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  • 11/19/2021: Congrats on Lei's successful Ph.D. final defense. Well done. All the best! 
  • 10/29/2021:  Dr. Li attended a UTEP press release for the recent CPRIT grant for cancer research. This was featured at UTEP web homepage. Photos with UTEP President Dr. Wilson, Mayor Dee Margo (former), CPRIT CEO Wayne Roberts, Deans Dr. Kirken & Dr. Rivera et al. Also grateful to the great support from Dr. Brekken from UTSW and Dr. Bast from MD Anderson cancer center. https://www.utep.edu/newsfeed/campus/utep-awarded-6-1-million-grant-for-cancer-research-and-detection.html 
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  • 10/26/2021: A new collaborative paper was accepted to be published in Anal Chem. "Fu, G.;* Hou, R.; Mou, X.; Li, X.* Integration of 3,3’,5,5’-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB)-probed ELISA-like systems in a photothermal bar-chart microfluidic chip for multiplexed visual immunoassay, Anal Chem 2021, In Press. (IF 7.0)"
  • 10/04/2021: Dr. Li was highlighted by UTEP HeadNews (UTEP Web Banner). "Researchers on track to move biomedical device from lab to marketplace".  https://www.utep.edu/newsfeed/campus/researchers-on-track-to-move-biomedical-device-from-lab-to-marketplace.html?HomeBanner  or check Local copy. 
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  • 10/15/2021: Dr. Li gave a special seminar at UTEP, and also dedicated this presentation to the memory of Dr. Natalicio (1939-2021). 
  • 09/13/2021: A new collaborated paper regarding smartphone-based assay has been accepted by Chinese Chemical Letters for publication. "Zhang, X.;  Wang, L.;  Li, X. C.;* Li, X.,* AuNP aggregation-induced quantitative colorimetric aptasensing of sulfadimethoxine with a smartphone. Chin Chem Lett 2021, In Press. (IF 6.8)"
  • 08/31/2021: Dr. Li is featured in The Prospector.  https://www.theprospectordaily.com/2021/08/31/utep-receives-portion-of-grant-for-cancer-research/ . or Local copy.
    
  • 08/28/2021: Dr. Li is selected as Chair – Elect of ACS (American Chemical Society) Rio Grande Valley Chapel.
  • 08/18/2021: Dr. Li  (Dr. Robert Kirken, Co-PI) received a prestigious CPRIT grant award (Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas) for ovarian cancer study.
    
  • 08/05/2021: The 2nd edition of the book "Microfluidic Devices for Biomedical Applications" that Dr. Li editted has been officially published, with updated contents, new chapters, and new features potentially for textbooks.
    
  • 07/28/2021: Our recent review article is selected as a Hot article by Lab on a Chip.  "Recent innovations in cost-effective polymer and paper hybrid microfluidic devices".
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  • 07/08/2021: Dr. Li is organising an approved Pittcon Symposium 2022 regarding nano-sensing.
  • 07/07/2021: Dr. Li is organising an approved Pittcon Symposium 2022 regarding infectious disease detection.
  • 07/04/2021: A new paper regarding quantitative colorimetric aptasensing was submitted for publication.
  • 06/30/2021: Dr. Li received a grant award from UT System for ACUE Course in Effective Teaching Practice. 
  • 06/18/2021: An invited paper has been accepted to publish by Lab Chip. Congrats to Wan, Maowei, Sanjay et al! "Zhou, W.;+ Dou, M.;+ Sanjay, S. T.;+ Xu, F.;* Li, X.* Recent innovations in cost-effective polymer and paper hybrid microfluidic devices, Lab Chip 2021, In Press. (Invited)."
  • 06/11/2021: We officially received another major NSF grant to develop simple devices for detection of multiple infectious disease pathogens. Cheers!
  • 05/04/2021: A new paper regarding photothermal bar-chart chip has been accepted by Anal. Chem. Congrats to Wan et al! "Zhou, W.;+ Fu, G.;+ Li, X.*; Detector-free photothermal bar-chart microfluidic chips (PT-Chips) for visual quantitative detection of biomarkers, Anal Chem 2021, In Press."
    -This is also the 100th publication in our group! Well done, and thanks to all team members!
  • 04/30/2021: Dr. Li was selected a panelist to present in Biomedical Day. 
  • 04/18/2021: A new paper regarding multicolorimetric biosensors has been accepted for publication by Anal Bioanal Chem. "Ma, L.; Abugalyon, Y.; Li, X. Multicolorimetric ELISA Biosensors on a Paper/Polymer Hybrid Analytical Device for Visual Point-of-Care Detection of Infection Diseases, Anal Bioanal Chem 2021, In Press."
  • 03/22/2021: A new patent received notice of allowance. Congrats to Wan et al. "ONE-STEP SURFACE MODIFICATION TO GRAFT DNA CODES ON PAPER AND ITS BIO-APPLICATIONS”, U.S. Patent (#15/826,072)."
  • 2/28/2021: A new manuscript regarding photothermal bar-chart chip was submitted for publication. DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv.14131514.v14131511. 
  • 02/10/2021: A new patent received notice of allowance. Congrats to Sanjay et al. "Apparatuses and Methods for Pathogen Detection Using Microfluidic Biochips”, U.S. Patent (#15/555,002). "
  • 02/07/2021: Our group received a new NSF I-Corps grant to support translational development of our invention in thermometer-based biomarker detection.
  • 02/06/2021: Lei received prestigious Keelung Hong Graduate Research Fellowship. Students selected for this fellowship can receive up to one years of annual stipend ($24,000) and $1,000 per year for travel to scientific meetings, dependent on satisfactory progress. Congratulations to Lei! Well done. Also thanks to the support from the Department and Dr. Keelung Hong.
  • 01/26/2021: A new patent received notice of allowance. Congrats to Sanjay et al. "US Application 15/454,200 entitled SENSITIVE ELISA FOR DISEASE DIAGNOSIS ON SURFACE MODIFIED POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE) (PMMA) MICROFLUIDIC MICROPLATES".
  • 01/15/2021: We received a new grant from DOT and Texas A&M for study of COVID-19 to improve transportation safety.  
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• 12/27/2020: A new paper regarding MOFs for biosensing has been accepted by Biosens & Bioelectron. Congrats to Xia et al. "Lv, M.; Zhou, W.; Tavakoli, H.; Bautista, C.; Xia, J.;* Wang, Z.; Li, X.* Aptamer-functionalized Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for biosensing, Biosens Bioelectron 2021, In Press."
• 12/18/2020: A new ESE Ph.D. student joined our group (co-supervised with Dr. Ahmed). Welcome, Yohannes!
• 12/09/2020: A new US patent is granted. "X.J. Li*, M. Dou, D.C. Dominguez, “Methods and compositions for paper-based and hybrid microfluidic devices integrated with nucleic acid amplification for disease diagnosis”, US patent (#US14/796,127). Filed on July 10, 2015; -Granted on 12/29/2020. US Patent # 10,875,024 "
• 11/24/2020: A new provisional patent application regarding cancer therapy was submitted.
• 11/11/2020: GRE is not required for Graduate school admission application. Welcome to apply.
• 11/07/2020: A new manuscript regarding MOFs-based biosensing has been submitted for publication. 
• 11/04/2020: Congratulations to Wan for her successful final Ph.D. Dissertation Defense in Cloud! Well done, All the best to the next step!
  
