Recent News
Lisa successfully defends PhD dissertation!
November 17, 2017
Lisa successfully defended her PhD dissertation. Congratulations, Dr. Cervia!
Lisa wins 2nd Place Award in SWE Graduate Poster Competition
October 28, 2017
Congratulations to Lisa for being selected as a finalist and winning 2nd place in the graduate student poster competition at the Society of Women Engineers Annual Conference (WE17) in Austin, TX.
National BMES Conference 2017
October 13, 2017
Lisa and Mao present posters at the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) annual meeting in Phoneix, AZ.
Fan elected as a Fellow of the Biomedical Engineering Society
October 13, 2017
Congratulations to Dr. Fan Yuan for being elected to the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) 2017 Class of Fellows!
2nd World Congress on Electroporation
September 28, 2017
Dr. Fan Yuan gave a Plenary Lecture on mechanisms of cell electrotransfection at the 2nd World Congress on Electroporation and Pulsed Electric Fields in Biology, Medicine and Food & Environmental Technologies.
Lisa wins Travel Award to ASCB/EMBO Meeting 2017
September 27, 2017
Congratulations to Lisa for being awarded the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) Travel Award to the ASCB/EMBO Meeting! Her poster was accepted for presentation at this year's conference in Philadelphia, PA on December 4, 2017.
Lisa wins award at BME Retreat
May 26, 2017
Congratulations to Lisa for being awarded 3rd place in the poster competitition at the Duke University Biomedical Engineering Department Retreat in Wilmington, NC.
Dr. Fan Yuan wins Capers and Mario McDonald Award
April 21, 2017
Congratulations to Dr. Fan Yuan for being awarded the Capers and Mario McDonald Award for Excellence in Teaching and Research!
Lisa wins Kewaunee Achievement Award
April 20, 2017
Lisa is awarded the Kewaunee Student Achievement Award at the 2017 Annual Kewaunee Lecture in Biomolecular and Tissue Engineering.
Lisa presents at Biophysical Society Conference 2017
February 11, 2017
Lisa will give a talk entitled, "Distinct effects of endosomal escape and inhibition of endosomal trafficking on gene delivery via electrotrasnfection," on February 15, 2017 in New Orleans, LA at the Biophysical Society (BPS) Annual Meeting.
Dr. Jing Ji joins the lab
October 24, 2016
Dr. Jing Ji joins the Yuan lab as a Visiting Scholar! Welcome Jing!
National BMES Conference 2016
October 5, 2016
Dr. Fan Yuan, Lisa, and Mao present at the National Biomedical Engineering Society Conference 2016 in Minneapolis, MN.
Lisa will give a talk entitled, "Essential role of endocytic vesicles and trafficking in gene delivery via electrotransfection," on October 6, 2016.
Lisa attends SBI2 Conference
September 12, 2016
Lisa attends the SBI2 High Content 2016 - 3rd Annual Conference at Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Lisa is Founding President of Duke BMES Graduate Section
August 24, 2016
Lisa founded the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Graduate Section at Duke University and will serve as President in its first year!
Lisa wins BMES Award
July 13, 2016
Lisa was awarded the BMES Innovation and Career Development Award.
Lisa is elected to BEPSA Executive Board
June 1, 2016
Lisa is elected to the 2016-2017 executive board of the Biomedical Engineering PhD Student Association (BEPSA) as the Chair of the Resources Committee.
Lisa presents at Focal Therapy Conference
May 26, 2016
Lisa presents a poster entitled, "Role of endocytic trafficking in local gene delivery via electrotransfection," at the 9th International Symposium on Focal Therapy and Imaging in Prostate Cancer and Kidney Cancer.
Lisa attends ASCB Conference
December 12, 2015
Lisa attends the American Society of Cell Biology Conference 2015 in San Diego, CA.
Southeast BMES Conference 2015
October 22, 2015
Lisa and Mao present at the 2015 Southeast Biomedical Engineering Regional Conference.
Lisa receives PSTP Award
August 31, 2015
Lisa receives the Pharmacological Sciences Training Program (PSTP) Award for 2015-2017.