2024

Apr. 2024 Our invited mini-review has been accepted by Analytical Science Advances. 

Apr. 2024 Our paper detecting African swine fever virus using the CRISPR-Cas14 system on paper-based microfluidics has been accepted by ACS Sensors. 

Mar. 2024 Our paper detecting ssDNA using anti-CRISPR proteins (named AcrVA1) has been accepted by ACS Sensors. 

Mar. 2024 Our paper detecting Salmonella using a graphene oxide-assisted CRISPR system has been accepted by Analytical Chemistry. 

Feb. 2024 Dr. Tathagata Pal joins the lab as the first postdoc associate. Welcome, Dr. Pal.

Jan. 2024 Juhong Chen has received the Faculty Early Career Development Award (CAREER) from NSF. 

2023

Nov. 2023 Our paper comparing the performances of Cas12 and Cas14 to detect single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) has been accepted by ACS Sensors. 

Oct. 2023 Congratulations Tom and Yawen on passing their prelim exams, officially Ph.D. candidates. 

Sep. 2023 Dr. Chen and his graduate student (Tom Kasputis) as duo received the Chemistry's Role in Tackling World Hunger Convergent Chemistry Community Travel Award. They will present their research studies in New Orleans next March. 

Sep. 2023 The Chen Research Lab will be up and running in the Department of Bioengineering at UC Riverside on January 2024. Currently, we are looking for postdoc, graduate, and undergraduate students.