December 26, 2024 A five-year NIH grant! We are honored to receive a Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA R35) for developing DNA probes for defining mechanical landscapes at cell-cell junctions. Thanks, NIGMS!
July 29, 2024 We have received a 2-year grant from NSF to develop DNA probes for modulating cell membrane protein-protein interactions. Thanks, NSF MCB program!
April 10, 2024 Mingxu has received an Outstanding Research Award from the College of Natural Sciences at UMass Amherst!
June 08, 2022 Mingxu has been promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure!
Mingxu has been selected as a Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar. Thanks, the Camille & Henry Dreyfus Foundation!
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December 06, 2017 Our paper describing a novel DNA probe for intercellular tensile force measurement has been accepted by JACS.