04-21-2025: Drs. Bao, Deng and Vanhaezebrouck won a new NCI R01 on a collaborative CAR-neutrophil project!

04-25-2025: Dr. Bao was awarded the 2025 Purdue College of Engineering Faculty Excellence Award for Early Career Research!

08-28-2024: Dr. Li and Dr. Bao were just awarded a new NSF Grant from Mathematical Biology Program!

01-31-2024: Undergraduate researcher Sydney Hummel is named as 2024 Churchill Scholars and will study in University of Cambridge for a year. Congratulations Sydney!

01-15-2024: Bao Lab Alumnus Dr. Yun Chang started his assistant professor position in the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Congratulations Yun!

01-01-2024: The group welcomes Ting-Jung Sung, Jingqiao Shen and Dr. Huiyang Li joining us as a graduate student and post-doc! 

08-10-2023: Undergraduate researcher Sydney Hummel is named to the 2023 class of Astronaut Scholars by the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (ASF). Congratulations Sydney!

05-22-2023: Ju just defensed and she is the first Ph.D from Bao Group. Congratulations Dr. Jung!

04-21-2023: Dr. Bao was named as William K. Luckow Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering.

04-20-2023: Our collaborative work on CAR-neutrophil-mediated drug delivery, led by Yun, is published in Nature Communications.

04-05-2023: Our collaborative work on CAR-NK cells led by Yun is published in Bioactive Materials.

04-03-2023: Our collaborative work on CAR-neutrophils led by Jackson & Yun is published in Journal of Immunology and Regenerative Medicine.

03-31-2023: Our Comment on stem cell-based immunoengineering is published in Nature Reviews Bioengineering.

12-27-2022: Dr. Jin is awarded the 2023 AHA Postdoctoral Fellowship! Congratulations!

12-20-2022: Our definitive differentiation protocol led by Ju & Yun is published in Star Protocols.

11-18-2022: Dr. Bao was awarded the 2023 BMES-CMBE Rising Star Junior Faculty Award and will give an invited talk at the 2023 CMBE Conference. 

11-18-2022: Our cardiac organoid work led by Po-Yu & Yun is published in Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol.

07-19-2022: Our collaborative work led by Yun & Miza is published in Cell Reports, covered by Purdue News and Star City News.

07-15-2022: Dr. Bao won Stephen I. Katz Early Stage Investigator Research Project Grant on a collaborative neutrophil project!

05-31-2022: The group welcomes Chris, Monique, and Xinbo joining us as 2022 summer researchers! Welcome to the group!

05-25-2022: Our collaborative work led by Ju & Yun is published in ACS Synthetic Biology.

05-07-2022: Our collaborative work led by Yun is published in Biomaterials.

02-23-2022: Dr. Bao won the 2022 NSF CAREER Award! 

02-07-2022: Our collaborative work with Dr. Lian at the Penn State University is published in Bioactive Materials.

07-21-2021: The group welcomes Jackson Harris joining us as a PMRI graduate student!

06-24-2021: Dr. Bao won the Robbers New Investigator Award!

05-29-2021: Our collaborative work with Dr. Lian at the Penn State University is published in Stem Cell Research & Therapy.

04-26-2021: Arundhati (Ari), a PMP student in our lab, won the F'20 Excellence in Prof MS Research! Congratulations!

03-02-2021: The group welcomes Sydney Hummel, an undergraduate researcher from school of chemical engineering joining us as a 2021 SURF recipient! Welcome to the group!

01-26-2021: Our collaborative proposal with Dr. Bumsoo Han is selected for the PI4D-PIDD SARS-CoV-2 Seed Grant.

12-15-2020: The group welcomes Po-Yu Liang joining us as a graduate student! Welcome to the group!

11-17-2020: Our collaborative work with Dr. Wang at the Ohio State University is published in Cell Reports Physical Science.

06-01-2020: Dr. Bao won the 2020 Showalter Award!

04-11-2020: Our collaborative work with Dr. Lian at the Penn State University is published in Biotechnology and Bioengineering.

12-09-2019: Dr. Bao won the 2019 LG Chem Global Innovation Contest!

11-04-2019: The group welcomes Juhyung Jung and Peter Hellwarth joining us as a graduate student! Welcome to the group!

08-29-2019: The group welcomes Dr. Yun Chang, a Ph.D. from Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry joining us as a postdoctoral researcher! Welcome to the group!

02-07-2022: Our collaborative work with Dr. Lian at the Penn State University is published in Bioactive Materials.

07-21-2021: The group welcomes Jackson Harris joining us as a PMRI graduate student!

07-21-2021: The group welcomes Jackson Harris joining us as a PMRI graduate student!

01-01-2024: The group welcomes Ting-Jung Sung, Jingqiao Shen and Dr. Huiyang Li joining us as a graduate student and post-doc!

07-15-2022: Dr. Bao won Stephen I. Katz Early Stage Investigator Research Project Grant on a collaborative neutrophil project!

07-15-2022: Dr. Bao won Stephen I. Katz Early Stage Investigator Research Project Grant on a collaborative neutrophil project!