Congratulations to John for successfully defending his PhD thesis!!! Through his work, John demonstrated how controlled microbubbling can effectively remove biofilm by various different mechanisms. Biofilm never stood a chance against his dedication and hard work. We are incredibly proud…
Congratulations to Sehong for successfully defending her PhD thesis!!! Through her work, Sehong established the analysis of functional connectivity in in invitro neural networks, along with automating methods for cell sheet fabrication. We are incredibly proud and wish her all…
Sehong and her teammate Minkyung Kim (MechSE Ph.D. student), won a prize at NeuroHack 2026. Their project is publicly available on GitHub. Building on this work, they are now developing a new in vitro neural network visualizer. This tool aims…
We demonstrated how bacteria build sticky biofilms—and how a particle developed in our lab can break them apart. We also showed how neurons form connections and create networks that help coordinate different actions. Among the highlights of the open house…
Group Photo from the Kong Lab Picnic at the main quad UIUC
Alzheimer’s gene boosts seizures, but pathway can be targeted, study finds. Photo by Fred Zwicky Please see more on the News Bureau
Kong Lab celebrated the start of the new semester and Rashi’s birthday. Thanks to Rashi for hosting, and happy belated birthday!
Our lab’s pre-holiday gathering brought together lab members and collaborators to celebrate the year’s milestones. A great way to close out a successful year!!
Lost in research ….. and in the corn maze! Lost in research ….. and in the corn maze! The Kong Lab members tested their problem-solving skills outside the lab, seeing how our PhD students handle finding their way out of…
Extract strawberry DNA! at IGB Game-Day Genomics with Kong lab Sehong participated IGB’s Game-day genomics for kids on game-day.
