2024

Aug 24, 2024 New R01 funded Aug 24, 2024
Aug 24, 2024 New collaborative grants funded Aug 24, 2024
Aug 24, 2024 New paper in Ophthalmology Aug 24, 2024
Aug 24, 2024 Congrats new PhD graduates! Aug 24, 2024

2023

May 25, 2023 Linescan Brillouin published in Nature Methods May 25, 2023
May 25, 2023 Brillouin clinical system installed at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute May 25, 2023
May 25, 2023 Welcome Summer Undergraduate Researchers! May 25, 2023
May 24, 2023 New papers from the lab! May 24, 2023
Feb 10, 2023 Brillouin microscopy is among the Top 10 Science Innovations of 2022 ! Feb 10, 2023

2022

May 6, 2022 New piece in Nature Communications! May 6, 2022
May 6, 2022 Giulia's new paper in APL photonics May 6, 2022
Mar 4, 2022 NIH Grant Funded! Mar 4, 2022

2021

Jul 1, 2021 Two new papers published Jul 1, 2021
Jul 1, 2021 Christina, Tony and Josh Graduate! Jul 1, 2021
Jan 24, 2021 Two new papers published ! Jan 24, 2021

2020

Dec 23, 2020 Our research selected as top in Optics 2020 Dec 23, 2020
Dec 23, 2020 New R01 funded Dec 23, 2020
Dec 23, 2020 Dr. Jitao Zhang wins ACS-IRG grant! Dec 23, 2020
Jul 1, 2020 Cover Article in Small Jul 1, 2020
Jul 1, 2020 NSF CAREER AWARD Jul 1, 2020
Jul 1, 2020 Cover Article in ACS Photonics Jul 1, 2020
Jan 20, 2020 Dr. Giulia Zanini wins prestigious award for best PhD thesis from Italian Society of Optics and Photonics Jan 20, 2020

2019

Dec 23, 2019 New NSF grant Dec 23, 2019
Dec 23, 2019 New NSF-FDA grant ! Dec 23, 2019
Aug 23, 2019 Josh wins the Fischell Fellowship !!! Aug 23, 2019
Aug 22, 2019 Welcome new grad student Raymundo Rodriguez! Aug 22, 2019
Jul 29, 2019 Dr. Jitao Zhang wins NIH K25 Award !!!! Jul 29, 2019
Jul 8, 2019 Welcome new grad student, Maggie Zhou! Jul 8, 2019
May 20, 2019 Welcome new postdoc, Giulia Zanini! May 20, 2019
May 13, 2019 New papers by Christina and Josh in Cellular and Biomolecular Engineering and Journal of Refractive Surgery May 13, 2019
Mar 11, 2019 Tony's PRL paper in the news Mar 11, 2019
Mar 11, 2019 Josh wins the 2019 Science Communications Training Fellowship from ARVO Mar 11, 2019
Mar 11, 2019 New paper by Tony in Physical Review Letters Mar 11, 2019
Feb 28, 2019 New papers by Milos and Tony in Biomedical Optics Express! Feb 28, 2019

2018

Dec 20, 2018 Josh Webb is THE 2018 outstanding UMD Graduate student of the year Dec 20, 2018
Dec 20, 2018 Eitan Edrei Graduates! Dec 20, 2018
Dec 20, 2018 New paper by Eitan published in Optics Express Dec 20, 2018
Nov 13, 2018 R01 grant awarded by NICHD Nov 13, 2018
Oct 26, 2018 Jitao's paper in the news Oct 26, 2018
Oct 26, 2018 New paper from Jitao in collaboration with Houston published Oct 26, 2018
Aug 18, 2018 Romanus Hutchins joins the group Aug 18, 2018
Aug 2, 2018 Nature Methods commentary on interpretation of Brillouin shift published Aug 2, 2018
Jul 10, 2018 Lab wins funding from NSF I-corps program Jul 10, 2018
Jul 10, 2018 Jitao is promoted to Assistant Research Professor Jul 10, 2018
Jun 5, 2018 Milos wins fellowship from UMD-NCI Partnership for Integrative Cancer Research Jun 5, 2018
Jun 5, 2018 Lab wins Maryland Innovation Initiative Award Jun 5, 2018
May 2, 2018 New paper by Josh and Caroline published in JOVE May 2, 2018
Apr 23, 2018 Brillouin illuminates LA Apr 23, 2018
Apr 23, 2018 Finalists at UMD innovation of the year.....but not victorious Apr 23, 2018
Apr 23, 2018 Eitan's new paper published in Applied Physics Letters Apr 23, 2018
Apr 23, 2018 Josh wins GS summer Fellowship Apr 23, 2018
Apr 23, 2018 Eitan wins Wylie Fellowship Apr 23, 2018
Feb 17, 2018 UMD BIOE awarded NSF REU site! Feb 17, 2018
Feb 11, 2018 R01 grant awarded by National Eye Institute Feb 11, 2018
Feb 11, 2018 Josh gets Goldhaber Travel Award Feb 11, 2018
Feb 11, 2018 Lab receives funding from Glaucoma Research Foundation Feb 11, 2018

