.
November 2023: Jeong’s paper entitled “Asymmetric CRISPR enabling cascade signal amplification for nucleic acid detection by competitive crRNA” has been accepted for publication in Nature Communications. Congratulations!
August 2023: Ziyue Li successfully defended his PhD thesis. Ziyue has accepted an Associate Professor position at the Zhejiang University School of Medicine, China. Congratulations to Ziyue! We wish him the best of luck in his career journey!
April 2023: Dr. Naoki Uno, a postdoc researcher at our lab, has accepted an Associate Professor position at the department of medical virology, Nagasaki University, Japan. Congratulations to Dr. Uno! We wish him the best of luck in his career journey!
March 2023: Our work on HIV test device has been featured by Connecticut Public Radio: Testing for HIV can be costly and time-consuming. A new device in development seeks to change that.
March 2023: Our research on CRISPR-mediated cascade reaction biosensor has been featured by UConn Today. UConn Researcher Develops Simple, Affordable HIV Testing Device.
2022
April 2022: Uyanga Ganbaatar passed her Master defense successfully. Congratulations to Uyanga! We wish her the best of luck in her career journey!
February 2022: Our research work has been featured by Connecticut Post. UConn professor adapts cancer test to detect COVID-19 at home.
February 2022: Our COVID-19 test has been featured by The Daily Campus. UConn researcher working to develop accurate, cheap at home COVID-19 test
January 2022: Our instrument-free, COVID-19 test has been featured by UConn Today. UConn Researcher’s Home COVID-19 Test Comparable to PCR Accuracy, Selectivity
2021
September 2021: Our research project on enhanced N95 mask protection is featured by UConn Today. UConn Health Researcher Focuses on Enhanced N95 Mask Protection.
August 2021: Dr. Xiong Ding, a postdoc researcher at our lab, has accepted a Full Professor position at Southeast University. Congratulations to Dr. Ding! We wish him the best of luck in his career journey!
July 2021: Jiongyu Zhang passed his PhD Qualifying exam. Congratulations!
June 2021: Our article “Autonomous Lab-on-Paper for Multiplexed, CRISPR-based Diagnostics of SARS-CoV-2” has been featured by UConn Today. UConn Engineer Develops Lab-on-Paper SARS-CoV-2 Diagnostic by CRISPR.
June 2021: Our article “Autonomous Lab-on-Paper for Multiplexed, CRISPR-based Diagnostics of SARS-CoV-2” has been featured by News Medical Life Sciences. Scientists develop low-cost lab-on-paper device for rapid and accurate detection of SARS-CoV-2.
June 2021: Our article "Autonomous Lab-on-Paper for Multiplexed, CRISPR-based Diagnostics of SARS-CoV-2" has been selected as one of "Lab on a Chip HOT Articles 2021" published in Lab on a Chip. Congratulations to Kun and everyone involved!
April 2021: Dr. Changchun Liu has received the Outstanding Researcher Award for 2020 from University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine. Congratulations to Dr. Liu!
April 2021: Our article "Real-time Colorimetric Quantitative Molecular Detection of Infectious Diseases on Smartphone-based Diagnostic Platform" has been placed as one of the top 100 downloaded chemistry papers for Scientific Reports in 2020.
March 2021: Our point of care diagnostic test has been licensed. UConn-Developed Diagnostic Test for Infectious Diseases Reaches Licensing Deal.
February 2021: Dr. Changchun Liu has been elected as a Senior Member of The National Academy of Inventors (NAI). Congratulations to Dr. Liu.
January 2021: Dr. Kun Yin, a postdoc researcher at our lab, has accepted a Full Professor position at Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine. Congratulations to Dr. Yin! We wish him the best of luck in his career journey!
2020
November 2020: Our medRxiv preprint paper “Sensitive quantitative detection of SARS-CoV-2 in clinical samples using digital warm-start CRISPR assay” has been featured by News Medical Life Sciences. Digital warm-start CRISPR assay enables sensitive quantitative detection of SARS-CoV-2 in clinical samples. Its peer-reviewed version has been published in Biosensors and Bioelectronics.
October 2020: Liu lab received UConn COVID-19 Rapid Start Funding. UConn Funds Five COVID-19 Research Projects, Announces Additional Funding.
August 2020: Xiong’s paper entitled “Ultrasensitive and visual detection of SARS-CoV-2 using all-in-one dual CRISPR-Cas12a (AIOD-CRISPR) assay” has been accepted by Nature Communications. Congratulations!
August 2020: Liu lab received NIH R61 Award on HIV-self testing. “UConn Researcher Developing ‘Blood-to-Answer’ Method for Early HIV Detection”.
July 2020: Ziyue Li passed his PhD Qualifying exam. Congratulations!
June 2020: Dr. Changchun Liu was invited to give a talk at The Talks. Mobile Point-of-Care AIOD-CRISPR-based COVID-19 Diagnostics.
April 2020: Dr. Changchun Liu had an Audio Interview with Henry Stewart Talks: A novel AIOD-CRISPR system for diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2.
March 2020: Dr. Changchun Liu had an interview with Technology Networks. A Point-of-Care CRISPR-based COVID-19 Diagnostic Could Be on the Horizon.
March 2020: Xiong’s work on AIOD-CRISPR technology has been featured on UConn Today. Amidst COVID-19 Outbreak, UConn Researchers Working on Simple, Low-Cost CRISPR-based Diagnostic Test for Infectious Diseases.
February 2020: Liu lab received a sub-award of NIH U01 in collaboration with Dr. Rachael Clark at Harvard Medical School.