• 10/11/2020: Dr. Li has been invited to serve on Editorial Board of Journal of Analysis and Testing. 
• 10/06/2020:  A new paper regarding photothermal genetic detection of pathogen has been accepted for publication by Anal Chem. "Zhou, W.; Sun, J.; Li, X.* Low-Cost Quantitative Photothermal Genetic Detection of Pathogens on a Paper Hybrid Device Using a Thermometer, Anal Chem 2020, Accepted." Congrats, Wan et al!
• 10/05/2020: A new provisional patent application regarding photothermal genetic analysis was filed.
• 08/28/2020: A new patent is beging granted. "X.J. Li*, M. Dou, D.C. Dominguez, “Methods and compositions for paper-based and hybrid microfluidic devices integrated with nucleic acid amplification for disease diagnosis”, US patent (#US14/796,127). Filed on July 10, 2015"
• 08/19/2020: Cynthis won a poster award in the recent COURI summer symposium for undergraduate students. Congrats, Cynthia!
• 07/14/2020: A book chapter regarding low-cost disease diagnosis was submitted for publication. 
• 07/11/2020: A new manuscript regarding photothermal studies was submitted for publication.
• 06/14/2020： Our recent work published in Anal Chem regarding one-step surface modification to graft DNA code on paper is highlighted by X-Mol. Link 1; Link 2. Local Download. 
• 06/08/2020: A new paper regarding using nanomaterials to amplify colorimetric signals is accepted for publication by Analyst. "Prasad, K.S.; Abugalyon, Y.; Li, C.; Xu, F.; Li, X.* New method to amplify colorimetric signals of paper-based nanobiosensors for simple & sensitive pancreatic cancer biomarker detection, Analyst 2020, In Press." Congrats to Prasad et al! 
• 05/13/2020: A new paper regarding photothermal microfluidic pumping has been accepted for publication by Lab Chip. Congrats to Guanglei and Wan et al! "Fu, G.;⁺ Zhou, W.;⁺ Li, X.* Remotely tunable microfluidic platform driven by nanomaterial-mediated on-demand photothermal pumping, Lab Chip 2020, In Press. DOI: 10.1039/D0LC00317D."
• 05/05/2020: A new patent about hemoglobin A1C and glucose detction  is granted. "XiuJun Li*, Gilberto Henao-Pabon, “Devices and methods using modified paper electrodes for the detection of hemoglobin A1C and glucose”, U.S. Patent (#15/276,408). Filed on September 26, 2016.
  -Granted on 5/5/2020. US Patent #: 10,640,801. "
• 05/07/2020: Congrats to Yousef for receiving Academic and Research Excellence  Award for Undergraduate Student in Chemistry. Well done, Yousef! He has received an offer to go to Texas A&M for graduate study. 
• 04/14/2020: A new US patent is granted. Congrats to Maowei et al!  "Xiujun Li,* Maowei Dou, "Methods and compositions for hybrid microfluidic devices integrated with nano-biosensors", US patent (#US14/725, 689). Filed on May 29, 2015.
  -Granted on 4/14/2020. US Patent #: 10,620,200. " 
• 04/25/2020: Teamed up with Drs. Dominguez and Sun, we, a team for infectious disease study, received the IDR grant and IDR space from the new UTEP IDR building. Congrats to the team!
• 04/07/2020: Our recent work regarding smart paper transformer in Chem Sci was highlighted by RSC communications. Local link.
• 03/24/2020: A new paper regarding paper surface modification for grafting DNA codes has been accepted for publication in Analytical Chemistry. "Zhou, W.; Feng, M.; Valadez, A.; Li, X.* One-Step Surface Modification to Graft DNA Codes on Paper: The Method, Mechanism and Its Application, Anal Chem 2020, In Press." Congrats to Wan et al！ 
• 02/25/2020: A new paper regarding PnP hybrdid microfluidic devices for high-sensitivity immunoassay has been accepted for publication by Microsystems & Nanoengineering. "Sanjay, S. T.;+ Li, M.;+ Zhou, W.; Li, X.C.;  Li, X.* A Reusable PMMA/Paper Hybrid Plug-and-Play Microfluidic Device for Ultrasensitive Immunoassay with Wide Dynamic Range, Microsystems & Nanoengineering 2020, Accepted.". Congrats to Sanjay and Meihan (Undergraduate) et al!
• 02/09/2020: A new paper regarding paper transformer-suppported catalysis has been accepted for publication by Chemical Science. "Jin, Q.; Ma, L.; Zhou, W.; Shen, Y.; Fernandez-Delgado, O.; Li, X.* Smart Paper Transformer: New insight for enhanced catalytic efficiency and reusability of noble metal nanocatalysts, Chemical Science 2020, Accepted." Congrats to Qijin et al. Well done!
• 02/08/2020: A new paper regarding photothermal genetic biosensing using a thermometer has been accepted for publication by Anal Chem. "Zhou, W.; ⁺ Hu, K.;⁺ Kwee, S.; Tang, L.; Wang, Z.; Xia, J.; Li, X.* Gold Nanoparticle Aggregation-Induced Quantitative Photothermal Biosensing Using a Thermometer: A Simple and Universal Biosensing Platform, Anal Chem 2020, 92, 3, 2739-2747.". Congrats to Wan and Kaiqiang et al. 
• 02/02/2020: We received a NSF I-Corps grant award for exploring commercialization of our "products". Thanks for the significant contributions from Hamed, Sanjay, Maowei, Les et al. Good job!
• 01/19/2020： One new paper has been accepted for publication in Catalysis Today. "Jin, Q.; Ma, L.; Zhou, W.; Chintalapalle, R.; Shen, Y.*; Li, X.* Strong interaction between Au nanoparticles and porous polyurethane sponge enables efficient environmental catalysis with high reusability, Catalysis Today 2020, Accepted." 
• 01/07/2020: Dr. Li was invited to serve at the Advisory Board of Lab on a Chip.
•  01/06/2020: Dr. Li was invited to serve at the Advisory Board of Analyst.
• 01/01/2020: A new paper regarding high-sensitivity immunoassay was submitted for publication. 

• • 12/10/2019: Hamed won Fall 2019 Dodson Research grant! Good job!
  • 12/05/2019：Two provisional patents regarding photothermal studies were filed.
  • 12/03/2019: A new paper regarding environmental catalysis has been accepted for publication by Catalysis Today. "Jin, Q.; Lu, B.; Pan, Y.; Tao, X.; Himmelhaver, C.; Shen, Y.;* Gu, S.; Zeng, Y.; Li, X.* Novel porous ceramic sheet supported metal reactors for continuous-flow catalysis, Catalysis Today 2019, Accepted. (2018 IF 4.9)".
  • 11/30/2019: A new paper regarding early detection of pancreatic cancer has been accepted for publication by Sensors & Actuators B: Chemical. "Prasad, K. S.; Cao, X.; Gao, N.; Jin, Q.; Sanjay, S. T.; Henao-Pabon, G.; Li, X.* A Low-Cost Nanomaterial-based Electrochemical Immunosensor on Paper for High-sensitivity Early Detection of Pancreatic Cancer, Sens Actuators B Chem 2019, Accepted."
  • 11/15/2019: Dr. Li successfully hosted a symposium, Bioanalysis, in the recent ACS Regional Meeting (SWRM).
  • 11/13/2019: A new manuscript regarding paper surface study was submitted for publication. 
  • 11/01/2019: A new manuscript regarding photothermal biosensing was submitted for publication. 
  • 10/25/2019: Dr. Li gave an invited talk at the recent 18th BCEIA conference, and Chaired a session. 
  • 10/25/2019: A visiting professor Dr. Jianfei Xia joined our group! Welcome, Jianfei!
  • 10/18/2019: New positions! We are looking for talented graduates for interdisciplinary research in the field of material science & engineering, biomedical engineering, nanoscience, biomass conversion, catalysis, etc. The positions will be supported by the NSF PREM center grant. In order to apply, you must be a US citizen or permanent resident and a full-time UTEP student with a 3.0 GPA or higher. High priority will be given to underrepresented students (e.g. female, or minority students). If you are interested, please contact Dr. Li by email. 
  • 09/17/2019: A new BUILDing Scholar Cynthia joined our group! Welcome, Cynthia!
  • 09/12/2019: A new paper regarding photothermal immunosensing was accepted for publication by Anal Chem. "Fu, G.;* Zhu, Y.; Xu, K.; Wang, W.; Hou, R.; Li, X.* Photothermal Microfluidic Sensing Platform Using Near-Infrared Laser-Driven Multiplexed Dual-Mode Visual Quantitative Readout, Anal Chem 2019, In Press. (2018 IF 6.4)"
  • 08/28/2019: A new collaborative paper regarding stimulus-responsive hydrogel was accepted for publication by NPG Asia Materials. "Shi, Q.; Liu, H.; Tang, D.; Li, Y.; Li, X.;* Xu, F.* Bio-Actuators based on Stimulus-Responsive Hydrogels and Their Emerging Biomedical Applications, NPG Asia Mater. 2019, Accepted. (2018 IF 8.05)"
  • 08/27/2019: A new paper regarding photothermal studies on paper-based devices was accepted for publication by ACS Sensors.  "Fu, G.;* Zhu, Y.; Wang, W.; Zhou, M.; Li, X.* Spatiotemporally Controllable Multiplexed Photothermal Microfluidic Pumping under Monitoring of On-Chip Thermal Imaging, ACS Sensors 2019, Accepted. (2018 IF 6.9)"
  • 08/22/2019： A collaborative publication regarding paper-based devices was published. " Tang, R. H.; Liu, L. N.; Zhang, S. F.; He, X. C.; Li, X. J.; Xu, F.; Ni, Y. H.; Li, F. A review on advances in methods for modification of paper supports for use in point-of-care testing, Microchimica Acta 2019, 186, 521. (2018 IF 5.7)"
  • 08/10/2019: Congrats to Yunqi Shi for winning a COURI Poster Award. Good job!
  • 07/01/2019: Wan received prestigious Keelung Hong Graduate Research Fellowship. Students selected for this fellowship can receive up to two years of annual stipend ($24,000) and $1,000 per year for travel to scientific meetings, dependent on satisfactory progress. Congratulations to Wan! Well done. Also thanks to the support from the Department and Dr. Keelung Hong.
  • 06/23/2019: A new manuscript regarding on-chip photothermal studies was submitted for publication.
  • 05/27/2019: Two COURI summer research undergraduate students from Beijing Normal University joined our group. Welcome, Yunqi and Huaqing!
  • 05/15/2019: Our work for POC diagnosis of whooping cough published in a Lancet journal has been highlighted by social media. Local copy. or https://www.utep.edu/chs/news/its-a-go.html . 
    
