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== '''2009''' ==
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-Don won a Young Investigator Award for his poster presentation at the Society for Free Radical Biology and Medicine annual meeting in San Francisco!
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-Chip was awarded a 2010 Student Travel Award from the Biophysical Society to attend [http://www.biophysics.org/Default.aspx?alias=www.biophysics.org/2010meeting the 54th Annual Meeting] in San Francisco, CA. Congrats to Chip! <br>
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Emilie and Sabiha are traveling to Baltimore for the 59th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society, February 6th- 11th: <br>
--- Emilie will give a platform talk on <b>"Using Nanoparticles to Control Cellular Membrane Potential"</b> on Monday, February 9th at 8:30 AM in the Micro- and <br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Nanotechnology Session in Room 316/317. <br>
--- Sabiha will present her poster <b>"Protein Corona and Secondary Structure in Response to Nanoparticle PEGylation"</b> on Wednesday, February 11th from 11:30- <br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 12:30 PM in the Biosurface Interactions session in Hall C.


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Congrats to Srikant, winner of the highly competitive Payne Lab Scrabble Tournament!
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Welcome to Daniel Nguyen, our new Graduate Research Assistant from Emory University.
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Congratulations to Jessica on winning a <a href="http://undergradresearch.gatech.edu/pura"> PURA </a> fellowship for undergraduate research! <br>
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Welcome to Kong Wong, our new CHBE graduate student!
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Congratulations to Srikant for getting into the <a href="http://gs.emory.edu/sites/best/index.html"> BEST </a> program! <br>
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Congratulations to Nina for receiving the <a href="http://undergradresearch.gatech.edu/pura"> PURA </a> scholarship!


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Congratulations to the winners of our Payne Lab Summer Cooking Contest - Round 1.<br>
1st place - Victoria - chocolate cake<br>
2nd place was a tie between Josh (Mississippi mud pie) and Alex (strawberry cake).<br>
3rd place - Scott - coffee cake<br>


-As part of National Chemistry Week, the Payne Lab was featured on Georgia Tech's radio station, WREK, as part of [http://www.insidetheblackbox.org Inside the Black Box's] program "Chemistry - It's Elemental".
<br>Congratulations to Scott on his Molecular Biophysics GAANN!


-Chip earned third place in the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry's Graduate Research Symposium with his oral presentation, “Late Endosomal Degradation of Low-Density Lipoprotein Probed with Two-Color Fluorescence Microscopy”.<br>  
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'''''September'''''
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-Congratulations to CKP for being named a recipient of the  [http://nihroadmap.nih.gov/newinnovator/index.asp 2009 NIH Director’s Young Innovator award].
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-Jairo and Chip's proposal to the [http://www.undergradresearch.gatech.edu/ Georgia Tech Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program] was funded! This will provide funding for Jairo's automation of Chip's image analysis.
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-Craig joined the group as a post-doc after completing his Ph.D. with Prof. Jason McNeill at Clemson.
Congratulations to Scott for his Honorable Mention in the NSF Graduate Fellowship competition!


