News

2024

  • Congratulations to Sofia for receiving the Rice University Systems, Synthetic, and Physical Biology Graduate Program Research Award!
  • Congratulations to Alex for receiving the Rice University Systems, Synthetic, and Physical Biology Graduate Program Early Achievement Award!
  • Congratulations to Nahima for receiving the Stauffer-Rothrock Fellowship!
  • Our work on Multimodal illumination platform for 3D single-molecule super-resolution imaging throughout mammalian cells is now published in Biomedical Optics Express! Check it out here!
  • Congratulations to Ivana for receiving an NSF GRFP Award!
  • Big thanks to the SynthX Center and the Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center for awarding us and our collaborator Dr. Dere a seed grant for our collaborative research!
  • The Center for Nanoscale Imaging Sciences has now been officially announced! General press release, Center press release
  • Our collaborative work with the Dere Lab on Lysine demethylase 4A is a centrosome associated protein required for centrosome integrity and genomic stability is now on BioRxiv. Check it out here!
  • Our work on Multimodal illumination platform for 3D single-molecule super-resolution imaging throughout mammalian cells is now on BioRxiv. Check it out here!
  • The Gustavsson Lab welcomes postdoc Prakash Joshi to the group!
  • Prof. Gustavsson’s Center for Nanoscale Imaging Sciences was funded! More information coming soon.

2023

  • The Gustavsson Lab welcomes graduate student Henry Gatica-Gutierrez to the group!
  • Prof. Gustavsson receives an Edward S. and Fofo Lewis Chemistry Research Award!
  • Our work on Whole-cell multi-target single-molecule super-resolution imaging in 3D with microfluidics and a single-objective tilted light sheet is now on BioRxiv. Check it out here!
  • Congratulations to Alex for being selected for the Rice University Bioelectronics NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) program!
  • The Gustavsson Lab welcomes REU students Keena Small and Minh Khue (Krystal) Nguyen to the group!
  • Prof. Gustavsson is selected as a finalist in the Texas Academy of Medicine, Engineering, Science & Technology (TAMEST) 2023 Protégé Poster Challenge! Tweet
  • Congratulations to Julia for receiving the Arthur L. Draper Award for exceptional performance in undergraduate coursework and the Distinction in Research and Creative Work Award for her research contributions!
  • Congratulations to our graduating undergraduate students Julia and Armando!
  • Our book chapter on Single-molecule imaging in the primary cilium is now published. Check it out here!
  • Congratulations to Sofia for receiving the Rice University Systems, Synthetic, and Physical Biology Graduate Program Early Achievement Award!
  • Congratulations to Alex for receiving the Rice University Systems, Synthetic, and Physical Biology Graduate Program Leadership and Service Award!
  • Congratulations to Gabi for passing her Master’s thesis defense!
  • Congratulations to Nahima for receiving the Harry B. Weiser Leadership Award!
  • Congratulations to Tyler for passing his Master’s thesis defense!
  • Congratulations to Yuya for passing his qualifying exam!
  • Congratulations to Sofia for receiving the Systems, Synthetic, and Physical Biology Program Graduate Student Travel Award for presenting her work at the SPIE Photonics West conference 2023!
  • Our collaborative work with the Jackson Lab and the Kanie Lab on A hierarchical pathway for assembly of the distal appendages that organize primary cilia is now on BioRxiv. Check it out here!

2022

  • Prof. Gustavsson is now a joint faculty member in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rice University
  • Congratulations to Gabi for receiving the Applied Physics Program Graduate Student Travel Award for presenting her work at the SPIE Photonics West conference 2023!
  • Congratulations to Sofia for passing her A-exam!
  • Congratulations to Sofia and Julia for receiving travel awards from the Biophysical Society to present their work at the BPS Annual Meeting 2023!
  • The Gustavsson Lab welcomes graduate student Siyang Cheng  to the group!
  • Our collaborative work with the Veeraraghavan Lab on PS2F: Polarized Spiral Point Spread Function for Single-Shot 3D Sensing is now in press. Check it out here!
  • Prof. Gustavsson becomes Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Cancer Biology at the UT MD Anderson Cancer Center!
  • The Gustavsson Lab wishes Saxton good luck in the Jones Lab!
  • The Gustavsson Lab wishes Dushyant good luck on his future endeavors!
  • Congratulations to Ivana for receiving the third best poster award at the Rice University Chemistry Undergraduate Research Symposium!
  • Our paper on Fast and parallel nanoscale 3D tracking of heterogeneous mammalian chromatin dynamics is now published in Molecular Biology of the Cell! It is part of their Eighth Special Issue on Quantitative Cell Biology, and it was selected as a Highlight by the Editorial Board of Molecular Biology of the Cell. Check it out here!
  • The Gustavsson Lab welcomes REU student Margareth Freire to the group!
  • Congratulations to Nahima for receiving the Harry B. Weiser Teaching Award for her exceptional TA performance!
  • Congratulations to Julia for receiving the Salzburg Fellowship for summer research in our group!
  • Congratulations to Nahima for passing her qualifying exam!
  • The Gustavsson Lab welcomes postdoc Dushyant Mehra to the group!
  • The Gustavsson Lab welcomes undergraduate student Ivana Hsyung to the group!

2021

  • The Gustavsson Lab welcomes graduate student Alex Raterink to the group!
  • Our review on Light sheet illumination for 3D single-molecule super-resolution imaging of neuronal synapses is now published in the collection Quantifying and Controlling the Nano-Architecture of Neuronal Synapses in Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience. Check it out here!
  • The Gustavsson Lab welcomes graduate students Yuya Nakatani and Saxton Fisher to the group!
  • Our paper on Fast and parallel nanoscale 3D tracking of heterogeneous mammalian chromatin dynamics is now posted on BioRxiv. Check it out here! 
  • Prof. Gustavsson receives a Major Instrumentation Award from The National Science Foundation as co-PI together with PI Lisa Biswal and co-PIs Michael Diehl and Robert Raphael. Thanks NSF! Press release
  • Prof. Gustavsson receives an R00 Award from The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS). Thank you!
  • The Gustavsson Lab receives funding from The Welch Foundation. Thank you!
  • Congratulations Julia for receiving the Dr. Paul S. Engel Fellowship for undergraduate summer research!
  • Prof. Gustavsson is selected as Fellow for Scialog: Advancing Bioimaging by the Research Corporation for Science Advancement together with the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and the Frederick Gardner Cottrell Foundation. Press release

2020

  • The Gustavsson Lab welcomes undergraduate student Julia Love to the group!
  • The Gustavsson Lab welcomes graduate student Tyler Nelson to the group!
  • The Gustavsson Lab welcomes undergraduate student Armando Amador to the group!
  • The Gustavsson Lab welcomes graduate student Gabi Gagliano to the group!
  • The Gustavsson Lab welcomes graduate student Nahima Saliba to the group!
  • Prof. Gustavsson is now a member of the Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering (IBB) and affiliated with the Systems, Synthetic, and Physical Biology (SSPB) Graduate Program at Rice University
  • Prof. Gustavsson is now a member of the Smalley-Curl Institute (SCI) and affiliated with the Applied Physics Graduate Program at Rice University
  • Prof. Gustavsson is now a joint faculty member in the Department of Biosciences at Rice University
  • The Gustavsson Lab begins!
  • Prof. Gustavsson is named a Norman Hackerman-Welch Young Investigator Chair
  • Prof. Gustavsson accepts a faculty position at the Department of Chemistry at Rice University Department announcement
  • Prof. Gustavsson receives a CPRIT faculty recruitment award to support our cancer research. Thank you CPRIT! Press release