    
  • 05/12/2019: A new invited paper has been accepted for publication by Trends in Analytical Chemistry. Congrats to Hamed, Wan and Lei et al. "Tavakoli, H.;⁺ Zhou, W.;⁺ Ma, L.;⁺ Perez, S.; Ibarra, A.; Xu, F.; Zhan, S.; Li, X.* Recent advances in microfluidic platforms for single-cell analysis in cancer biology, diagnosis and therapy, TRAC - Trend Anal Chem 2019, In Press."
  • 05/01/2019: A new visiting Ph.D. student Xiyue from Qingdao University joined our group. Wecome, Xiyue!
  • 05/03/2019: Wan Zhou  was selected for the competitive Graduate School Summer Research Grant. Congrats, Wan! 
  • 04/26/2019: Dr. Li gave an oral presentaiton about nanomaterials in MRS (Material Research society) 2019 Conference in Phoenix, AZ 
  • 04/25/2019: A collaborative paper regarding TB study has been accepted for publication. "Wu, H.; Bao, Y.; Wang, L.; Li, X.; Sun, J. Mycobacterium marinum down-regulates miR-148a in macrophages in an EsxA-dependent manner, International Immunopharmacology 2019, Accepted."
  • 04/03/2019: A new collaborative paper has been accepted for publication in Talanta. "Gong, Y.; Zheng, Y.; Jin, B.; You, M.; Wang, J.; Li, X.; Lin, M.; Xu, F.; Li, F.; A Portable and Universal Upconversion Nanoparticle-Based Lateral Flow Assay Platform for Point-of-Care Testing, Talanta 2019, In Press. DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2019.1003.1105"
  • 04/02/2019: An invited peer-reviewed book chapter has been accepted for publication in "Nanotechnology and Microfluidics" by Wiley. 
  • 04/01/2019： An invited manuscript regarding single-cell analysis has been submitted for publication.
  • 03/02/2019: A new manuscript regarding a new PU-supported Au catalyst for envionmental degradation has been submitted for publication.
  • 3/1/2019: A new visiting graduate student Kaiqiang from Qingdao University joined our group. Wecome, Kaiqiang!
  • 3/1/2019： A new paper by Maowei et al focusing on technical development for whooping cough detection has been accepted for publication by Analytica Chimica Acta. Congrats to Maowei et al! "Dou, M.; Sanchez, J.; Tavakoli, H.; Gonzalez, J. E.; Sun, J.; Dien Bard, J.; Li, X.* A Low-Cost Microfluidic Platform for Rapid and Instrument-Free Detection of Whooping Cough, Anal Chim Acta 2019, Accepted." 
  • 2/26/2019: Dr. Li gave an invited oral presentation in Catalysis and Chemical Engineering Conference 2019 in Houston TX, as a track chair in Photocatalysis.
  • 2/25/2019: A new collaborative paper with UTEP College of Health Sciences and Children Hospital LA regarding pertussis detection and clinical validation has been accepted for publication in EClinicalMedicine. EClinicalMedicine is one of the prestigious Lancet Family journals. Congrats to Maowei et al! "Dou, M.; Macias, N.; Shen, F.; Dien Bard, J.; Dominguez, D. C.;* Li, X.* Rapid and Accurate Pertussis Diagnosis on a Point-of-Care Biochip, EClinicalMedicine 2019, Accepted. (A Lancet Family journal)"
  • 2/24/2019: A new collaborative paper with Dr. Zeng has been accepted for publication. Cheers! "Chen, J.; Lu, L.; Li, Y.; Ren, X.; Luo, H.; Gao, Y.; Yan, H.; Li, Y.; Qu, Y.; Yang, L.; Li, X.; Zeng, R. Preparation and evaluation of Bletilla striata polysaccharide/graphene oxide composite hemostatic sponge, Int. J. Biol. Macromol 2019, In Press. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2019.1002.1137."
  • 01/15/2019: A new Ph.D. student Roy joined our group. Wecome, Roy!
  • 1/21/2019: Our paper has been ranked as the Top 10 Cited Papers from the journal. "Zhang, J.; Wei, X.; Zeng, R.; Xu, F.; Li, X.* Stem cell culture and differentiation in microfluidic devices towards organ-on-a-chip,   Future Sci OA 2017, 3(2), FSO187. DOI: 10.4155/fsoa-2016-0091."
  • 1/7/2019: A new manuscript regarding a new catalyst for selective catalytic reduction of NO with NH₃ has been submitted for publication.
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• 12/5/2018：Congratulations to Cindy for winning "Undergraduate Award for Academic and Research Excellence in Biochemistry"! Well done, Cindy!
• 11/30/2018: An invited book chapter was submitted for a Wiley Book. "Tavakoli, H., Zhou, W., Ma, L., Li, X.*; Paper and paper hybrid microfluidic devices for point-of-care detection of infectious diseases. In: Nanotechnology and Microfluidics. Wiley-VCH, 2018, Submitted. (Invited Book Chapter)"
• 11/20/2018: A new collaborative paper regarding smartphone-based assays has been accepted for publication in Electrophoresis. Cheers!
  "Xu, X.; Wang, X.; Hu, J.; Gong, Y.; Wang, L.; Zhou, W.; Li, X.;* Xu. F.* A smartphone-based on-site nucleic acid testing platform at point-of-care settings, Electrophoresis 2018, Accepted."
• 10/15/2018: A new BME Ph.D. student Stefani Perez joined our group! Welcome, Stefani! 
• 09/26/2018: A US Patent is being officially granted. 
  "X.J. Li*, G. Fu, “NANOMATERIAL-BASED PHOTOTHERMAL IMMUNOSENSING FOR QUANTITATIVE DETECTION OF DISEASE BIOMARKERS”, U.S. Patent (#15/269,301). Filed on September 19^th, 2016.

  - Granted, on 10/09/2018. US Patent #: 10,094,793. "

• 09/25/2018: A new BME student Andrea Ibarra Chacon joined our group. Welcome, Andrea!
• 09/13/2018: New positions! We are looking for talented undergraduates for interdisciplinary research in the field of material science & engineering, nanoscience, biomass conversion, catalysis, etc. The positions will be supported by the NSF PREM center grant. In order to apply, you must be a US citizen or permanent resident and a full-time UTEP student with a 3.0 GPA or higher. High priority will be given to underrepresented undergradaute students (e.g. female and minority students). If you are interested, please contact Dr. Li by email. 
  Furthermore, we plan to recruit another underrepresented minority graduate student in Spring or Fall 2018. The candidate for this position should be a US citizen or permanent resident. If you are interested and qualified, please contact Dr. Li by email.
• 08/23/2018: A new manuscript by Maowei et al regarding pertussis diagnosis has been submitted for publication.
• 08/18/2018: A new manuscript by Qijie Jin et al has been submitted for publication regarding catalytic reduction for environmental salvage using a smart paper transformer.
• 08/10/2018: A visiting Professor Dr. Qunqun Guo from Qingdao University has joined our group! Welcome, Qunqun!
• 08/15/2018: A collaberated NSF PREM Center grant (~ $4.0M for 6 years, Li, co-PI) lead by Ramana Chintalapalle has been officially awarded by the NSF (Divison of Material Research).  
• 07/20/2018: Another paper has been accepted by Anal Chem regarding multiplexed bar-chart spinchip for quantitative pathogen detection without the aid of any detectors. "Wei, X.; Zhou, W.; Sanjay, S. T.; Zhang, J.; Jin, Q.; Dominguez, D. C.; Li, X.* Multiplexed Instrument-free Bar-chart SpinChip Integrated with Nanoparticle-mediated Magnetic Aptasensors for Visual Quantitative Detection of Multiple Pathogens, Anal Chem 2018, In Press."
• 07/18/2018: Congratulations to Wan and Hamed on the recent Graduate Scholarship! Well done, Wan and Hamed!
• 07/17/2018: A new patent application regarding multiplexed bar-chart spinchip was filed.
• 06/08/2018: Our recent paper published in Analyitical Chemistry has been highlighted by X-MOL,  or check the local file. (Fu, G.; Sanjay, S. T.; Zhou, W.; Brekken, R.A.; Kirken, R.A.; Li, X.* Exploration of Nanoparticle-Mediated Photothermal Effect of TMB-H2O2 Colorimetric System and Its Application in a Visual Quantitative Photothermal Immunoassay, Anal Chem 2018, 90, 5930-5937)
• 05/29/2018: 5 COURI international undergraduate students and 1 NIH BUILDing Scholar joined our group for summer research! welcome, Ke, Heyang, Yilin, Guangtao, and Jenika!
• 05/08/2018: Commencement time again. Congrats to our group for wining three top awards again from the university! Including "Best Dissertation Award", “Outstanding Faculty Dissertation Research Mentoring Award”, "Graduate Award for Academic and Research Excellence in Chemistry". Congrats to all the awardees and the Li Group! Special thanks to all people who give support to the group!
• 05/04/2018: A new manuscript about POC pertussis diagnosis and validation using clinical samples was submitted.
• 04/25/2018: A new manuscript about bar-chart microfluidic device for foodborne pathogen detection was submitted for publication.
• 04/25/2018: A provisional patent regarding a PnP microfluidic devie to improve the immunoassay sensitivity has been filed.
• 04/19/2018: A new paper submitted to Catalysis Today has been accepted for publication. Congrats to Qijie et al. Well done!  Qijie is a visiting Ph.D. student from Nanjing Tech University in China. "Jin, Q.; Shen, Y.;* Ma, L.; Zhu, S.; Zhang, J.; Zhou, W.; Wei, X.; Li, X.* Novel TiO₂ catalyst carriers with high thermostability for selective catalytic reduction of NO by NH₃, Catalysis Today 2018, Accepted." (IF 4.6. Tier 1 category)
• 04/13/2018: Congratulations to Sanjay for winning the Best Dissertation Award from UTEP! All graduating Ph.D. students from our group won this prestigious award (only 1 winner from each college each commencement)! We are very grateful to the award winer's hard work and the Committee's recognition of our work! Thank you!
• 04/11/2018:A paper submitted to Anal Chem has been accepted for publication, in collaboration with Dr. Robert Kirken (Dean) and Dr. Rof Brekken from UT Southwestern Medical Center. Well done, Guanglei!  "Fu, G.; Sanjay, S. T.; Zhou, W.; Brekken, R.A.; Kirken, R.A.; Li, X.* Exploration of Nanoparticle-Mediated Photothermal Effect of TMB-H₂O₂Colorimetric System and Its Application in a Visual Quantitative Photothermal Immunoassay, Anal Chem 2018, In Press.DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b00842." 
• 04/12/2018: Congratulations to Sanjay for winning "Graduate Award for Academic and Research Excellence in Chemistry and Best Dissertation Nomination". Good job, Sanjay!
• 03/31/2018 A new manuscript regarding electrochemical detection of pancreatic cancer was submitted for publication. 
• 03/19/2018: Dr. Li was invited to serve on a NIH study section for POCT center U54 program.
• 03/10/2018: Dr. Li was featured in a video from the NIH BUILDing Scholar Program to promote its summer sabbatical program. https://youtu.be/tw2-3ARIPq4 .  Dr. Li received the 2017 Summer Sabaticcal Award from the NIH BUILD Program with Prof. Rolf Brekken at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
  
