Hubel Research Group | Department of Mechanical Engineering

*We are looking for graduate students to join our lab! We're pretty cool ❄️

Advancing the science, technology, and practice of bio-preservation

The Hubel group is part of the biopreservation core resource (BioCoR), Advanced Technologies for the Preservation of Biological Systems (ATP-Bio), and some of our work is now commercialized through Evia Bio

Our research!

DMSO-free preservation of cells and tissues
Molecular mechanisms of damage or stabilization during freezing
Protocol development
Post-thaw assay development
Automation of preservation protocols
Low temperature imaging of biological systems
Microfluidics and transport in microfluidic channels

News / Blog

Allison & Alumni at Allogeneic Cell Therapies Summit!

02/21/2022 - 09:00

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Allison and two alumni, Katie Pollock and Chia-Hsing Pi, will be speakers at the 2022 Allogeneic Cell Therapies Summit in Boston! Check out Track 4 here

New Controlled Rate Freezer!

01/11/2022 - 16:00

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The Hubel lab now has another Planar Kryo 560 controlled rate freezer expanding our preservation research capabilities! Thank you Scientific Resources Southwest for managing delivery!

New publication alert!

01/04/2022 - 08:00

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Allison's paper on long‑term storage of gametes and gonadal tissues at room temperatures has been published in the Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics!

New Paper on Sensory Neurons!

12/14/2021 - 08:00

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Rui's paper on developmental stage specific cryopreservation challenges of sensory neurons has been published in Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, congrats Rui!