The Xie Group welcomes postdoctoral fellow Maarten Roeffaers who earned his PhD in bioscience engineering from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium. During his PhD research, he used fluorescence microscopy to unravel the interplay of various dynamic processes in heterogeneous catalysis. Maarten's hobbies include active and passive soccer, travel and cooking. (9/09)

The Xie Group welcomes postdoctoral fellow Chenghang Zong who trained as a theortetician with the Wolynes Group at the University of California, San Diego, then did experimental research at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign with Dr. Ido Golding studying the relationship between stability and the transcriptional/translational burst. With the Xie Group, Chenghang has joined the effort to explore the top/down approach to biological problems. He enjoys playing basketball and soccer when not in the lab. (7/09)

The Xie Group welcomes Chongyi Chen (G1), who joined the group after completing a spring rotation. He studied biological sciences at Peking University, and is fascinated by the interdisciplinary research of the group, especially the applications of single molecule imaging in biological systems. Outside the lab, Chongyi enjoys playing chess and hiking. (5/09)

The Xie Group welcomes postdoctoral fellow Haifeng Duan, who earned his PhD in organic synthesis from Nankai University in China where he worked on the development of a new synthetic methodology in asymmetric synthesis. As a Xie group member, Haifeng is developing terminal phosphate-labeled nucleotides, and applying single-molecule techniques to DNA sequencing. Outside the lab, he enjoys basketball, cooking and movies. (4/09)

Congratulations to former Xie Group postdoctoral fellow Nam Ki Lee on his appointment as Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics and School of Interdisciplinary Bioscience and Bioengineering at Pohang University of Science and Technology in S. Korea. (3/09)

The Xie Group welcomes postdoctoral fellow Katsuyuki Shiroguchi, who earned his PhD in biophysics from the University of Tokyo. He has been working on molecular motors, and takes pleasure in watching the dynamics of biological phenomena under a microscope. Outside the lab, Katsu loves soccer. (2/09)

The Xie Group welcomes Shasha Chong (G1), who joined the group after completing a fall rotation. She studied chemistry and physics at the University of Sciences and Technology of China, and is fascinated by the interdisciplinary research of the group, particularly biomedical imaging. Outside the lab, Shasha enjoys music, movies and cooking. (1/09)

Congratulations to Professor Sunney Xie on his election as a Fellow to the American Physical Society. (11/08)

Congratulations to Will Greenleaf for his three year postdoctoral fellowship award from the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation. (11/08)

Congratulations to Professor Sunney Xie for receiving the Berthold Leibinger Zukunftspreis in Ditzingen, Germany on September 15, 2008. The award was given by the Leibinger Foundation in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the field of single molecule biophysics and nonlinear biophotonics. (9/08)

Congratulations to Kevin Fiala for his three year postdoctoral fellowship award from the American Cancer Society. (9/08)

Congratulations to Rahul Roy for his three year postdoctoral fellowship award from the Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund. (6/08)

Congratulations to Professor Sunney Xie on his election as a Fellow to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.  The AAAS is one of the nation's oldest and most prestigious honorary societies and independent policy research centers.  His induction will take place in Cambridge on October 11. (5/08)

Congratulations to Yuichi Taniguchi for his two year postdoctoral fellowship award from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. (5/08)

Congratulations to Brian Saar for receiving the SPIE Scholarship in Optical Science and Engineering. (5/08)

Congratulations to Marcel Friedrich for his two year postdoctoral fellowship award from the German Academy of Science. (4/08)

Congratulations to Christian Freudiger for being awarded a two year Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds grant. (3/08)

Congratulations to Long Cai for his well deserved honor of winning the 2008 Weber Prize for his Ph.D. thesis entitled "Life at low copy number: a single molecule adventure in live cell gene expression." (2/08)

Congratulations to Peter Sims for receiving a Biophysical Society student travel award to present his work entitled "Force Measurements and Submillisecond Tracking of Dynein- and Kinesin-Driven Cargoes in Living Cells," at the Biophysical Society Annual Meeting in Long Beach, CA February 2-6, 2008. (2/08)

The Xie Group welcomes postdoctoral fellow William Greenleaf, who earned his PhD in applied physics from Stanford University working in Steve Block's laboratory to understand the mechanics of transcription and RNA folding at the single-molecule level. He is excited to help develop and apply new imaging techniques in the Xie laboratory. Outside the lab, Will enjoys skiing, squash and movies. (1/08)

The Xie Group officially welcomes Sijia Lu (G1), who joined the group after completing a fall rotation on CARS microscopy. Having studied physics and life sciences at Fudan University, Sijia's interest lies in developing new techniques for biomedical research, and he considers the Xie Group to be one of the best places for interdisciplinary study. In his spare time, Sijia enjoys playing tennis, beach volleyball and camping. ( 1/08)