Lab News
Fall Quarter 2024
11/08/24 - Natalie’s review is published in Current Opinion in Chemical Biology — congratulations!
11/16/24 - Priscilla presents a poster at ABRCMS in Pittsburgh!
11/01/24 - The lab hosts the first annual SCBC Pumpkin Decorating Contest. Check out the photos!
10/15/24 - Moira Morales joins the lab as a postdoctoral fellow — welcome!
10/04/24 - Tiffany Au joins the lab as an undergraduate researcher — welcome!
Summer Quarter 2024
09/20/24 - Matt gives a talk and Natalie and Jack present posters at the 10th Southern California Microbiome Symposium — a fabulous day was had by all!
09/10/24 - Matt presents at FASEB Microbial Glycobiology conference.
08/19/24 - Matt presents at ACS in Denver during the Young Glycoscience Investigators Symposium.
08/01/24 - Cynthia presents her work at the NSURP symposium — amazing job!
07/19/24 - The lab celebrates its two-year anniversary at Unlocked Escape Rooms and successfully escapes with seventeen minutes to spare!
07/17/24 - The Griffin Lab is awarded a UC Cancer Research Coordinating Committee (CRCC) Faculty Seed Grant.
06/20/24 - The lab celebrates Jack’s advancement with an afternoon of cheese tasting led by Chad and Natalie.
06/17/24- Cynthia Arroyo joins the lab as a part of the 2024 National Summer Undergraduate Research Program — welcome!
Spring Quarter 2024
06/11/24 - Matt is announced as a 2024 Beckman Young Investigator Awardee — bravo!
06/07/24 - Jack presents at the Queer, Trans, and Allies in Biological Sciences (QTABS) Annual Symposium and wins Best Poster award.
05/28/24 - Jessica and Julian are recognized as 2024 UROP Summer Fellows — excellent work!
05/24/24 - Jack passes his advancement to candidacy exam — congratulations!
05/17/24 - Priscilla presents at the UCI Undergraduate Research Symposium during the poster session.
05/15/24 - Jessica presents her work at the UCI Undergraduate Research Symposium during the “Innovations” session.
05/09/24 - The lab goes to the Lee Dinner - fabulous!
05/03/24 - Jack presents at Synthetic and Chemical Biology Club.
04/05/24 - Jack is awarded the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship - congratulations to you and all other fellows!
04/01/24 - Undergraduates Julian Guevara (‘25) and Nina Lee (‘25) join the lab - welcome!
Winter Quarter 2024
03/01/24 - Natalie is awarded the NIH F31 Predoctoral Fellowship from NIAID — we are so proud of you!
02/01/24 - First year chemistry graduate student Chad Moorman joins the lab — welcome!
Fall Quarter 2023
12/20/23 - Undergraduates Jessica and Priscilla are named UROP Fellows for the 2023-2024 academic year — congratulations!
12/11/23 - The lab celebrates the holidays with the Albrecht Lab!
12/06/23 - Matt is awarded the Abeloff V Scholar award - congratulations!
11/27/23 - The ELSDs are installed on the CombiFlash and HPLC.
11/15/23 - Astrid presents her research at ABRCMS in Phoenix - great work!
10/31/23 -The lab hosts an open house to show off the new space (with a pumpkin painting contest)!
09/29/23 - Jack, Omar, and Brad present at the SCBC poster session.
09/25/23 - Priscilla presents her research at the Minority Science Program Summer Symposium.
Summer Quarter 2023
09/08/23 - The lab bids Minh farewell - good luck with your junior year and internship!
09/05/23 - Matt is awarded the V Scholar Award from the V Foundation - congratulations!
08/23/23 - The lab’s PCR laminar flow hood is installed.
08/05/23 - The lab bids Astrid farewell - good luck with your senior year!
08/03/23 - Astrid wins funding to attend ABRCMS for her NSURP presentation - fantastic job!
08/01/23 - The lab’s Bio-Rad NGC FPLC is installed.
07/31/23 - The lab’s dual Coy anaerobic chambers are installed.
07/20/23 - Natalie passes her advancement exam and becomes our first Ph.D. candidate - CONGRATULATIONS!
07/17/23 - The lab’s CombiFlash NextGen 300+ and ACCQPrep HP150 are installed.
07/08/23 - The lab travels to the Rose Bowl to watch Jessica’s drum corps group perform - check out the pictures.
07/01/23 - Matt joins the Departments of PharmSci and Mol Biol & Biochem. Rotation students welcome!
06/16/23 - Matt’s grad school work on functional glycoproteomics is posted on bioRxiv.
06/12/23 - Undergraduate Astrid Ardon Lopez joins the lab as a summer NSURP fellow - welcome!
Spring Quarter 2023
06/07/23 - The lab attends our first UCI Chemistry Department Lee dinner - check out the pictures.
06/02/23 - Graduate student Omar Ocegueda (Pharm Sci) joins the lab - welcome!
05/24/23 - Jessica becomes a UCI Distinguished Research and UROP Fellow - congratulations!
05/24/23 - Minh becomes a UCI UROP Fellow - congratulations!
05/22/23 - Priscilla becomes a UCI MARC Scholar - congratulations!
05/19/23 - The lab’s WOLF benchtop cell sorter is installed in the anaerobic chamber.
05/12/23 - Matt’s postdoc work on NOD2 agonists for immunotherapy is published at ACS Chem Biol.
05/11/23 - Matt gives a seminar to the UCI Institute for Immunology.
05/09/23 - Graduate student Bradley Richter (Chemistry) joins the lab - welcome!
05/05/23 - Natalie gives the lab’s first seminar at Synthetic and Chemical Biology Club - well done!
05/03/23 - The lab’s benchtops are installed - looking even better!
04/12/23 - Matt gives a seminar to the Pharm Sci department.
04/10/23 - The lab’s benches are installed - looking good!
04/07/23 - Matt gives a seminar at the San Diego Glycobiology Symposium.
Winter Quarter 2023
03/15/23 - Graduate student Sam Pierce (Pharm Sci) joins the lab - welcome!
03/06/23 - The lab joins the Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center at UCI.
02/06/23 - The lab joins the Cancer Research Institute at UCI.
02/03/23 - Matt gives a seminar to the MBB department.
02/03/23 - The lab joins the UC Glycobiology Research and Training Center.
01/27/23 - Matt’s postdoc work on NOD2 agonists for immunotherapy is posted on bioRxiv.
01/25/23 - Graduate student Jack Leonard (Chemistry) joins the lab - welcome!
01/17/23 - The lab joins the Institute for Immunology at UCI.
Fall Quarter 2022
12/01/22 - Matt is awarded the K22 Transition Career Development Award from the NCI.
11/02/22 - The lab is awarded an American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant through the UCI Cancer Research Institute.
10/01/22 - Undergraduates Priscilla Jones, Minh Le, and Jessica Wu join the lab - welcome!
Summer Quarter 2022
09/15/22 - Graduate student Natalie Falco (Pharm Sci) joins the lab - welcome!
08/09/22 - Our IACUC protocol for microbiota and cancer studies is approved.
08/02/22 - Our IBC protocol for microbial engineering is approved.
07/08/22 - Reviews are published in Neoplasia and Cell.
07/01/22 - Matt officially joins UC Irvine as an Assistant Professor!