• 03/01/2018: Our group gave 4 oral presentations and 1 undergraduate student presentation at recent the Pittcon conference 2018 held in Orlando. Dr. Li gave an invited presentation in single-cell analysis.
• 03/01/2018: Dr. Wei Wei joined our group as an Visiting Professor from Guangxi University. Welcome, Wei!
• 02/08/2018: A manuscript regarding photothermal biosensing by Fu et al has been submitted for publication.
• 02/01/2018: Meeting with Nobel Laureate Prof. Sir Fraser Stoddart and partial group members took a group phototogether with him. He shared a lot of his experience in research and life.
• 01/20/2018: An invited manuscript regarding catalysis for environmental science by Jin et al has been submitted.
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• 12/25/2017: Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays and Happy New Year to all group members, collaborators and supporters!
• 12/12/2017: A new paper has been accepted for publication by ACS Applied Material and Interfaces. "Sai Krishna, K.; Zhang, J.; Castro, E.; Bernal, R. A.; Li, X.* Atomically-precise Au25(SG)18 nanoclusters: Rapid single-step synthesis and application in photothermal therapy, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2017, accepted". Congratulations to Sai and Jie et al!
• 12/12/2017:A undergraduate student Cindy Himmelhaver joined our group for reseach experience. Welcome, Cindy!
• 12/05/2017: Congrats to Sanjay and Wan for winning Travel Awards from the UTEP Graduate School for their Pittcon 2018 Conference in Orlando. Well done, Sanjay and Wan!
• 12/03/2017: We together with some collaborators had a great annual Thanksgiving & Christmas Party in Dr. Li house! This was also a time of celabration and appreciation! Cheers!
• 11/29/2017: A US patent regarding one-step paper surface modification & its bio-applications has been filed.
• 11/18/2017: Our research published in Chem Comm was highlighted by X-Mol. Clink the link. Or local files. Original research paper source:  A Paper/Polymer Hybrid CD-Like Microfluidic SpinChip Integrated with DNA-Functionalized Graphene Oxide Nanosensors for multiplex qLAMP Detection, Chem Comm 2017, 53, 10886-10889.
• 10/27/2017: Our group have 4 oral presentation including 1 invited presentaton to Dr. Li and 1 undergraduate poster presentation accepted by Pittcon 2018 conference! Congrats to Sanjay, Wan, Zayra and Dr. Li! Cheers!
• 10/09/2017: Dr. Li was invited to give a keynote talk at the BCEIA Conference (17th Beijing Conference and Exhibition on Instrumental Analysis). Fu, G.; Zhou, W.;Li, X.J.*, “Nanoparticle-mediated photothermal immunosensing for quantitative cancer biomarker detection using a thermometer”, BCEIA 2017 (17^th Beijing Conference and Exhibition on Instrumental Analysis), Beijing, China, October 9-12, 2017. (Invited. Keynote).
• 09/12/2017: Our paper regarding drug delivery has been accepted by Advanced Drug Delivery Review, which has a five-year impact factor of 17.6.  Well done! Congrats to Sanjay, Wan and Maowei et al. "Sanjay, S. T.; Zhou, W.; Dou, M.; Tavakoli, H.; Ma, L.; Xu, F.; Li, X.* Recent Advances of Controlled Drug Delivery Using Microfluidic Platforms, Adv. Drug Deliv. Rev. 2017, In Press. DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2017.09.013. (Impact factor 15.16 in 2015)."
• 09/21/2017: Dr. Li received UTEP Outstanding Efforts Award.
• 09/05/2017: A visiting Ph.D. student, Qijie Jin, from China joined our group! Welcome, Qijie!
• 09/05/2017: A biochemistry undergraduate researcher Andre Sharp joined our group! Welcome, Andre!
• 08/07/2017: Congratulations to Wan and Sanjay for receiving 2017-2018 UTEP Graduate Scholarship! Well done, Wan and Sanjay. 
• 08/05/2017: Zayra received a Poster Award in the 2017 UTEP COURI Symposium. Good job, Zayra!
• 08/03/2017: A new paper has been accepted for publication. "Tang, R.; Yang, H.; Choi, J. R.; Gong, Y.; You, M.; Wen, T.; Li, A.; Li, X.; Xu, B.; Zhang, S., et al. Capillary blood for point-of-care testing, Crit. Rev. Clin. Lab. Sci. 2017, 1-15. DOI: 10.1080/10408363.10402017.11343796." 
• 07/24/2017: Another patent was recently granted. "G.M. Whiteside, X.Y. Liu, X.J. Li, M. O’Brien, Y. Sun, and M. Mwangi, “MEMS force sensors fabricated using paper substrates,” International PCT patent (#PCT/US2012/048147) Filed on July 25, 2012.  Granted on 06/20/2017. US Patent #: 9682856".
  07/13/2017: We received a grant from the Emily Koenig Meningitis Fund of the Philadelphia Foundation! Thanks for the support! Cheers!
• 07/06/2017: We received a Innovation Center Proof-of-Concept grant from MCA (Medical Center of the Americas Foundation) for product commercialization. Cheers! Thanks to MCA for the support!
• 07/04/2017: A new paper has been accepted for publication in Chem Comm. This is the 10th paper of Maowei from his Ph.D. Well done. "Dou, M.; Sanjay, S. T.; Dominguez, D. C.; Zhan, S.; Li, X.* A Paper/Polymer Hybrid CD-Like Microfluidic SpinChip Integrated with DNA-Functionalized Graphene Oxide Nanosensors for multiplex qLAMP Detection, Chem Comm 2017, In Press. DOI: 10.1039/C1037CC03246C ."
• 06/26/2017: Our article is listed as a Top Downloaded article. "Review: Stem cell culture and differentiation in microfluidic devices toward organ-on-a-chip, Jie Zhang, Xiaofeng Wei, Rui Zeng, Feng Xu, XiuJun Li, Future Sci OA 2017, 3(2), FSO187. DOI: 10.4155/fsoa-2016-0091."
• 06/25/2017: A new patent has been granted. "G.M. Whitesides, X.J. Li, Z. Nie, X. Liu, F. Deiss, “MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES FOR MULTIPLEXED ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION”, International PCT Patent (#: PCT/US12/53930) and US Patent (#14/199,229), filed on 09/06/2012. Granted on 03/14/2017. US Patent #: US9594051"
• 6/22/2017: Dr. Li is invited to serve at the Award Evaluation Committee for Early Career Research Award, Future Science OA; and Micromachines Travel Awards Evaluation Committee  
• 05/30/2017: Dr. Li received the CoS & NIH BUILDING Scholar Menting Award for excellence in sturdent research mentoring.
• 05/27/2017: A new German RISE Scholar Dennis has joined our group. Welcome, Dennis!
• 05/24/2017: A new manuscript about nanocluster was submitted for publication.
• 05/19/2017: A new Ph.D. student Lei Ma has joined our group. Welcome, Lei!
• 05/08/2017: Wan was featured on Twitter by the UTEP Office of Technology Commercialization (OTC). Congrats.
• 04/28/2017: Dr. Li is featured in CoS Newsletter. "Guiding students making an impact on global healthcare". See the full story from the News source. or read Local files.
• 04/17/2017: Dr. Li is featured in RTRN Newsletter. "XiuJun Li, PhD: Guiding students making an impact on global healthcare". See the full story. 
• 04/24/2017: A new manuscript regarding drug discovery was submitted for publication.
• 04/18/2017: A new paper has been accepted for publication by Microchimica Acta. "Tang, R.; Yang, H.; Choi, J. R.; Gong, Y.; Hu, J.; Wen, T.; Li, X.; Xu, B.; Mei, Q.; Xu, F. Paper-based device with on-chip reagent storage for rapid extraction of DNA from biological samples, Microchimica Acta 2017, In Press. DOI:10.1007/s00604-017-2225-0"
• 04/05/2017: Dr. Li organized an ACS Symposium themed with "Recent Innovations in Nano-biosensing" (with Dr. Zeng).
• 03/30/2017: The paper in Microfluidics and Nanofluidics is officially published. Study of flow behaviors of droplet merging and splitting in microchannels using Micro-PIV measurement, Microfluid Nanofluidics 2017, 21, 66. You can access the full text now. 
• 03/22/2017: Dr. Li gave an invited Healthy Exchange seminar in the College of Health Sciences.
• 03/21/2017:  Maowei Dou's dissertation was featured in Microfluidics-News.com.
• 03/18/2017: A new paper has been accepted for publication in Scitific Reports. Cheers! "Tang, R.; Yang, H.; Gong, Y.; Liu, Z.; Li, X.; Wen, T.; Qu, Z.; Zhang, S.; Mei, Q.; Xu, F. Improved Analytical Sensitivity of Lateral Flow Assay using Sponge for HBV Nucleic Acid Detection, Sci. Rep. 2017, Accepted."
• 03/16/2017: A new paper has been accepted for publication in Microfluidics and Nanofluidics. Cheers! "Shen, F.*; Li, Y.; Liu, Z.; Li, X*. Study of flow behaviors of droplet merging and splitting in microchannels using Micro-PIV measurement, Microfluid Nanofluidics 2017, Accepted."
• 03/08/2017: Our collaborative research with Dr. Dominguez was highlighted by UTEP News again on UTEP Homapage. See full story!
  
