Postdocs / Visitors
As of today, we do not have any openings for postdoctoral researchers but you are welcome to contact us if you would like to discuss any specific funding opportunity that could help support your visit to the lab.
A Rapid Capillary-Channeled Polymer (C-CP) Fiber Spin-Down Tip Approach for the Isolation of Plant-Derived Extracellular Vesicles (PDEVs) from 20 Common Fruit and Vegetable Sources
Kaylan K.Jackson, Carolina Mata, R. Kenneth Marcus Talanta 252 (2023) 123779
Heterocyclic 1,3-diazepine-based thiones and selones as versatile halogen bond acceptors
Ragusa, A.C.; Peloquin, A.J.; Shahani, M.M.; Dowling, K.N.; Golen, J.A.; McMillen, C.D.; Rabinovich, D.; Pennington, W.T. Acta Cryst. B (2022) 78
Paper in collaboration with scientists from Chile featured in Special Issue: Biomolecular Electrostatic Phenomena
Many thanks to Sergio and Chris, for the opportunity to help with a project to describe how the potential applied to an electrode can affect the orientation and subsequent activity of an adsorbed enzyme.
Predicting the orientation of adsorbed proteins steered with electric fields using a simple electrostatic model
Sergio A. Urzúa, Perla Y. Sauceda-Oloño, Carlos D. García, and Christopher D. Cooper The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 126 (2022) 5231–5240 (arXiv:2112.05275)
New project funded!
We just received an award from the South Carolina Department of Agriculture ACRE Competitive Grant Program (Garcia, Whitehead, and Linton) to combine our expertise in analytical chemistry, antioxidant chemistry, and artificial intelligence to promote the discovery of novel, high-performance antioxidant blends for rendered fat.
Metrohm VIONIC potentiostat
This is our newest potentiostat/galvanostat and allows performing a wide range of techniques including Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS). You can read this page for more information related to this instrument. We also have two other potentiostats (CHI 660 and BAS) in the lab available for the development of biosensors.
Nano eNabler™ Molecular Printing System
The Nano eNabler™ system is a highly flexible molecular printer that can dispense minute volumes of liquid at defined positions to create patterns of spots or lines with high spatial accuracy. The system is based on BioForce’s proprietary FEMTO (Fluidics Enhanced Molecular Transfer Operation) process. This technology enables the deposition of the 1-30 um sample…
Lindberg/Blue M™ Split-Hinge Tube Furnace w/temperature and gas control
This furnace is currently hooked to a 5% hydrogen line and supports the preparation and characterization of next-gen carbon materials. We have used this instrument to develop a variety of substrates based on pyrolyzed cellulose.
IS400 Rotary Engraver (Gravograph) and CO2 Laser Engraver (EpilogMini)
These computer-controlled engravers are typically used to cut small parts and substrates fro our research projects. The laser engraver is a key instrument for the development of plastic and paper-based microfluidic devices.