Professor Pompano is on her way to Gyeongju South Korea to the Microtas conference! She will be presenting on the device that has been designed and extensively characterized by Dr. Ashley Ross and Jacob Woodroof. We wish her safe travels and hope she brings back some new techniques to try! Click on the image to see more about the conference in general
Thanks to VCU Chem & Life Sci Engineering!
Prof. Pompano visited Virginia Commonwealth University's Chemical and Life Science Engineering department yesterday, presented our work on lymph node stimulation, and had a series of stimulating conversations with the researchers there. Many thanks to Dr. Christina Tang for the invitation!
It's been a great summer
Everyone has done some great work this summer and we have really made some great progress towards our lab goals! We have all learned a lot of new skills and have some cool new instruments, including a brand new Zeiss Zoom! We are all looking forward to the new school year and to continuing the work we have started this summer.
Using the Zoom
The Zoom
The Summer Researchers
Group Party
Group Picture
Lymph node cake
The Pompano group had a party at Professor Pompano's house to celebrate the end of the year, complete with a lymph node cake!
Its been a great first year for the lab, and we look forward for the great work we will be doing this summer and in the upcoming years!
Lab members enjoying the playground
Welcome Summer Researchers
The Pompano group would like to welcome three new members to the group this summer.
Drake Dixon and Ben Groff both rising second years at the University of Virginia and Ziad Shafi a rising second year at the University of Richmond.
We look forward to the great work they and all the group members will accomplish in our first summer of research at UVA!
Dr. Ashley Ross speaks at postdoc symposium
Congratulations to Ashley on being selected to give a platform talk at the 2015 UVA Postdoctoral Research Symposium! The symposium brought together postdocs and faculty from across grounds to share research and meet one another.
More information on the UVA Office of Postdoctoral Affairs and their events can be found here:
Ray, Jacob, & Shara present at ACS poster fair
Undergraduate researchers Ray Ramirez, Jacob Woodroof, and Shara Fuller designed and presented a poster on their work at the state-wide 2015 ACS Undergraduate Research Poster Session, held at UVA on April 17. Congratulations!
Prof. Pompano speaks at GradUCon at U Chicago
Many thanks to the University of Chicago Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs for the invitation to speak on a career panel, "Year One as Faculty"! The 2015 GradUCon conference on April 10 was full of energy and a privilege to be a part of.
Pompano lab joins the NanoSTAR Institute
We are pleased to be part of the Biomedicine arm of NanoSTAR, the Institute for Nanoscale and Quantum Scientific and Technological Advanced Research at the University of Virginia!
AAI Public Policy Fellows go to Washington
Prof. Pompano traveled to Washington, DC on March 11 to discuss the need for stable funding for biomedical research with our congresspeople. This trip was organized by the American Association of Immunologists Public Policy Fellowship Program. We met with the offices of Virginia Senator Mark Warner, Senator Tim Kaine, and Representative Robert Hurt. All were welcoming and supportive of the importance of research to improving human health and facilitating job growth in our district and state. Many thanks to all who organized this day!
Public Policy fellows were young faculty and postdocs from across the United States. The program was organized by Lauren Gross (far left) and Jacob Schumacher (2nd from right) of the AAI Public Policy office.
Fellows and AAI representatives with Mr. Charlie Arnowitz, assistant to Senator Warner.
