Daniel Schuder – Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) Fellowship awardee

Congratulations to our grad student Daniel on being awarded the GAANN fellowship by the U.S. Department of Education!

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Kefan Yang – UCI Beall Applied Innovation’s (BAI) Graduate Innovation Fellowship

Congratulations to our grad student, Kefan Yang, who got awarded the UCI Beall Applied Innovation’s (BAI) Graduate Innovation Fellowship!

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Chaput lab latest research on COVID-19 test was featured in UCI news

UCI-developed COVID-19 test detects, identifies specific variants with 100% accuracy Recent work from PhD candidate Kefan Yang was featured in this UCI News article. This work presents a COVID-19 test that detects and identifies specific SARS-CoV-2 variants with 100% accuracy. Recently published online in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, a paper on the research describes the…

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Ali Nikoomanzar – Excellence in Research Award

Congratulations to Ali for his recent recognition with an Excellence in Research Award, which is awarded to one UCI Pharmaceutical Sciences graduate student per academic year for his demonstrated highly productivity in the lab and show of extreme promise in the field of pharmaceutical science research.

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Saikat Bala – PhD Graduate!

The Chaput lab would like to congratulate Saikat Bala for his conferred PhD degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences. After a successful defense in November 2019, Dr. Bala is now headed to Wave Life Science in Lexington, MA for a position as a research scientist working on oligomer synthesis.

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Kefan Yang – New Graduate Student

The Chaput Lab welcomes Kefan Yang! He will be a new graduate student in the lab, studying information storage. Kefan Yang comes with a bioengineering background. We look forward to expanding his experience as the lab investigates TNA and its ability to transfer genetic information back and forth between DNA.

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