Lab News

Summer Quarter 2026

07/09/26 - A collaborative paper with the Albrecht lab is out in Chem and featured on the cover—check it out!

06/26/26 - The lab attends the 2026 Greater Area of Los Angeles Chemical Biology Symposium, and Yuge wins a poster award! A great day was had by all.

06/15/26 - Undergraduate Sammy Natesan from Scripps College joins the lab for the summer—welcome!

Spring Quarter 2026

06/09/26 - The lab installs a Sony Cell Sorter!

05/15/26 - Congratulations to Eddy for officially passing his advancement to candidacy exam! Well done!

05/08/26 - Matt is awarded the 2026 Early Career Faculty Research Excellence Award from the University of California Office of the President!

04/13/26 - First-year PhD students, Wendy Tran and Victoria Medvedeva, and lab alum Priscilla Jones, all receive honorable mentions for their NSF GRFP applications! Congratulations!

04/10/26 - The lab’s chromatographic power increases with the installation of an Agilent HPLC system!

Winter Quarter 2026

02/23/26 - Natalie’s paper is officially published at ACS Infectious Diseases! The lab’s first research article—yippee!

02/20/26 - Jack’s manuscript is out on ChemRxiv—check it out here!

02/06/26 - Natalie successfully defends her thesis, making her the lab’s first PhD! Congratulations, Dr. Falco!!

01/12/26 - The lab celebrates the new year with a trip to Dave and Buster’s!

01/05/26 - The lab expands (physically) with additional space in Natural Sciences 2!

Lab News Archive

  • Fall Quarter 2025

    12/22/25 - Sam wins the competition in his machine learning class! Congratulations!

    12/10/25 - The lab installs a ChemiDoc!

    12/08/25 - Not one but TWO new chemistry PhD students join the lab — welcome Victoria and Wendy!

    11/21/25 - Maria presents her work at the ABRCMS in San Antonio!

    10/08/25 - Matt is awarded the NIH Director's New Innovator Award - woohoo!

    10/06/25 - Undergraduate Irene Kang joins the lab — welcome!

    09/22/25 - Sam passes his advancement exam — o’ frabjous day!

    Summer Quarter 2025

    08/04/25 - Hanjuan Shao joins the lab as a research specialist — welcome!

    07/31/25 - Zephyr is selected as a top presenter at the annual NSURP Symposium — congratulations!

    07/24/25 - The lab dines at North Italia to bid Jessica and Priscilla farewell and celebrate their time in the lab.

    07/23/25 - The lab installs a probe sonicator — cell lysis just got much more efficient!

    07/01/25 - Undergraduate Maria Aristimuno Ots joins the lab — welcome!

    06/11/25 - Zephyr Moneymaker joins the lab virtually through NSURP — welcome!

    Spring Quarter 2025

    06/14/25 - Congratulations to our graduating undergraduates Jessica and Priscilla — good luck on all of your future endeavors. We’ll miss you!

    06/13/25 - Chad is awarded the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship — slay!

    06/05/25 - Priscilla is recognized by the School of Physical Sciences with an Honors Award!

    06/03/25 - Jessica presents her Honors Thesis — fabulous work!

    06/03/25 - Priscilla is selected as an Outstanding Senior Undergraduate Student by the ACS Division of Organic Chemistry — we are so proud!

    05/30/25 - Natalie wins best poster at the Pharmaceutical Sciences awards ceremony!

    05/22/25 - The lab goes to Lee Dinner. C’est magnifique!

    05/20/25 - Priscilla presents her Honors Thesis — great job!

    05/16/25 - Chad passes his advancement exam — congratulations to the lab’s third Ph.D. candidate!

    05/16/25 - Jessica presents a poster at the UROP Symposium — excellent work!

    05/02/25 - Moira gives an excellent presentation at the Synthetic and Chemical Biology Club!

    04/08/25 - Chad receives an honorable mention in the NSF GRFP competition — well done!

    04/08/25 - Omar wins the Latine Excellence and Achievement Award from the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences — congratulations!

    Winter Quarter 2025

    01/31/25 - Chemistry Ph.D. student Eddy Estrada joins the lab — welcome!

    01/06/25 - Postdoctoral researcher Yuge Chun joins the lab — welcome!

    01/03/25 - Renovations in the offices are complete!

  • Fall Quarter 2024

    11/18/24 - 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!