October 20, 2025
The Pompano lab enjoyed apple cider slushies, apple cider donuts, beautiful views, and apple picking at Carter Mountain Orchard!
October 16-17, 2025
4th year graduate students Sahana and Erin attended and presented posters at the Midwestern Universities Analytical Chemistry Conference (MUACC) 2025 at UNC Chapel Hill. Erin was one of two people who received the top prize for her poster entitled “Towards Modeling Vaccine Drainage Using Ex Vivo Lymph Node Slices in a Microfluidic Device.”
October 14, 2025
Each year, the UVA Chemistry Department hosts a retreat at Kings Family Vineyard. 4th year graduate student Sahana had the honor of presenting her work developing a cytokine detection immunoassay for the entire department. Great job, Sahana!
Lauren, a 2nd year in the lab, was awarded a highly competitive T32 training grant from the NIH. This program will not only fund her graduate studies for 2 years, but allow her to pursue a 3-month externship of her choosing in industry. Congrats, Lauren!
September 19, 2025
For the Chemistry Colloquium series, Dr. Rebecca Pompano presented her seminar titled Analysis of Immunity Outside the Body Using Chemistry and Microfluidics to the Chemistry department. Great job, Dr. Pompano!
July 17, 2025
June 18, 2025
At the Botanical Garden of the Piedmont, we assisted in spreading mulch, pulling weeds, and pruning plants to help maintain the gardens. We also received a tour and learned all about the future plans for building the garden, the stream restoration, and ongoing programs. Thank you to the Gardens for having us!
Sahana won 1st place for her poster and Lightening Talk titled “Developing a Cell-linked Sandwich Immunoassay to Visualize the Spatial Distribution of Cytokines in Ex Vivo Lymph Node Slices”
At the same conference, Erin gave an oral presentation titled “Towards modeling the vaccine drainage pathways using ex vivo lymph node slices in an organ-on-chip device”
April 30, 2025
Rachel received 2nd place for the presentation of her work developing a tissue-engineered model of the blood-brain barrier at the Fodzar symposium for neuroscience distinguished majors. Congrats, Rachel!
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University of Virginia
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University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA22904
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Lab Summit, 2025
Lab Summit, 2024
Lab Summit, 2023
Lab Summit, 2022
Lab summit, Feb 2020
Group Picture, 2016