-Amy was named a Georgia Tech Molecular Biophysics Trainee for 2009-2010. This award includes a salary supplement and a chance to give a Molecular Biophysics seminar. Only two awards were made this year. Congrats Amy!
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-The Brown, Curtis, and Payne labs hosted first-year students from Physics, Chemistry, and Computational Science & Engineering for an open house.  
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Congratulations to Dr. Fleischer and Prof. Morris!<br>
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Congratulations to Sathvik, our summer high school intern, who will be starting at Johns Hopkins in the Fall!
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The Payne Lab, in collaboration with <a href="http://kemp.gatech.edu/"> Prof. Melissa Kemp (BME)</a>, was awarded a seed grant from the <a href="http://emoryhercules.com/"> HERCULES Exposome Research Center (NIEHS) </a> to understand how nanoparicles influence the redox regulatory network of cells.
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'''''July'''''
-Solaire participated in the REU poster session and research symposium before returning to Minnesota for her senior year of college. We wish her luck! <br>
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Alex was named a <a href="http://gs.emory.edu/sites/best/index.html"> BEST </a> trainee! This is a Georgia Tech-Emory NIH training program. <br>
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-The Payne Lab went to Chip's Wedding <br>
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'''''May'''''
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-Solaire joined the Payne Lab as a summer REU student.
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-Kevin and Mindi gradutate! Mindi has completed her Masters and is looking forward to becoming a high school teacher. Kevin earned his B.S. in Chemistry and is looking to continue his education in a MD/PhD program.
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Candace presents her research, "Cellular binding of nanoparticle-protein complexes," at the <a href="http://www.biophysics.org/2014meeting/Main/tabid/4177/Default.aspx"> Biophysical Society's 58th Annual Meeting </a> in San Francisco, February 15-19, 2014. Location and Date: Moscone Center Hall D; Tues, Feb. 18 (#B846).
<br><i> Kevin and Mindi enjoy the celebration.</i><br>
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-Kevin was awarded Best Oral Presentation in the College of Sciences at the 2009 Undergraduate Research Spring Symposium!
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Christine is named one of the annual winners of the <a href="http://ibb.gatech.edu/above-beyond-award-winners"> "Above and Beyond" Petit Institute Award! </a><br>
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<b>December 7</b> - Deb presents his poster titled "Organelle Transport as a Function of Diameter:Lysosome Diameter and Single Particle Tracking" at the Atlanta Area Molecular and Cellular Biophysics Symposium.
Location: PAIS, Emory Campus, 4:50-6:00 PM. <br>
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'''''March'''''
<b>December 6</b> - Chelsea graduates from Tech this December. We had a party to celebrate and wished her all the best in her job search. Congrats, Chelsea!<br>
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-Amy and Chip will be presenting posters at the Biophysical Society Meeting in Boston, MA March 1. The session is Imaging and Optical Microscopy I, and will be held in Hall A from 1:45-3:45.  Amy's poster is number B50 and is titled ''Non-Invasive Pyrenebutyrate-mediated Delivery of Quantum Dots to the Cytosol of Living Cells.''  Chip's poster is number B57 and is titled ''Probing the Intracellular Degradation of Low Density Lipoprotein Using Single Particle Tracking Fluorescence Microscopy.''
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<p><b>December 5</b> - Christine's special-topics chemistry class, CHEM 2801, visited GTRI and toured the <a href="http://eosl.gtri.gatech.edu/Default.aspx?tabid=139"> Phosphor Technology Center. </a></p><br>
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'''''January'''''
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-Amy's paper "Pyrenebutyrate-Mediated Delivery of Quantum Dots across the Plasma Membrane of Living Cells" was published in the 113th volume of The Journal of Physical Chemistry B.
<b>October 22</b> - Candace gives the student seminar <a href="http://www.chemistry.gatech.edu/event/ms-candace-fleischer"> "A molecular snapshot of charged nanoparticles in a cellular environment,"</a> at 4pm in MoSE 3201.<br>
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-Ashlee was awarded a Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies award to work on "Delivery of nanomaterials across the blood-brain barrier: Three-dimensional tracking of transcytosis" at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
<b>November 1</b> - Candace competes for the big money at the <a href="http://www.chemistry.gatech.edu/event/chemistry-and-biochemistry-graduate-research-symposium"> Graduate Student Seminar; Homecoming symposium,</a> 3-5pm, MoSE G011.<br>
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<b>November 4</b> - Alex presents the Molecular Biophysics Research Review, "Nanoparticles at the interface of extracellular space and cells," 12pm, Suddath Room IBB, 1128. <br>
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<b>November 14</b> - Christine talks about the PEDOT:PSS project at the SERMACS meeting in Atlanta. Josh will present a poster at <a href="http://sermacs2013.org/"> SERMACS</a>, "Tuning bipolaron populations in PEDOT:PSS via biological catalysts" at 10 am in the Exhibit Hall at Loews hotel.<br>
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-Aaron and Emily joined the Payne Lab
<b>November 15</b> - Alex and Emilie each present talks at the Nanomaterials conference in Mexico. Alex will discuss, "Nanoparticle-Cell Interactions: Impact of Serum Proteins on MRI Contrast Agents" and Emilie will present "Cellular Binding of Charged Nanoparticles as a Modulator of Membrane Potential."<br>
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-Kevin won a PURA fellowship!
<b>November 15</b> - Chelsea presents a poster, "Cellular binding of anionic gold nanoparticles as a function of surface modification," at SERMACS. Candace will give a talk on "Nanoparticle surface charge directs the cellular binding of nanoparticle-protein complexes" in the <a href="http://sermacs2013.org/symposia/"> El-Sayed birthday symposium</a> at 11am in Salon I.</p><br>


