Congratulations to Underhill Lab graduate student Hannah Kimmel on successfully defending her thesis titled “Exploring the Complexities of the Tissue Microenvironment Using High Throughput Protein Microarrays”. Great work Dr. Kimmel!
Author: Ariane Tsai
2024 Chan Zuckerberg Bioengineering Conference




Recently, Underhill Lab members Ariane Tsai and Brock Grenci presented their research at the inaugural CBEC Conference in Chicago, IL. They got the chance to meet Underhill Lab founding member Dr. Kerim Kaylan for the first time 🙂
Halloween Door Decoration Contest Award!

This year, the Underhill Lab took home the “Best Use of Recycled Materials” Award! Congratulations and thank you to all Underhill Lab members for putting up the decorations! Happy Halloween 🙂

2024 Teaching Excellence Award!

Congratulations to Dr. Gregory Underhill for receiving the 2023-2024 Teaching Award!!
2024 IGB Undergraduate Research Scholar – Vanessa Quan
Congratulations to Underhill Lab undergraduate student Vanessa Quan for becoming an IGB Undergraduate Research Scholar! Excited to have you start your independent project over the summer!
Meghan Zhou awarded the 2024 NSF GRFP!
Congratulations to the Underhill Lab undergraduate student Meghan Zhou for being selected to join the NSF Graduate Research Fellow Program (NSF GRFP). She will be joining the bioengineering program at Harvard University in the fall!
Congratulations once again on this monumental achievement!
2023 Halloween Contest
The Underhill Lab has added another win to our wall collection! The scariest door decoration three years in a row. Happy Halloween!


Paper Published in Acta Biomaterialia
Congrats to Dr. Ishita Jain and Dr. Aidan Brougham-Cook for publishing their work in Acta Biomaterialia titled “Effect of Distinct ECM Microenvironments on the Genome-Wide Chromatin Accessibility and Gene Expression Responses of Hepatic Stellate Cells.” Make sure to check it out!
Dr. Hyeon Ryoo!!
Congratulations to Ph.D. student Hyeon Ryoo for passing his final defense exam titled “Microenvironmental Modification and Analysis of Cell Culture using Microgels.” Congrats Hyeon!
Paper Published in ACS Biomaterials Science in Engineering 4/18/23
Congratulations to Hyeon Ryoo for publishing his work in ACS Biomaterials Science in Engineering titled “Spatially Defined Cell-Secreted Protein Detection Using Granular Hydrogels: μGeLISA“.