News

Awards, publications, events, and announcements from the Yanan Lab.

award September 12, 2024

Yanan Lab Receives $1.8M NSF Grant for Next-Generation Plasmonic Biosensors

The National Science Foundation has awarded the Yanan Lab a four-year, $1.8 million grant to develop SERS-based biosensors for early-stage cancer detection.

publication July 3, 2024

Nature Materials Paper on DNA-Directed Nanorod Assembly Published

Our paper on using DNA scaffolds to assemble gold nanorods into chiral superstructures with programmable optical activity has been published in Nature Materials.

announcement January 15, 2024

Dr. Sara Kim Joins the Lab as Postdoctoral Researcher

We warmly welcome Dr. Sara Kim, who joins us from Stanford University where she completed her PhD on DNA-mediated nanoparticle self-assembly.

publication November 8, 2023

ACS Nano Paper on Gold Nanorod Photothermal Therapy Published

Our work on gold nanorod–lipid hybrid nanoparticles for near-infrared photothermal ablation of drug-resistant tumors is now published in ACS Nano.

event June 20, 2023

Lab Presents at Gordon Research Conference on Nanoscale Science

Prof. Chen delivered an invited talk and Luca Ferrari presented a poster at the 2023 Gordon Research Conference on Nanoscale Science and Engineering in New Hampshire.

award April 28, 2022

Prof. Chen Receives Westfield University Distinguished Research Award

Prof. Yanan Huang has been selected as a recipient of the 2022 Westfield University Distinguished Research Award in recognition of her outstanding contributions to nanoscience.