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-Kevin joined the Payne Lab
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-Dr. Ashlee St John joined the Payne Lab as our first Post-Doc
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<p>Welcome to our new undergrad, Edward Zhang!</p>
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-Mindi was named a Georgia Tech Molecular Biophysics Trainee for 2008-2009
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<p>Welcome to our newest grad student, Scott Thourson!</p>


-Jenna joined the lab as an REU student for the summer, Nicole heads off to the University of California at Berkeley for graduate school, the Payne lab went to dinner to welcome Jesse and Jenna and to say 'goodbye' to Nicole.
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<p>Congrats to Chelsea on winning a <a href="http://www.undergradresearch.gatech.edu/presidents-undergraduate-research-awards-pura"> PURA fellowship</a> for Fall 2013!<br>
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Welcome to our new postdoc, Srikant Iyer!</p><br>


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-Nicole graduated with a B.S in Biology and a B.S. in Biochemistry with highest honors.
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<p>Welcome to Kerry McGill and Sabiha Runa, our new summer students!</p>


-Amy was awarded a Center for Drug Design, Development and Delivery GAANN fellowship for the 2008-2009 academic year.
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<p>Four new members joined the Payne group: two new postdocs, Alexandra Hill from Germany and Josh Morris from UT Austin, and two new undergrads, Chelsea Thompson and Kaitlyn Willingham. Welcome to the lab!</p>


-Nicole was awarded the Williams-Walls Award. This is an award given to a graduating woman in the life sciences at Georgia Tech with an outstanding academic record and who has plans to continue her education at the graduate level.
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-Payne Lab research was highlight in Drug Discovery and Design Magazine[http://www.dddmag.com/Article-Live-Cell-Imaging-Advances-2-08.aspx]
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<p>Check out Christine's  New and Notable commentary in Biophysical Journal describing <a href="http://openwetware.org/images/a/ae/NewNotable.pdf"> Fluorescent Dendritic Nanoprobes</a> synthesized in the Schroeder Lab at UIUC.</p>


