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2024.12.03 - Kimberley passed her candidacy exam, congratulations!!
2024.09.17 - Congratulations to Chiara for passing her candidacy exam!
2024.08.21 - Congratulations to Gözde for getting the NSF ERC grant, in collaboration with Julia A. Kornfield and Chiara Daraio! We are a part of a bigger collaboration across many universities to sustainably produce natural rubber in plants!
2024.07.01 - Congratulations to Gözde for winning the Rising Stars in Plant Sciences (RSPS2024) award!
2024.06.13 - Congratulations to Eugene for passing his candidacy exam with flying colors!
2024.06.01 - Welcome Javi Matta to the Demirer lab.
2024.04.04 - Congratulations to Eugene and Chiara for receiving the NSF GRFP!
2024.03.20 - Congratulations to the undergrad Gigi for getting the ACS best poster award!
2023.12.13 - Congratulations to Yunqing for passing her candidacy exam!
2023.12.01 - Welcome Catherine Griffin to the Demirer lab.
2023.10.23 - Congratulations to Chiara for winning the 2023 CEMI Pilot Proposal Award!
2023.07.03 - Welcome Yuan Geng and Kimberley Tanatswa Muchenje to the Demirer lab.
2023.06.05 - Welcome Tufan Oz and Adia Tajima to the Demirer lab.
2023.05.10 - Congratulations to Yunqing for being selected as the FFAR Fellow!
2023.04.13 - Congratulations to Mark for passing the candidacy exam!
2023.03.29 - Congratulations to Mark for getting the NSF graduate fellowship!
2023.03.17 - Welcome Chiara Berruto to the Demirer lab.
2023.03.13 - We received “Caltech Space-Health Innovation Fund" by The Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH)!
2023.03.01 - Congratulations to Gözde for winning the Shurl and Kay Curci Foundation Award!
2023.02.22 - Congratulations to Aya for the admission to UCLA Bioengineering program. Keep on shining!
2023.01.02 - Mark's proposal titled "Engineering Genetically-encoded Nanoparticles for Efficient Protein Delivery in Plants" won the CCE Innovation Award this year!
2022.12.19 - Welcome Jesus M. Galeana to the Demirer lab.
2022.11.01 - Welcome Eugene Li to the Demirer lab.
2022.07.28 - Congratulations to Gözde for receiving the Clare Boothe Luce Professorship Award!
2022.07.15 - Welcome Aya Nakayama to the Demirer lab.
2022.06.15 - Welcome Yunqing Wang to the Demirer lab.
2022.01.01 - Welcome Mark Legendre to the Demirer lab. Inaugural member, yay!

Inaugural DeMaSh Holiday Party!
Demirer, Manthiram, and Shapiro labs come together

2024.12.03 Congratulations Kimberley!
Kimberley and Gözde after the candidacy exam

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2024 Thanksgiving dinner with lab members
Festive day appreciating each other and yummy food!

2024.10.23 Getting ready for Halloween happy hour!

24.09.17 Chiara Candidacy celebration

Huge congratulations!!

2024.08 Summer party at Gozde's house

Amazing time splashing around in the pool and singing our hearts out at karaoke! 🎶💦

2024.06 Demirer lab at SEED conference

Ready to meet the fans that are about to swarm our posters!!

Fun pose before poster session :)

A few birthday celebrations for our team members!

A lot of delicious cake~

2024.03 Demirer lab at ACS conference

Gigi killing it at poster session!

2023.12.13 Yunqing Candidacy celebration

Big Congrats!

2023.12.08 6th International Conference on Microbiome Engineering

Chiara killing it at the poster session!!

2023.11.19 Thanksgiving dinner with everyone

Thank you Gozde & Maroof for hosting an amazing evening!

2023.11.05 AlChE conference

Mark enjoying the poster session

2023.10.23 CEMI award celebration

2023.07.04 Welcome lunch at Red Door

We are a big team now!

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2023.06.01 First SEED conference

Poster session going very well :)

2023.06.11 Housewarming party at Gözde’s house

Lovely night at lovely house🏡

Lovely group pic

Lovely group pic

2023.04.13 Mark's candidacy celebration

Well done!!

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2023.04.01 Outside lab meeting in the sunny spring

2023.03.17 Aya's farewell dinner

Best wishes to Aya for her academic Journey

Osawa dinner plate

2023.02.23 Celebration of Aya's admission and Chiara's birthday🎂

Happy faces :)

Aya opening champagne to celebrate admission to UCLA Bioengineering program! We will miss you!!

2023.02.11 Lab retreat in Joshua Tree National Park🍃

Wonderful memories with you all!

Sunset hike

Sunset hike

Lonely Mark up in the hills

Homemade burgers

2023.02.06 Celebration of Gozde's birthday🎂

#BestPI

Red Velvet cake. Yummy!

2023.01.30 Celebration of Eugene's birthday🎂

Best wishes to Eugene with Pink Pineapple :)

2023.01.27 BE admission day poster session

Many young faces!

2023.01.07 Celebration for Marks’s CCE Innovation grant

2022.12.17 Lab Thanksgiving Dinner at Gözde’s house

Thankful for our growing lab community!

Super excited for the coming year of fun science and activities with the team!

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2022.10.26 Moving into our beautiful lab space!

Cupcake celebration🧁 Demirer lab is up and running!!

Growing plants.

22.09.12 First lab social event

Making CHEEZE!

22.08.29 Meet everyone in person. Finally!

News & Photos

Inaugural DeMaSh Holiday Party! Demirer, Manthiram, and Shapiro labs come together

2024.12.03 Congratulations Kimberley! Kimberley and Gözde after the candidacy exam

2024 Thanksgiving dinner with lab members Festive day appreciating each other and yummy food!

Inaugural DeMaSh Holiday Party!
Demirer, Manthiram, and Shapiro labs come together

2024.12.03 Congratulations Kimberley!
Kimberley and Gözde after the candidacy exam

2024 Thanksgiving dinner with lab members
Festive day appreciating each other and yummy food!