• 03/07/2017: Dr. Li is organizing a Pittcon Symposium "Recent innovations in Nanosensing" on Tuesday afternoon. Invited multiple renowed speakers: Drs. Lane Baker, Chad Mirkin, Xiujun James Li, Steven Soper, Younan Xia. Welcome!
  
• 03/07/2017: Dr. Li gave an oral presentation in Pittcon 2017 regarding photothermal immunosensing using a thermometer.
• 03/09/2017: Wan (oral) and Sanjay gave two presentations in Pittcon 2017 in Chicago.
• 02/26/2017: Dr. Li received NIH BUILDing Scholars Faculty Travel Award.
• 02/21/2017: A paper by Jie Zhang et al has been accepted for publication in Future Science OA. Congrats to Jie et al! Zhang, J.; Wei, X.; Zeng, R.; Xu, F.; Li, X.* Stem cell culture and differentiation in microfluidic devices towards organ-on-a-chip, Future Sci OA 2017, Accepted.
• 02/20/2017: Dr. Li was invited to serve on NSF grant proposal review panels.
• 02/09/2017: Dr. Li was interviewed by TV abc7 for the arrival of the new Iranian student. Web Links. Full Text. Also Broadcasted. 
• 02/09/2017: An Iranian student, Hamed Tavakoli, who got 2016 Fall admission,  finnaly landed at El Paso. Big welcome, Hamed!
• 02/01/2017: We received a new NSF PREM seed grant collaborated with 5 other professors at UTEP and UCSB. Cheers!
• 01/28/2017: A new manuscript regarding multiplex pathogen detection was submitted for publication.
• 01/12/2017: Welcome Zayra Dorado, RISE Scholar, from EPCC to join our group!
• 01/03/2017: Future Science OA content is now searchable in PubMed. All content can also be read via the PubMedCentral reader
• 01/01/2017: Happy New Year to all! Wish everyone have a prosperous year of 2017!