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-Nicole was named the College of Sciences Top Undergraduate Researcher!
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<p>Christine has been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure! We went out to a nice lunch to celebrate the good news and all the hard work put in over the past few years that have helped her make this important advancement in her career. CONGRATULATIONS, CHRISTINE!!</p>
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-Jesse won a PURA fellowship!
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-Christine traveled to Tunisia for the 1st North Africa-USA Regional Workshop on Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology.[http://www.ipeiem.rnu.tn/html/workshop/index_workshop.htm]
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<p> Nicole Thompson, our Faculty Support Coordinator, is getting a big promotion to work with the School of Physics! We had a surprise lunch for her and wished her the best of luck at her new position. Thanks for everything you've done for us Nicole- we're going to miss you!<br>
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Candace will present her research at the <a href="http://www.sga.gatech.edu/graduate/GTRIC"> Georgia Tech Research and Innovation Conference</a> on Feb. 12, 2-3:30pm in the GT Student Center Ballroom, poster board #149.<br>
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-Jesse joined the Payne Lab
Deb, Candace and Saheli will be traveling to Philadelphia for the 57th annual meeting of the Biophysical Society Meeting from February 2nd - 6th to present posters:<br>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;--Deb will present <b>"Lysosome Mobility Probed With Live Cell Imaging and Single Particle Tracking",</b> #B501 on Feb 6th in Hall C.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;--Candace will present <b>"Nanoparticle Surface Charge Directs the Cellular Binding of Nanoparticle-Protein Complexes",</b><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; #S125, on Feb 3rd in the Exhibit Hall; and #B709 on Feb 5th in Hall C.</p><br>
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-Christine traveled to the 52nd Annual Biophysical Society Meeting in Long Beach, California.[http://www.biophysics.org/]
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-Christine was awarded an ACS PROGRESS/Dreyfus Lectureship.
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<p>We took Molly out to lunch on her last day in the lab and wished her well as she starts her first semester in the Nursing program at Georgia State University. Goodbye, Molly!</p><br>
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-Mindi and Amy joined the Payne Lab
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-Christine won a NIH Research Scholar Development Award.
 
-Chip was named a Georgia Tech Molecular Biophysics Trainee for 2007-2008.
 
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-Nicole won PURA and Merck fellowships.
 
-Payne Lab complete.

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<h2> <font size="3"> <p><b>February</p></b> </h2> <font size="2"> Emilie and Sabiha are traveling to Baltimore for the 59th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society, February 6th- 11th: <br> --- Emilie will give a platform talk on <b>"Using Nanoparticles to Control Cellular Membrane Potential"</b> on Monday, February 9th at 8:30 AM in the Micro- and <br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Nanotechnology Session in Room 316/317. <br> --- Sabiha will present her poster <b>"Protein Corona and Secondary Structure in Response to Nanoparticle PEGylation"</b> on Wednesday, February 11th from 11:30- <br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 12:30 PM in the Biosurface Interactions session in Hall C.

<h2> <font face="verdana" font size="3"> <p><b>January</b></p> </h2> <font size="2"> Congrats to Srikant, winner of the highly competitive Payne Lab Scrabble Tournament! <br> <h2> <h1> <font face="verdana"> <h1> <font size="6"> <p><b>2014</b></p> </h1> <h2> <font face="verdana" font size="3"> <font face="verdana" font size="3"> <p><b>October</b></p> </h2> <font size="2"> Welcome to Daniel Nguyen, our new Graduate Research Assistant from Emory University. <br> <h2> <font size="2"> Congratulations to Jessica on winning a <a href="http://undergradresearch.gatech.edu/pura"> PURA </a> fellowship for undergraduate research! <br> <br> Welcome to Kong Wong, our new CHBE graduate student! <h2> <font face="verdana" font size="3"> <p><b>August</b></p> </h2> <font size="2"> Congratulations to Srikant for getting into the <a href="http://gs.emory.edu/sites/best/index.html"> BEST </a> program! <br> <br> Congratulations to Nina for receiving the <a href="http://undergradresearch.gatech.edu/pura"> PURA </a> scholarship!

<h2> <font face="verdana" font size="3"> <p><b>July</b></p> </h2> <font size="2"> Congratulations to the winners of our Payne Lab Summer Cooking Contest - Round 1.<br> 1st place - Victoria - chocolate cake<br> 2nd place was a tie between Josh (Mississippi mud pie) and Alex (strawberry cake).<br> 3rd place - Scott - coffee cake<br>

<br>Congratulations to Scott on his Molecular Biophysics GAANN!

