Senior design: An automatic protein purification system
Senior design: An automatic protein purification system

Senior Design Projects are teams of senior students from the School of Engineering collaborating on a compelling two-to-three-semester capstone project. This experiential initiative cultivates practical skills and augments the students’

Build a multimodal microscope in X minutes!
Build a multimodal microscope in X minutes!

Dr. Daguan Nong is building the SCATTIRSTORM microscope from bolts and nuts! And here is how it looks when it is finished! BUT, what is this, and how it works?

From iSCAT to SCATTIRSTORM: Adventures in Single-Molecule Microscopy
From iSCAT to SCATTIRSTORM: Adventures in Single-Molecule Microscopy

Dr. Hancock delivered a presentation on the adventures of single-molecule microscopy during the 2021 Biophysical Society (BPS).

Neuron movements caused by push, pull of motor proteins
Neuron movements caused by push, pull of motor proteins

Our research on Kinesin and dynein has been reported by the College of Engineering News! Neuron movements caused by push, pull of motor proteins, study finds

Dr. Hancock in the “Meet the Research Network” interview with KIF1A.ORG
Dr. Hancock in the “Meet the Research Network” interview with KIF1A.ORG

KIF1A.ORG interviewed core KIF1A research network members on August 13, 2022. In the interview, Dr. Hancock talked about the KIF1A’s walking patterns on a molecular level and introduced the techniques

Rui’s Paper is Accepted to PNAS!

Congratulations, Rui! We are so proud of the hard work you put into the project and the paper! Go take a look at the new publication from our lab, now

Creating the SCATTIRSTORM

Here is a recent article on the newest project that the Hancock lab has undertaken. It describes how the “new SCATTIRSTORM microscope could improve bioenergy production”. TheĀ SCATTIRSTORM microscope is a

New Publications

The group has 2 new publications, one in PNAS and one in Biophysical Journal. The PNAS article also received high praise in the commentary and a Faculty gold star from

Superheroes of the Kinesin World

Check out our new page where we compare Kinesin families with every superhero we could think of (regardless of the Universe they come from)!