• 12/15/2016: Congrations to both Wan and Sanjay for Graduate School Travel Awards for Pittcon 2017 conference in Chicago!
• 12/10/2016: A new invited manuscript regarding stem cells was submitted for publication.
• 12/6/2016: Dr. Li received Faculty Research Mentoring Award 2016. Druing this winter pre-commencement, our group received FOUR top awards from our university! Congratulations to everyone!
• 12/1/2016: Big congratulations on Maowei for Best Dissertation Award, the top award from the University, and only one winner in each College! Well done!!
• 12/1/2016: A new provisional patent regarding simple DNA code grafting was filed today.
• 11/28/2016: Graduate Student Positions available in Fall 2017 in Analytical Chemistry, Environmental Science & Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering! Apply Now!
• 11/16/2016: Upon invitation, a new manuscript regarding fluid dynamics was submitted for publication.
• 11/11/2016: Dr. Li and the group research have been featured on Bicompare, the buyer's guide for life scientists. Links. Full Text.
• 11/8/2016: Maowei won the Award of "Graduate Award for Academic and Research Excellence in Chemistry". Well done! Congratulations!
• 11/8/2016: Elvia won the Award of "Undergraduate Award for Academic and Research Excellence in Biochemistry". Well done! Congratulations!
• 11/7/2016: A new non-provisional US patent regarding droplet microfluidics for estradiol detection has beeen filed.
• 10/24/2016: Maowei Dou was chosen to represent College of Science at the Winter Commencement as the Graduate Student Marshalll of Students. Congrats, Maowei!
• 10/8/2016: A new paper has been accepted for publication by Applied Catalysis B: Environmental (Impact facter 8.3). "Zhan, S.; Zhang, Y.; Shi, Q.; Li, X*. Efficient NH3-SCR removal of NOx with highly ordered mesoporous WO3(?)-CeO2 at low temperatures, Appl. Catal., B. 2016, Accepeted". This is the 11th paper in 2016. Cheers!
• 10/06/2016: Dr. Li was featured on Bioanalysis Zone for the post award interview of Bioanalysis New Investigator Award 2014. links.
• 09/27/2016: Our paper published in Sci Rep from the Nature Publishing Grouup received about 10,000 views within two months of its publication.
• 09/26/2016: A US patent application was filed, regarding the detction of HgbA1c and glucose.
• 09/26/2016: Update: Future Science OA has started to be indexed by Web of Sciences, SCI. Dr. Li is an Editor of the journal.
• 09/19/2016: A PCT non-provisional paten application regarding cancer biomarker dection using a thermometer was filed.
• 09/14/2016: A new provisional patent application regarding rapid POC pertussis diagnosis was filed. This project is supported by NIH/NIAID.
• 09/13/2016: Mr. Maowei Dou successfully completed his Ph.D. dissertation defense! He has published 9 high-quality papers (5 first-author) as of now (more to come)! Well done! Congratulations, Maowei. Also special thanks to all committee members, Dr. Gardea, Dr. Lee and Dr. Dominguez.
• 09/10/2016: A new paper by Maowei et al has been accepted for publication in Biosensors and Bioelectronics. Wedll done. Congratulations to Maowei et al! This is the 10th paper of our group in 2016! "Dou, M.; Sanjay, S. T.; Dominguez, D. C.; Liu, P.; Xu, F., Li, X.* Multiplexed Instrument-Free Meningitis Diagnosis on a Polymer/Paper Hybrid Microfluidic Biochip, Biosens. Bioelectron. 2016, DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2016.09.033, In Press. (IF 7.5)"
• 09/01/2016: A new NIH BUILD scholar, Atzimba Casas, from Biology joined our group! Welcome, Atzimba.
• 08/26/2016: A new paper collaborated with Dr. Sun has been accepted for publication in Sci. Rep. "Zhang, Q.; Ouellet, H.; D., W.; Jiang, G.; Liu, W., Li, X.; Qian, W.; Sun, J. EsxA membrane-permeabilizing activity plays a key role in mycobacterial cytosolic translocation and virulence: effects of single mutation at glutamine 5, Sci. Rep. 2016, In Press."
• 08/23/2016: Dr. Li was invited to give a talk in the recent ACS Fall meeting in Philadelphia.
• 08/01/2016: A new postdoc/research scientist Dr. Jie Zhang from Tsinghua University joined our group. Welcome, Jie!
• 07/27/2016: Our paper in Sci Rep from Nature Publishing is officially published. "Sanjay, S. T.; Dou, M.; Sun, J.; Li, X.* A paper/polymer hybrid microfluidic microplate for rapid quantitative detection of multiple disease biomarkers, Sci. Rep. 2016, 30474. DOI: 10.1038/srep30474". Full Text.
• 07/22/2016: Dr. Li was invited to serve on the Editorial Board of Future Science OA. You are warmly invited to submit a paper to this journal. Recently, there is a special issue of "Organ-on-a-chip" calling for papers.
• 07/06/2016: A paper by Sanjay et al has been accepted by Scitific Reports, a journal from the Nature Publishing Group. "Sanjay, S. T.; Dou, M.; Sun, J.; Li, X.* A paper/polymer hybrid microfluidic microplate for rapid quantitative detection of multiple disease biomarkers, Sci. Rep. 2016, Accepted." Congrats!
• 06/09/2016: Dr. Li gave an invited talk in 2016 ICMNLOC (International Conference of Microfluidics, Nanofluidics and Lab-on-Chip), Dalian, China. Dr. Li also chaired two sessions: On-chip Disease diagnosis; "Integrated Detections".
• 07/01/2016: Our paper co-authored by Dou, Lopez, Rios et al has been highlighted by Analyst!
• 07/01/2016: Dr. Li is featured in the Analyst Emerging Investigator themed issue!
• 06/25/2016: Dr. Rui Zeng joined our group as a Visiting Professor. Welcome!
• 04/24/2016: World Meningitis Day!
• 05/11/2016: A new manuscript regarding gold nanoclusters was submitted.
• 05/06/2016: Dr. Li & Dr. Kaul received a grant from NIH BUILD program to co-develop a Research-Driven Course (RDC) in the Fall 2016.
• 05/06/2016: A new NIH BUILDing Scholar Janet Olivas from EPCC joined the group for summer research. Wecome, Janet!
• 04/20/2016: A new paper by Maowei, Juan and Misael et al. has been accepted for publication in Analyst. Congrats! This is the second paper that was accepted in the same week. Dou, M.; Lopez, J.; Rios, M.; Garcia, O.; Xiao, C., Eastman, M., and Li, X.*. A fully battery-powered inexpensive spectrophotometric system for high-sensitivity point-of-care analysis on a microfluidic chip, Analyst 2016, 141, In Press. DOI: 10.1039/C1036AN00370B. ((Invited for the Analyst Emerging Investigator themed issue ))
• 04/19/2016: A new paper by Fu et al. has been accepted for publication in Analyst. Congrats! Fu, G.; Sanjay, S. T.; Li, X. Cost-effective and sensitive colorimetric immunosensing using an iron oxide-to-Prussian blue nanoparticles conversion strategy, Analyst 2016, 141, In Press. DOI: 10.1039/C1036AN00254D. (Invited for the Analyst Emerging Investigator themed issue )
• 04/16/2016: A new postdoc position offer was given to Dr. Zhang from Tsinghua University, China.
• 04/15/2016: Ms. Man Luo, a former group member, got an offer from UCSD for her graduatre study. Congrats!
• 04/10/2016: Dr. Li was Nominated for 2016 TEXAS INVENTOR OF THE YEAR
• 04/08/2016: Ms. Carina Ade, a former group member, got an offer from Rice University for her graduatre study. Congrats!
• 04/08/2016: A new manuscript regarding POC analysis was submitted.
• 03/28/2016: A new manuscript regarding multiplexed disease diagnosis was submitted.
• 03/24/2016: A new postdoc Xiaofeng Wei joined the group! Welcome Xiaofeng!
• 03/24/2016: A new provisional patent regarding portable spectrophotometers was filed.
• 03/21/2016: The final copy of this paper was published officiallly. " Qi, H., Huang, G., Han, Y.L. et al. (2016) In vitro spatially organizing the differentiation in individual multicellular stem cell aggregates. Critical Reviews in Biotechnology, 36(1): 20-31."
• 03/15/2016: Our Biomicrofluidics paper was rated as one of the most cited papers from 2015. Congrats to Dr. Feng Shen et al. Cheers! "Shen, F.; Li, X. J.*; Li, P. C. H. "Study of flow behaviors on single-cell manipulation and shear stress reduction in microfluidic chips using CFD simulations", Biomicrofluidics, 2014, 8, 014109 (1-12)." * Most cited papers from 2015.
• 03/11/2016: Our research is featured in CytoFluidix Web. Link!
• 03/09/2016: A provisional patent was submitted regarding modified PMMA. Cheers!
• 03/07/2016: Dr. Li is organizing a Pittcon Sympsoium in Atlanta regarding "Emerging Technologies for Disease Biomarker Detection" on March 08. Invited speakers include Prof. Shuichi Takayama, Prof. Jonathan Sweedler, Prof. Li, Prof. John McDevitt and Prof. Weihong Tan. Welcome to attend.
• 03/06/2016: Maowei, Sanjay and Dr. Li attended Pittcon 2016 in Atlanta, and gave three oral presentation. Cheers!
• 03/02/2016: A new manuscript regarding a hybrid microfluidic micriplate was submitted.
• 03/01/2016: A new PCT patent regarding hybrid microfluidic microplate was filed.
• 02/18/2016: The recent paper in Chem Comm was featured in Front Cover.
• 02/18/2016: The final version of the Chem Comm paper was published. "Dou, M.; Garcia, J. M.; Zhan, S.; Li, X*. Interfacial nano-biosensing in microfluidic droplets for high-sensitivity detection of low-solubility molecules. Chem Comm 2016, 52, 3470-3473."
• 02/14/2016: A manuscript regarding a new portable spectrometric system was submitted.
• 02/01/2016: Dr. Li becomes a fauclty member of the ESE (Envronmental Science & Engineering) Ph.D. Program.
• 01/23/2015: A manuscript regarding nanoparticle-medidated colorimetric assay for cancer biomarker detection has been submitted.
• 01/21/2016: A paper by Sanjay et al entitled "Controlled drug delivery using microdevices" has been accepted by Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology. Cheers!
• 01/18/2016: A paper by Dr. Guanglei Fu et al has been accepted for publication in Nanoscale. Cheers!
• 01/12/2016: A paper about interfacial nano-biosensing using micropfluidic droplets has been published in Chem. Comm! Cheers! Dou, M.; Garcia, J. M.; Zhan, S.; Li, X*. Interfacial nano-biosensing in microfluidic droplets for high-sensitivity detection of low-solubility molecules. Chemical communications 2016, In Press. DOI: 10.1039/C5CC09066K. Full Text
• 01/08/2016: Congrats to our former group member Elisabeth on going to Harvard for her graduate study! Cheers!
• 01/08/2016: Congrats to Sanjay for winning Graduate School Travel Award again! Cheers!