<h2> <font face="verdana" font size="3"> <p><b>June</b></p> </h2>

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<table> <table style="background-color:#CCCCCC"> <tr> <td><img src="http://openwetware.org/images/7/70/Payne-Brown_kickball.jpg" style="border:#000000 5px solid" height="168" width="280" alt="unpacking" /></td> <td>We challenged the Brown lab to a summer kickball game. Victory to the Payne Lab! Next competition: soccer game TBD. </td> </tr> </table><br> <br>

<h2> <font face="verdana" font size="3"> <p><b>April</b></p> </h2>

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Congratulations to Scott for his Honorable Mention in the NSF Graduate Fellowship competition!

<h2> <font face="verdana" font size="3"> <p><b>March</b></p> </h2>

<font size="2"> Congratulations to Dr. Fleischer and Prof. Morris!<br> <br> <center> <table> <table style="background-color:#CCCCCC"> <tr> <td><img src="http://openwetware.org/images/a/a9/Candace_christine_1.JPG" style="border:#000000 10px solid" height="256" width="192" alt="1" /></td> <td><img src="http://openwetware.org/images/2/2c/Candace_defense_flowers.JPG" style="border:#000000 10px solid" height="272" width="204" alt="2" /></td> <td><img src="http://openwetware.org/images/4/47/Candace_defense_group_pic.JPG" style="border:#000000 10px solid" height="204" width="272" alt="3" /></td> </tr> </table> </center><br> <br> <br> Congratulations to Sathvik, our summer high school intern, who will be starting at Johns Hopkins in the Fall! <br> <br> The Payne Lab, in collaboration with <a href="http://kemp.gatech.edu/"> Prof. Melissa Kemp (BME)</a>, was awarded a seed grant from the <a href="http://emoryhercules.com/"> HERCULES Exposome Research Center (NIEHS) </a> to understand how nanoparicles influence the redox regulatory network of cells. <br> <br> Alex was named a <a href="http://gs.emory.edu/sites/best/index.html"> BEST </a> trainee! This is a Georgia Tech-Emory NIH training program. <br> <br>

<h2> <font face="verdana" font size="3"> <p><b>February</b></p> </h2>

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<table> <table style="background-color:#CCCCCC"> <tr> <td><img src="http://openwetware.org/images/0/03/Unpacking_Super_res_microscope.jpg" style="border:#000000 5px solid" height="168" width="280" alt="unpacking" /></td> <td>The new super-resolution microscope has arrived at IBB!</td> </tr> </table><br> <br>

Candace presents her research, "Cellular binding of nanoparticle-protein complexes," at the <a href="http://www.biophysics.org/2014meeting/Main/tabid/4177/Default.aspx"> Biophysical Society's 58th Annual Meeting </a> in San Francisco, February 15-19, 2014. Location and Date: Moscone Center Hall D; Tues, Feb. 18 (#B846). <br>

<h1> <font size="6"> <p><b>2013</b></p> </h1>

<h2> <font face="verdana" font size="3"> <p><b>December</b></p> </h2>

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Christine is named one of the annual winners of the <a href="http://ibb.gatech.edu/above-beyond-award-winners"> "Above and Beyond" Petit Institute Award! </a><br> <br>

<b>December 7</b> - Deb presents his poster titled "Organelle Transport as a Function of Diameter:Lysosome Diameter and Single Particle Tracking" at the Atlanta Area Molecular and Cellular Biophysics Symposium. Location: PAIS, Emory Campus, 4:50-6:00 PM. <br> <br>

<b>December 6</b> - Chelsea graduates from Tech this December. We had a party to celebrate and wished her all the best in her job search. Congrats, Chelsea!<br> <br> <center> <table> <table style="background-color:#CCCCCC"> <tr> <td><img src="http://openwetware.org/images/c/cb/Chesela_grad_with_candace.JPG" style="border:#000000 10px solid" height="296" width="222" alt="1" /></td> <td><img src="http://openwetware.org/images/3/38/Chelsea_grad_flowers.JPG" style="border:#000000 10px solid" height="230" width="210" alt="2" /></td> <td><img src="http://openwetware.org/images/9/9d/Chelsea_grad_with_christine.JPG" style="border:#000000 10px solid" height="260" width="250" alt="3" /></td> </tr> </table> </center><br> <br><br>

