Hubel Research Group | Department of Mechanical Engineering

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

Tessa passes BMEN prelims!

08/24/2022 - 15:00

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Tessa passed their preliminary exams officially becoming a PhD candidate in the biomedical engineering program! Congrats Tessa!

Kyle defends honors thesis!

05/13/2022 - 12:00

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Kyle successfully defended his honors thesis "Exploring the Role of Amino Acids in NADES-based Cryoprotectants"! Good work Kyle!

New equipment alert!

04/20/2022 - 15:00

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The Hubel lab got a fancy automated cell counter - the Countess FL 3! This enables top notch counts and high quality control for fluorescent cell counts post-thaw! 😎

Maddy defends honors thesis!

04/18/2022 - 15:00

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Maddy Wagner successfully defended her honors thesis "Characterizing Membrane Partitioning and Heterogeneity of DMSO Using Low-Temperature Raman Spectroscopy"! Awesome work Maddy!