2017

Dec 26, 2017 Tony gets 2nd place outstanding poster at JHU photonics conference Dec 26, 2017
Dec 26, 2017 New paper published in PRL Dec 26, 2017
Dec 26, 2017 New paper by Josh published in JCRS Dec 26, 2017
Oct 6, 2017 Lab wins pilot grant from Univ. Maryland Cancer Center Oct 6, 2017
Oct 6, 2017 Undergraduate Tonle Bloomer wins ASPIRE award Oct 6, 2017
Sep 9, 2017 New grant from Ahmanson foundation will bring Brillouin microscopes into Dr. Randleman's clinic @USC Sep 9, 2017
Sep 2, 2017 Jitao takes Brillouin on the road.... Sep 2, 2017
Sep 2, 2017 New embryo paper in collaboration with Larin lab in Houston published in JBO Sep 2, 2017
Sep 1, 2017 New paper on Brillouin data analysis by Eitan and Milos published ! Sep 1, 2017
Aug 21, 2017 Giuliano named Assoc. Editor for Optics Express Aug 21, 2017
Jun 30, 2017 New force sensor paper led by Gather group in St. Andrews published in Nature Cell Biology Jun 30, 2017
Jun 16, 2017 Bye bye Angelina Nou....headed for PhD at MIT Jun 16, 2017
Jun 11, 2017 Brillouin research network goes live Jun 11, 2017
Apr 20, 2017 Jitao's paper featured as "hot article" in Lab on a Chip Apr 20, 2017
Apr 4, 2017 Brillouin work featured in Nature Photonics Apr 4, 2017
Mar 24, 2017 Brillouin work featured in the SPIE newsroom Mar 24, 2017
Mar 15, 2017 Juno featured on the news Mar 15, 2017
Mar 9, 2017 Eitan's new paper published in Optics Express Mar 9, 2017
Jan 13, 2017 Jitao's new paper makes the cover of Lab on a Chip Jan 13, 2017
Jan 8, 2017 Eitan wins the Fischell Fellowship Jan 8, 2017

2016

Dec 27, 2016 Jitao's paper in the news Dec 27, 2016
Nov 1, 2016 Lab Awarded $1M NIH Grant Nov 1, 2016
Oct 28, 2016 Tony in the news Oct 28, 2016
Oct 6, 2016 Jitao's new paper in Scientific Reports Oct 6, 2016
Oct 6, 2016 New Crystalline Lens paper in IOVS Oct 6, 2016
Sep 6, 2016 Eitan's new paper in Scientific Reports Sep 6, 2016
Jun 9, 2016 Our work in the news... Jun 9, 2016
Jun 7, 2016 Tony wins Graduate Fellowship Jun 7, 2016
Jun 3, 2016 Cover Article in PRL Jun 3, 2016
May 31, 2016 Tony's paper is among Editor's Picks at APL May 31, 2016
May 30, 2016 Undergrads win research awards May 30, 2016
May 19, 2016 Our work in the news... May 19, 2016
May 19, 2016 Our work in the news... May 19, 2016
May 4, 2016 Outreach event with MAPACI May 4, 2016
Apr 15, 2016 Tony and Jitao's paper accepted by APL Apr 15, 2016
Mar 13, 2016 Joe wins research award Mar 13, 2016
Feb 2, 2016 Outreach Event @JMP Feb 2, 2016
Jan 19, 2016 New paper in Nature Communications Jan 19, 2016

2015

Dec 14, 2015 Eitan's paper published in Optica Dec 14, 2015
Nov 16, 2015 Lab is part of $3M NIH grant Nov 16, 2015
Nov 1, 2015 Giuliano gets the 2015 ISSNAF Award at the Italian Embassy Nov 1, 2015
Oct 1, 2015 Lab receives NSF award ! Oct 1, 2015
Sep 14, 2015 Nature Methods paper accepted Sep 14, 2015
Sep 1, 2015 Optics Letter paper accepted !!!! Sep 1, 2015
Sep 1, 2015 Lab wins SPIE outreach education award Sep 1, 2015
Jul 16, 2015 i-Cite grant Awarded !!! Jul 16, 2015
Jul 13, 2015 Hands-on optics with Women in Engineering Camp Jul 13, 2015
Jul 1, 2015 Lab wins Tier 1 grant from UMD Jul 1, 2015
Jun 15, 2015 Outreach Event at Howard County Library Jun 15, 2015
Jun 11, 2015 Welcome Antonio Fiore, new graduate student Jun 11, 2015
Jun 1, 2015 Tom wins ASPIRE fellowship ! Jun 1, 2015
May 4, 2015 Brillouin record broken May 4, 2015
May 1, 2015 Lab wins Canon Innovation Award !! May 1, 2015
Apr 30, 2015 HABEMUS PAPAM Apr 30, 2015
Apr 19, 2015 Giuliano named in the Top-40-under-40 "power list" in Ophthalmology Apr 19, 2015
Mar 16, 2015 Welcome Eitan Edrei, new graduate student ! Mar 16, 2015
Jan 22, 2015 In vivo Keratoconus paper published by JAMA Ophthalmology Jan 22, 2015
Jan 8, 2015 Human Frontier Science Program - Young Investigator Award Jan 8, 2015

2014

Dec 23, 2014 NIH R21 awarded Dec 23, 2014
Dec 3, 2014 NIH K25 Career Award Dec 3, 2014
Oct 12, 2014 Vibrography modeling paper published in J. Royal Society of Interface Oct 12, 2014
Jul 1, 2014 Imaging Grant funded Jul 1, 2014
Jun 17, 2014 Keratoconus paper published in IOVS Jun 17, 2014
Jun 11, 2014 The Ambassadors Jun 11, 2014
May 2, 2014 GO TERPS !!! May 2, 2014