Tan Lab

See our new perspective article on synthetic therapeutic cells. Focusing on dead, undead, and dying cells :) buff.ly/VH4WyRd , at #AnnualReviewBME. If you have been working primarily on live dividing cells, the article might give you some new angles/perspectives. #synbio

Happy Lunar New Year! #synbio #UCDavis #BME

Hot off the press :) See our new publication in #ACSNano on cell-free, bottom-up study of extracellular-vesicle mimetics. With Randy Carney and Aijun Wang. #synbio #cellfree #EV buff.ly/c3TXoNw Thanks to #NIH for supporting this work.

See an upcoming and exciting conference "Converging Disciplines to Advance Next-Generation Therapeutics" in Sicily, Italy. Chaired by Juliane Nguyen and Rohan Fernandes. I will be there :) and many fantastic speakers. Submit your abstract, due Jan 31. buff.ly/QxPpZV1

Looking forward to chairing the "ENGINEERING DISCOVERY: AI-POWERED DESIGN AND ANTIBODY PRODUCTION AT SCALE" session at PepTalk. The session has some exciting presentations on AI-based biotech platforms. #AI #synbio #protein #peptalk buff.ly/V5Jp5f1

Presented our Cyborg Cell work at the UC Davis BIG (Biotech Innovation Gallery) event, during the week of the JPMorgan Healthcare Conference. Fun talking to experts who can help translate lab research to "life". #UCDavis #biomedical #synbio #JPM buff.ly/nGTufcI

The lab had a wonderful holiday gathering. It has been a tough year, but this team showed real grit and curiosity all the way through. Proud to mentor such sharp, generous young scientists. 💡🧪 Happy holidays, and here’s to an even more exciting 2026! ✨ #synbio #UCDavis

Excited to present our new work on "High-Throughput and Cell-Free Engineering of Synthetic Extracellular Vesicles" at this conference! Thanks Dr. Peixuan Guo, for the invitation and chairing the conference. #synbio #rna #vesicles #UCDavis

Job opening! Coordinator of the exciting Build-a-Cell program. PhD not required. #synbio #communication buff.ly/b1hI1cd

Happy #Thanksgiving! Hope everyone has a nice break and gathering with friends/family. #bme #synbio #ucdavis (Photo made by Nanobanana Pro).

Prof Jamal Lewis @JamalSLewisPhD and I are co-organizing a session in #SFB2026, "Biomaterials for enhancing pathogen-based therapy". The session focuses on #biomaterials that steer, shield, and program microbes for disease therapy. Submit your abstract before Nov 3, 2025!

#UCDavis research helps power the region’s economy; a 2025 analysis estimates $13B in statewide impact. See how discoveries, funded by federal grants, reach communities: ucdavis.edu/research/labs-… #FromLabsToLives (video by me, created with #Sora).

Great visit to #BMES2025 #SanDiego. Thanks, Prof Aylin Acun, for co-chairing the Cell and Molecular Bioeng Track. Had wonderful meetings with many #synbio and #bme colleagues.

The TanLab will be at #BMES2025, this week at #SanDiego! See the talks by 4 lab members on #vesicle engineering, #synthetic cells, #regeneration, and #antibacterial therapy.

#BMES2025, this week at #SanDiego. Join the presentations in the Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering Track! as well as two invited talks, by Prof Arjun Deb and Prof Jaimie Stewart!

Typical day for a professor. Designed by me, made by #SORA2. :) #ucdavis #bme

Excited to be speaking at CHI’s PepTalk, Jan 19–22, 2026, in sunny San Diego. Join us! CHI-PepTalk.com #CHIPeptalk #ucdavis #bme #synbio

Prof Aylin Acun and I have organized several exciting sessions under the Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering Track at #BMES2025! And with a #synbio session :) Join us at #BMES at #San Diego.

Taught the first class on Biomolecular Engineering. We had an in-class activity to debate the use of AI in Biomedical Engineering. See the student response! :) #ucdavis #bme

Visited #UCMerced #Bioengineering last week. Nice, new campus with excellent bioengineering faculty! I enjoyed learning about new scientific areas during the meetings. Thanks to Anand Subramaniam for hosting me.