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The Triwizard of PhDs: Celebrating Three New PhDs in Our Lab

Karen, Celeste, and Shiny finished their dissertation in August and became doctors!

Hoang passed his candidacy exam!

PhD Milestone Achieved—Now That’s How Hoang Dessert It!

First synthetic ‘mini prion’ shows how protein misfolding multiplies

Our pivotal work on understanding Tau protein misfolding in neurodegenerative disease has just been published and has been featured by both Northwestern University and Phys.org! Special congrats to Dr. Michael Vigers, Karen Tsay, and Austin DuBose from our group for their critical work in making this happen! We have created the first synthetic tau fragment […]

1st Han Lab Undergrad Research Slam!

Undergraduates in the Han Lab went beyond routine lab work—they mastered the art of the 5-minute elevator pitch, confidently presenting their research findings and future directions!

We made dumplings to celebrate Lunar New Year!

Foodies in Han Lab enjoyed Chinese food and had fun with making our own dumplings to celebrate the year of Snake!

The Triwizard of PhDs: Celebrating Three New PhDs in Our Lab

Karen, Celeste, and Shiny finished their dissertation in August and became doctors!

Hoang passed his candidacy exam!

PhD Milestone Achieved—Now That’s How Hoang Dessert It!

First synthetic ‘mini prion’ shows how protein misfolding multiplies

Our pivotal work on understanding Tau protein misfolding in neurodegenerative disease has just been published and has been featured by both Northwestern University and Phys.org! Special congrats to Dr. Michael Vigers, Karen Tsay, and Austin DuBose from our group for their critical work in making this happen! We have created the first synthetic tau fragment […]

1st Han Lab Undergrad Research Slam!

Undergraduates in the Han Lab went beyond routine lab work—they mastered the art of the 5-minute elevator pitch, confidently presenting their research findings and future directions!

We made dumplings to celebrate Lunar New Year!

Foodies in Han Lab enjoyed Chinese food and had fun with making our own dumplings to celebrate the year of Snake!

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