• 12/24/2015: A paper has been accepted for publication in Lab Chip. Link.
• 12/11/2015: Congrats to Maowei for winning Graduate School Travel Award again! Cheers!
• 12/08/2015: Another manuscript about nanoparticle-mediated photothermal study has been submitted.
• 11/26/2015: A manuscript about nanoparticle-mediated photothermal study has been submitted.
• 11/21/2015: A manuscript about drug delivery has been submitted.
• 11/06/2015: A provisional patent about microfluidic droplet has been filed.
• 11/06/2015: A manuscript about environmental bioanalysis has been submitted.
• 11/1/2015: Featured in Front cover in Analyst!
• 10/28/2015: A manuscript about nanomaterials for enviromental technology has been submitted.
• 10/25/2015, A provisional patent about electrochemistry has been submitted.
• 10/6/2015: Dr. Li received "Outstanding Performance Award" again from UTEP.
• 09/19/2015: A new Patent application about photothermal study has been submitted.
• 09/03/2015: A new postdoctoral fellow position for microfluidic bioanalysis (diseae diagnosis) is available now! Microfluidics experience is required. If interested, please send Dr. Li your CV and other materials. See Group Positions and University HR web for more info.
• 09/03/2015: Positions for graduate students for 2016 Spring and Fall are available as well.
• 09/01/2015: Our official Group Logo. Microfluidics and nano-biosensing. Special thanks to Misael.
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• 09/01/2015: A pilot grant from American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science has been award for a collobrative project!
• 08/18/2015: Our lab purchased a Molecular Device multi-mode microplate reader (value > $70,000) which is capable for UV-Vis, Fluorescence and luminescence detection. Powerful!
• 08/17/2015: A Ph.D. student Wan Zhou joined our group. Wecome, Wan!
• 08/03/2015: Dr. Li was invited to give a seminar regarding environmental analysis at Nankai University!
• 07/22/2015: Dr. Li was invited to give a seminar about environmental analysis at Shandong University!
• 07/16/2015: Dr. Li was invited to give a seminar about infectious disease diagnosis at Tsinghua University!
• 07/15/2015: Dr. Li was invited to give a seminar about hybrid microfluidic devices at Peking University!
• 07/10/2015: An intenational patent application was filed. X.J. Li*, M. Dou, D.C. Dominguez, “Methods and compositions for paper-based and hybrid microfluidic devices integrated with nucleic acid amplification for disease diagnosis”, International PCT patent (#PCT/US15/39878).
• 07/01/2015: Our group received a NIH RCMI Pilot Grant collaborated with Dr. Sun for TB study. Cheers.
• 06/23/2015: One paper submitted to Analyst has been accepted! Congratulations to Sanjay et al ( S. T. Sanjay, G. Fu, M. Dou, F. Xu, R. Liu, H. Qi and X. Li, Biomarker detection for disease diagnosis using cost-effective microfluidic platforms, Analyst, 2015, 140, Accepted.).
• 06/15/2015: Research of pathogen study was highlighted by GENengnews (Genetic Engineering & Biotechnoogy News). Details.
• 06/12/2015: Dr. Li is invited to guest edit a thematic issue regarding "Miniaturized platforms and methods for pharmaceutical studies" by Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology. You are welcome to submit either a review article or an original research article. You can also email your outline to discuss your topic with Dr. Li. The deadline is Oct 1st, 2015. For more info, check this link.
• 06/08/2015: Dr. Li gave a presentation in the Gordon Nano in Agriculture Conference 2015.
• 06/03/2015: A high school student Deepak joined the group for summer research experience. Welcome, Deepark!
• 06/01/2015: Erika from the NIH Bridge program joined the group. Welcome, Erika!
• 05/29/2015: An international patent was filed (#PCT/US15/33203), Methods and compositions for hybrid microfluidic devices integrated with nano-biosensors.
• 05/23/2015: Three international undergraduate students from Beijing Normal Universitity and Shantou University joined the group for full-time summer research experience. Welcome, Meihan, Miao and Yaozhi!
• 05/22/2015: Dr. Li was invited to give a seminar in the Deparment of Chemistry at Simon Fraser Unversity!
• 05/21/2015: Dr. Li gave an invited oral presentation in the Conference of CMOS Emerging Technologies in Vancouver.
• 05/11/2015: A new postdoc Sai has joined our group. Welcome, Sai!
• 05/02/2015, Our research about Whooping cough has been highlighted by UTEP Headlines NewsCast. Link from Youtube.
• 04/30/2015, Our research about Whooping cough has been highlighted by UTEP NEWS.
• 04/22/2015: One paper submitted to Talanta has been accepted! Congratulations to Maowei et al. (M. Dou, S. T. Sanjay, M. Benhabib, F. Xu and X. Li*, Low-cost Bioanalysis on Paper-based & Its Hybrid Microfluidic Platforms, Talanta, 2015, Accepted.)
• 04/14/2015: We received a new NIH grant (~$0.5 M) to support a collaborative project with Dr. Dominguez and Dr. Dien Bard about rapid pertussis diagnosis. Congrats to the whole group and all collaborators.
• 03/27/2015: Maowei presented our group rearch work at IDR symposum. see UTEP NEWS.
• 03/20/2015, Congratulations to our team (Maowei and Sanjay et al) for winning the third place in the 2015 Paso Del Norte Venture Competition.
• 03/10/2015: Dr. Li organized and presided a Pittcon symposium "Platforms of Point-of-care Analysis".
• 03/10/2015: Dr. Li chaired a Pittcon session "Novel microfluidic instrumentation and devices".
• 03/10/2015: Dr. Li gave an oral presentation about paper/polymer hybrid microfluidic devices for infectiou disease diagnosis in Pittcon 2015 at New Orleans
• 03/10/2015: Sanjay gave an oral presentation in Pittcon 2015 at New Orleans.
• 03/09/2015: Maowei gave an oral presentation in Pittcon 2015 at New Orleans.
• 03/02/2015: A manuscript about biomarker detection by Sanjay et al has been submitted
• 03/01/2015: A patent application by Sanjay et al has been submitted.
• 02/22/2015: A manuscript about low-cost bioassays by Maowei et al has been submitted.
• 02/19/2015: Congratulations to Sanjay on the UTEP Graduate School Travel Award for his Pittcon conference 2015 oral presentation.
• 02/13/2015: A new postdoc Dr. Xiangtang Li joined our group. Welcome, Xiangtang.
• 02/03/2015: Two BME graduate students Misael and Oscar jointed the group! welcome, Misael and Oscar.
• 02/02/2015: Juan Lopez, a chemistry undergraduate, joined the group. Welcome, Juan.
• 01/20/2015: Ahmad, a Ph.D candiate from Iran joined our group as a visiting scholar! Welcome, Ahmad!
• 01/19/2015: We together with Drs. Sun, Boland and Nie received another IDR level 2 Grant award. The collaborative team will work on TB study.
• 01/15/2015: Dr. Li is invited to serve in NASA Grant Review Panel.
• 01/10/2015: Juan Sanchez, a graduate student from BME, graduated! He is the first BME graduate student who graduated from our group! Congratulations, Juan!
• 01/05/2015: Happy New Year to everyone! Please join me in welcoming Ms. Miriam Montana from the Department of Biology to join our group. Welcome, Miriam.

• 12/10/2014: Dr. Li is invited to join Editoral Board of Scientific Reports from Nature Publishing Group.
• 12/09/2014: Dr. Li is invited to serve as Young Ambassador /Editorial Advisory for Future Science Open from the Future Science Group.
• 12/5/2014: Annual Group Christmas Party.
• 11/21/2014: Dr. Li was interviewed by Camron Low from the Future Science Group on the Bioanlayis Young Investigator Award. Read the full article.
• 11/18/2014: Dr. Li won an international award of 2014 Bioanalysis Young Investigator Award! Congrats to the whole group.
• 11/14/2014: Sanjay and Maowei gave oral presentation in 2014 Graduate Expo.
• 11/11/2014: Dr. Li gave a invited oral presentation in IEEE Nanomedicine 2014 conference held in Taiwan.
• 11/08/2014: A manuscript ("Advances in Smartphone-Based Point-of-care Diagnostics") co-authored with Xiayu Xu, Feng Xu et al has been accepted for publication in Proc. IEEE
• 10/29/2014, Maowei Dou gave a presentation in the microTAS conference held in San Antonio, TX.
• 10/10/2014, Four submissions from the group have been accepted as ORAL presentations in Pittcon 2015. Congratulations to Maowei, Sanjay and et al!
• 10/4/2014: Congratulations on Maowei’s recent travel award from UTEP Student Government Association, to support his trip to present his research work in MicroTAS this Oct.
• 09/02/2014: A patent has been granted. "Devices and Methods for Multiplexed Assays" Patent Granted: # US8821810
• 09/01/2014, Maowei Dou's abstract has been accepted by MicroTAS conference. He will present his research work in San Antorio, TX, in Oct.
• 08/11/2014, a new Ph.D. student Qin Gao has joined the group. Welcome, Qin!
• 08/01/2014: Dr. Li is selected as a finalist for the 2014 Bioanalysis Young Investigator Award! Please vote for Dr. Li! Your kind support will be highly apprecaited! Every vote counts! The voting link is : http://www.bioanalysis-zone.com/surveys/bioanalysis-young-investigator-award-2014-voting/ . Brief presentation about our research can be found here. More information will be published int the journal of Bioanalysis. 2014 bioanalysis award xiujun li final.pdf.
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• 7/29/2014: A new postdoc position is available. Please check Positions of our website and contact Dr. Li for more details by sending required materials.
• 07/28/2014: Maria Romero-Creel from Rochester Institute of Technology joined our group! Welcome, Maria!
• 07/24/2014: RISE scholar Elisabeth Hirth joined the group from Germany. Welcome, Elisabeth!
• 07/21/2014, High school student Sheel Patel joined the group for summer research experience. Welcome, Sheel!
• 07/15/2014, Maowei's paper has been accepted by Anal. Chem. Congrats, Maowei et al. "A versatile PDMS/paper hybrid microfluidic platform for rapid and sensitive infectious diseases diagnosis", Anal. Chem. 2014, 86, Accepted. We will celebrate and welcome new geroup memebers in the Hoppy Monk Pub this Friday afternoon. Everyone is welcome to come. Bills on Dr. Li. :)
• 0715/2014, A new postdoc Dr. Guanglei Fu joined the group. Welcome, Guanglei!
• 07/10/2014, A patent has been filed. "Methods and compositions for low-cost paper-based microfluidic devices integrated with nucleic acid amplification for disease diagnosis", U.S. Provisional Patent (# 62/022,879). Filed on July 10, 2014.
• 06/28/2014: Dr. Li received Outstanding Performance Award from UTEP ORSP.
• 06/25/2014: A wax printer has been introduced into our Lab for paper-based device fabrication.
• 06/24/2014: Dr. Li gave a presentation in Gordon Bioanalytical Sensors conference in Newport, RI.
• 06/01-05/2014: Dr. Li was invited to chair a CSC confereence session about microfluidics and also gave an oral presentation at Vancouver. CSC (Canadian Society for Chemistry; http://www.csc2014.ca/ )
• 05/28/2014: Our own clean room and microfabrication facility are fully functioning. It costs about $40,000.
• 05/29/2014: A new patent has been filed. X.J. Li, P. Zuo, D.C. Dominguez, "Methods and compositions for hybrid microfluidic devices integrated with nano-biosensors", U.S. Provisional Patent (# 62/004,260).
• 05/21/2014: Congratulations to Natalie Macias for awarding assistantship from UTEP summer student research assistant program! She will join the group for summer research! Welcome, Natalie.
• 05/01/2014: A new postdoc /lab coordinator has joined the group. Welcome, Prasad.
• 03/16/2014: Our group reseach has seen selected in the 2014 UTEP Vistor's Guide.
• 03/05/2014: Dr. Li gave an oral presentation at Pittcon 2014 conference.
• 03/01/2014: A second $30,000 Fluorescence Microscope has been set up in our group!
• 03/01/2014: Dr. Li serves as a Member of the Graduate School Outstanding Thesis and Dissertation Selection Committee.
• 02/20/2014: Feng's paper is officially published. Shen, F.; Li, X. J.*; Li, P. C. H. Study of flow behaviors on single-cell manipulation and shear stress reduction in microfluidic chips using CFD simulations, Biomicrofluidics, 2014, 8, 014109 (1-12).
• 02/09/2014: A paper has been accepted by Biomicrofluidics. Congratulations to Feng Shen! Shen, F.; Li, X. J.*; Li, P. C. H. Study of flow behaviors on single-cell manipulation and shear stress reduction in microfluidic chips using CFD simulations, Biomicrofluidics, 2014, Accepted.
• 01/16/2014: A new grant from CoS has been awarded for Multidisciplinary Research with collaborators Dr. Dominguez (College of Health Sciences) and Dr. Das (Biology). Cheers.
• 01/02/2014: A manuscript submitted to Critical Reviews in Biotechnology (IF5.1) has been accepted! (coauthored with Hao Qi. ..and Feng Xu et al, title:In vitro spatially organizing the differentiation in individual multicellular stem cell aggregates)

