That was 2024 in @TheKunzeLab: Many steps towards progress and growth, graduations, publications & collegiality. We wish all current and former lab members, collaborators, mentors, supporters & sponsors a Happy New Year in 2025!

This is what’s happening in our lab, this week: Congratulations to Mackenna for getting her paper out: Intra-axonal Nanomagnetic Forces Differentially Impact hTau40 Transport Dynamics … | ACS Nano #STEM #NIH funded #nanotechnology.

Find a collection of #microscopy #images taken in the #lab using #technology we also apply for #brain #cell #modulation to better understand #neurodegenerative #diseases — give your favorite #picture a like!.—>

Fresh of the press: Another pre-print from the lab about parallelized nanomagnetic modulation and electrophysiology recordings. Read more in ACS Nano.

… And that was it, congratulations to Dr. Beck for passing his Ph.D. defense, and best wishes to your next endeavor in @KrishnaJayant lab at #Purdue university

That’s what’s happening today in @TheKunzeLab: amazingly proud and excited for @Connor_Beck_MSU who will defend his PhD thesis today and become the first graduate student from my lab. #neuroengineering #nanotech #stem #graduate

This paper shows exciting results from experiments where we applied nanomagnetic force stimulation to fully grown neuronal networks and applied short (< 5 min) stimulation periods.

Parallelized Mechanical Stimulation of Neuronal Calcium Through Cell‐Internal Nanomagnetic Forces Provokes Lasting Shifts in the Network Activity State - Beck - Small - Wiley Online Library

Latest publication, in pre-print:.Congratulations to @Connor_Beck_MSU for first authorship about using NanoMagnetics to shape the structure-function of millimeter-scaled neuronal networks during the growth state. Read more: #nanotechnology #neuro #NSF

And we surrounded the sun with another academic year, submitted papers, presented at conferences, taught a new cohort of #BioMEMS students #microfluidics, overcame #research and #tool challenges, and #met over delicious food many times. Next up: Finals week & summer research!

Shout out to our #undergraduate #researchers in @TheKunzeLab for putting in many hours to support our ideas, test new hypotheses, and help analyze large amounts of data. Celebrating their milestone and final projects at the Spring Research Symposium @montanastate @Montana_INBRE

Congratulations to our #venture team, Neurofluidic Diagnostics, for pitching at the MSU 100k Venture Competition and going home with two checks!!! Thanks to #msulaunchpad and #jabsbizschool for making this event happen.

Our #entrepreneurial team, Esther and Zeynep, just presented their venture idea Neurofluidic Diagnostics at Destination Startup. Watch out for their in-situ monitoring approach of disease progression with a co-pathology model. We are so excited from @TheKunzeLab that they got in.

Our #Brain #Engineering #Award #Winners!!!.Just before our spring break, we finally announced and celebrated our artists in the lab. Congratulations to: 1st: Zeynep (3 years in a row - a real #artist &.#chemical #engineer & #entrepreneur!) 2nd: Mackenna, Sam, and Esther!

Usually, this time of the year, I am using to reflect on the next projects, goals, research direction for our lab. This year, I thought to also include a review about all the events, achievements, and highlights of 2023, and compiled this collage. What a year - thanks to everyone

#Brain #Engineering #Art #Image #Competition #Lab #photograghy #microscopy #stem #research #neuron.

It’s on … To give your votes: Go to kunzelabimages on Instagram, or reply here. We will be collecting your favorites until Jan. 12th. 2024.

This Fall semester passed by almost faster than the summer, final research group meeting, and finally getting some snow here. Also, we are recruiting #graduate students for next year. Apply by Jan. 15th! #neurotech #stem #micro #nano #signaling #Engineering

What a great article about the research we do.