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2013
January
Michael received a Rising Star award at the Annual Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society's Cellular and Molecular 
Bioengineering Subgroup. Thanks, BMES!
The lab has received a Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation Grant to fund research in creating cancer-detecting switches for biological therapies. Thanks, Damon Runyon Foundation!
2012
September
Xin, Kay, and Amy's paper ,"Optical control of protein activity by fluorescent protein domains" , has been accepted to Science. Congrats, Xin, Kay, and Amy!
Margaret and Yang's paper, "Fluorescent and photo-oxidizing TimeSTAMP tags track protein fates in light and electron microscopy", done in collaboration with Roger Tsien's lab, has been accepted to Nature Neuroscience. Congrats, Margaret and Yang!
Margaret Butko has joined the lab as a postdoctoral fellow, and Emily Wang has joined as a high school intern. Welcome, Margaret and Emily!
August
Amy and Francois' paper on "Improving FRET dynamic range with bright green and red fluorescent proteins" has been accepted to Nature Methods. Congrats, Amy and Francois!
June
Linlin Fan joins the lab as a undergraduate visiting researcher from Peking University.
Jacqueline Tao joins the lab (and William Chen rejoins) as Bioengineering REU students.
Justin Zhang joins the lab as a high school intern. Welcome, Justin!
March
The Lin Lab has moved into a larger space in CCSR 2100!
Bioengineering undergraduate William Chen joins the lab.
February
Amy Lam presented a poster on improving FRET dynamic range at the Stanford Bio-X Interdisciplinary Initiatives Symposium.
Lin Lab alum Nikhil Desai has been named an Intel Talent Search Finalist. Congrats, Nikhil!
January
The Lin and Schnitzer labs have been awarded a Stanford Bio-X NeuroVentures Grant to develop new methods for imaging brain activity. Thanks, Bio-X!
Postdoctoral scholar Dr. Younghee Oh joins the lab.2011
December
Michael Lin gave a talk at the Molecular and Cellular Cognition Society meeting in Washington DC on new TimeSTAMP tags for visualizing newly synthesized proteins in neurons.September
The Lin Lab welcomes three new members to the lab: Hokyung Chung, visiting student researcher; Dr. Ying Yang, postdoctoral scholar; and Xin Zhou, returning now as a graduate student!
NIH/NINDS has awarded the lab a R01 grant to study the regulation of protein synthesis during synaptic plasticity. Thank you, NINDS!
NIH/NIGMS has awarded the lab a EUREKA R01 grant to develop methods for drug control of protein synthesis. Thank you, NIGMS!
The Lin Lab has been awarded a NSF grant to develop genetically encoded voltage sensors. Thank you, NSF!
August
The Lin Lab goes on their second annual Hill Hike at Portola Redwoods State Park, followed by dinner at the Alpine Inn. Everybody survives both.July
The Lin Lab welcomes Chi Zhang as an undergraduate visiting researcher and Nikhil Desai as a Stanford Institutes of Medicine high school summer student.
Michael Lin has been named a Rita Allen Foundation Scholar. The Rita Allen Foundation awards $500,000 to young scientists in the fields of neuroscience, oncology, and immunology, with the mission of investigating in transformative ideas in their earliest stages to promote breakthrough solutions to significant problems. Thank you, Rita Allen Foundation!
June
The Lin Lab has been awarded a grant from the DoD to investigate mental retardation mechanisms.April
Postdoctoral scholar Dr. Francois St-Pierre joins the lab.
The Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy has awarded Michael Lin a young investigator award to develop protein-based switches for improving safety and specificity of genetically engineered cancer treatments. Thank you, ACGT!
March
The Lin Lab has been awarded a Stanford Bio-X Interdisciplinary Initiatives Award to improve voltage sensors, in collaboration with the Schnitzer lab. Thanks, Bio-X!
Michael Lin gave a talk on "Expanding the range of genetically encoded FRET with new green and red fluorescent proteins" at the meeting "Forster Resonance Energy Transfer in Life Sciences" at the Max-Planck Institute in Gottingen, Germany.
January
Yang Geng receives a Spectrum Child Health Pediatric Research Fund Award to study regulation of protein synthesis in neurons. Congrats, Yang!
Graduate student Conor Jacobs joins the lab.
2010
October
Michael Lin gives a talk at the "next generation of optogenetic tools" minisymposium at the Society for Neuroscience meeting in San Diego.September
Dr. Jun Chu joins the lab as a postdoctoral scholar.
Veronica Rangel-Alarcon leaves the lab to start graduate school in environmental engineering. Good luck, Veronica!
August
The Lin Lab goes on their first annual Hill Hike at Castle Rock State Park, then crowds into Little Hunan Restaurant for dinner.July
Xin Zhou joins the lab as an undergraduate visiting researcher.June
Alec Perez joins the lab as a Amgen Student Summer Research Program participant.
The Lin Lab has been awarded a CBIS seed grant to develop far-red fluorescent proteins for animal imaging. Thank you, CBIS!
January
Graduate student Amy Lam joins the lab.
2009
September
Dr. Yang Geng joins the lab as a postdoctoral scholar.June
The Lin Lab starts up with Dr. Yunwen Huo and Veronica Rangel-Alarcon, research associates.