• 12/20/2013: Our collaborative research in pertussis study has been highlighted in UTEP Magazine (Centenial Kickoff Issue or Winter 2014 Issue, Page 42-43)!
• 12/10/2013: One paper has been accepted by Can. J. Pure & Appl. Sci. 2014.
• 12/6/2013: Reyna Rey won the undergraduate Academic and Research Excellence Award in Chemistry. Congratulations! Reyna! Well done!
• 11/16/2013: Dr. Li was invited to Grant Proposal Peer Review from Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).
• 11/07/2013: Maowei made an oral presentation in UTEP Graduate Expo 2013 and his presentation was ranked the second place from 52 oral presentations and 31 poster presentations! Congratulation, Maowei! Well done. More info about Graduate Expo 2013.
• 10/30/2013: The book of "Microfluidic devices for biomedical applications" edited by Dr. Li and Yu is released. also available on Amazon.
• 10/29/2013: Dr. Li gave an oral presentation in MicroTAS conference 2013 in Germany. MicroTAS 2014 will be held in Texas.
• 09/11/2013: New Graduate Student Positions available in Spring 2014 in Microfluidics & Bioanalysis! Please check the Positions section and check with Dr. Li for more detail.
• 09/09/2013: Dr. Xinyan Bi, as a new research fellow/postdoc, joined the group. Welcome, Xinyan!
• 09/01/2013: Dr. Li is invited to serve on a NSF grant proposal review Panel.
• 08/26/2013: A collaborated project with Prof. Chunqiang Li, Chuan Xiao, Igor Almeida, Wei Qian, and Mattias Fischer to study highly movable biological objects using hybrid microscopic methods has been funded by UTEP IDR2.
• 08/26/2013: Students Marcos and Pamela joined the group. Welcome!
• 08/13/2013: Our work about hybrid microfluidic system has been accepted as an ORAL presentation in the MicroTAS conference 2013, one of the most prestigious conferences in this field. There were ~1200 abstract submissions. Only less than 8.7% submissions were accepted as Oral presentation. Congratulations!
• 08/12/2013: One new Ph.D. student Sanj Sharma in Chemistry joined the group! Welcome, Sanj!
• 08/12/2013: One new Master student Juan Sanchez in the new Biomedical Engineering program (BME) joined the group! Welcome, Juan!
• 08/02/2013: A farewell party for Mengli Feng and a summer 'retreat' in the Hoppy Monk pub. See photos from the Gallery.
• 08/01/2013: Dr. Li is invited to the Grant Peer Review Panel by Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)
• 07/31/2013: One undergraduate student Marcos Castaneda joined the group! Welcome,Marcos!
• 07/12/2013: Our paper entitled "A PDMS /paper /glass hybrid microfluidic biochip integrated with aptamer-functionalized graphene oxide nano-biosensors for one-step multiplexed pathogen detection" has been accepted for publication in Lab on a Chip. Congratulations to Peng!
• 06/26/2013: Student Reyna Rey joined the group. Welcome!
• 06/25/2013: Research about infectious diseases has been highlighted by UTEP News as a full story. http://newsuc.utep.edu/index.php/research-news/1050-chemists-work-to-speed-up-diagnosis-of-deadly-disease
• 06/12/2013: Research about Whooping cough has been highlighted by UTEP News. http://newsuc.utep.edu/index.php/latest-news-2/1039-grant-to-make-whooping-cough-diagnosis-device-possible
• 06/01/2013: Dr. Li is invited to the NASA Grant Peer Review Panel!
• 05/27/2013: Student Juan Sanchez joined the group for intensive summer research. Welcome!
• 05/26/2013: Student Mengli Feng from Beijing Normal University joined the group for intensive summer research. Welcome!
• 05/25/2013: Dr. Li chaired a session, and also gave an oral presentation in Sensing and Biosensing at the Conference of Advances of Microfluidics & Nanofluidics (AMN 2013).
• 04/11/2013: We are on UTEP News! check this out! http://newsuc.utep.edu/index.php/latest-news-2/958-chemist-to-develop-more-rapid-low-cost-diagnosis-for-meningitis
• 04/17/2013: Dr. Li was interviewed by TV abc channel 7 regarding bioassays, and the interview was broadcasted on abc News at 9 pm and 10 pm.
• 04/02/2013: A new research associate/technician/postdoc postion in the group is now open. More detail about this position will be posted shortly.
• 04/02/2013: A NIH grant application (~$450,000) about infectious disease diagnosis has been just awarded! Congratulation to the Group! Thanks to NIH and all the team members! :)
• Dr. Li gave an oral presentation about multiplexed pathogen detection in the Pittcon 2013 conference held in Philadelphia, PA.
• 03/01/2013: Dr. Li has been invited to give a seminar in the Department of Biology and BBRC at UTEP on March 1st 2013.
• 02/01/2013: A URI (University Research Incentive) grant application about droplet-based microfluidic systems has been awarded!
• 01/07/2013: Dr. Li is Co-editing a Special Issue in The Scientific Word Journal. Topic "Bioanalysis and Environmental Analysis Using Nanomaterials" For more details, please visit http://www.hindawi.com/journals/tswj/si/936752/cfp/

• 12/7/2012: Angel Rios nominated by Dr. Li won the Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award in Chemistry! Good job, and Congratulations!
• 09/01/2012: One graduate student Maowei Dou and one undergraduate researcher (Angel Rios) joined the group. Welcome!
• 07/08/2012: Dr. Li chaired several sessions at 2012 ASME International Conference on Nanofluidics and Microfluidics at Puerto Rico.
• 06/20/2012: A collaborated Open Funding Project of the State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering (China) with Prof. Ye from East China University of Science and Technology has been awarded.
• 06/10/2012: One IDR(Interdisciplinary Research, level 2) grant application has been awarded.
• 06/8/2012: A high-power laser cutter has been introduced to our lab for chip microfabrication (~$13,000).
• 06/1/2012: Summer Research student Isaac Torres (LSAP SRA program) from EPCC joined the Group. Welcome.
• 05/21/2012: Summer Research student Huan Hu from Shantou University joined the Group. Welcome.
• 05/01/2012: A >$100,000 fluorescence microscope has been set up in the Li group new dark room, with motorized stage and cooled camera.
• 04/27/2012: Our manuscript entitled with "Microfluidic 3D cell culture: potential application for tissue-based bioassays" has been accepted by Bioanalysis. Congratulations to Ale and Peng! "Li, X.J.*, Valadez, A.V., Zuo, P., Nie, Z.H., Microfluidic 3D cell culture: potential application for tissue-based bioassays, Bioanalysis, 2012, 4, Accepted."
• 04/19/2012: Dr. Ken Cheung has joined the group as a Research Associate. Welcome!
• 04/05/2012: A high-resolution fluorescence microscope with multiple motorized components has been delivered and assembled in the new darkroom.
• 03/15/2012: Dr. Feng Shen from Beijing University of Technology joined the group, as a Visiting Professor. Welcome.
• 02/19/2012: Dr. Peng Zuo from East China University of Science and Technology joined the group, as a Postdoctoral Fellow . Welcome!
• 02/01/2012: Gabriel Scott joined the group.Gabriel Scott is an undergraduate student from Microbiology. Welcome!
• 01/31/2012: Alejandra Valadez joined the group officially. Alejandra was a RISE undergraduate scholar in Chemistry, and now holding a MARC fellowship. Welcome!
• 01/02/2012: Moving in New lab. Check photos in the Gallery section.
• [10/19/2011] Oral Presentation Accepted in Pittcon 2012 The oral presentation entitled "The Study of Cellular Heterogeneity in Multidrug Resistant Cancer Cells Using Microfluidic Same-Single-Cell Analysis" has been accepted by Pittcon 2012.
• [08/18/2011] Dr. Li Won UT STARS Award!
• Congratuations to Dr. Li for winning the UT STARS Award, which is $250,000 research funding. More information about this award.
• [08/17/2011] Multiple Positions Available Now!
• We welcome talented Postdoc, Graduate candidates (Ph.D & M.S.), Undergraduates, and Visiting scholars to join the group for cutting-edge research in Microfluidic Bioanalysis and Bioengineering. Check the Positions section for details.
• [08/08/2011] Book Chapter in ''Cancer Stem Cells'' Published
• Our new book chapter entitled "Modulation of Multidrug Resistance on the Same Single Cancer Cell in a Microfluidic Chip: Intended for Cancer Stem Cell Research" in Cancer Stem Cells - The Cutting Edge is published. Stanley Shostak (Ed.), ISBN: 978-953-307-580-8, InTech.