<img src="http://openwetware.org/images/6/6d/Class_field_trip_12_5_13_CROPPED.jpg" style="border:#000000 10px solid" height="250" width="400" align="right"> <p>&nbsp;<p> <p>&nbsp;<p> <p>&nbsp;<p> <p><b>December 5</b> - Christine's special-topics chemistry class, CHEM 2801, visited GTRI and toured the <a href="http://eosl.gtri.gatech.edu/Default.aspx?tabid=139"> Phosphor Technology Center. </a></p><br> <br> <p>Grad students Sabiha and Dipesh have officially joined the Payne Lab!</p><br clear="all">

<h2> <font face="verdana" font size="3"> <p><b>November</b></p> </h2>

<font face="verdana" font size="2"> <p>October and November will include a total of 7 Payne Lab talks and 2 posters at Georgia Tech, the regional ACS meeting (SERMACS), and a Nanomaterials conference in Mexico. Come see what's new...<br> <br><br>

<b>October 22</b> - Candace gives the student seminar <a href="http://www.chemistry.gatech.edu/event/ms-candace-fleischer"> "A molecular snapshot of charged nanoparticles in a cellular environment,"</a> at 4pm in MoSE 3201.<br> <br>

<b>November 1</b> - Candace competes for the big money at the <a href="http://www.chemistry.gatech.edu/event/chemistry-and-biochemistry-graduate-research-symposium"> Graduate Student Seminar; Homecoming symposium,</a> 3-5pm, MoSE G011.<br> <br>

<b>November 4</b> - Alex presents the Molecular Biophysics Research Review, "Nanoparticles at the interface of extracellular space and cells," 12pm, Suddath Room IBB, 1128. <br> <br>

<b>November 14</b> - Christine talks about the PEDOT:PSS project at the SERMACS meeting in Atlanta. Josh will present a poster at <a href="http://sermacs2013.org/"> SERMACS</a>, "Tuning bipolaron populations in PEDOT:PSS via biological catalysts" at 10 am in the Exhibit Hall at Loews hotel.<br> <br>

<b>November 15</b> - Alex and Emilie each present talks at the Nanomaterials conference in Mexico. Alex will discuss, "Nanoparticle-Cell Interactions: Impact of Serum Proteins on MRI Contrast Agents" and Emilie will present "Cellular Binding of Charged Nanoparticles as a Modulator of Membrane Potential."<br> <br>

<b>November 15</b> - Chelsea presents a poster, "Cellular binding of anionic gold nanoparticles as a function of surface modification," at SERMACS. Candace will give a talk on "Nanoparticle surface charge directs the cellular binding of nanoparticle-protein complexes" in the <a href="http://sermacs2013.org/symposia/"> El-Sayed birthday symposium</a> at 11am in Salon I.</p><br>

<center> <table> <table style="background-color:#CCCCCC"> <tr> <td><img src="http://openwetware.org/images/1/18/Payne_lab_SERMACS_profs_2013.jpg" style="border:#000000 10px solid" height="254" width="380" alt="1" /></td> <td><img src="http://openwetware.org/images/3/30/Zing_conf_mexico_2013.jpg" style="border:#000000 10px solid" height="250" width="320" alt="2" /></td> <td><img src="http://openwetware.org/images/0/05/Chelsea_Sermacs_Poster.png" style="border:#000000 10px solid" height="250" width="320" alt="3" /></td> </tr> </table> </center> <br>

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<h2> <font face="verdana" font size="3"> <p><b>October</b></p> </font> </h2>

<font face="verdana" font size="2"> <p>Welcome to our new undergrad, Edward Zhang!</p> </font>

<h2> <font face="verdana" font size="3"> <p><b>September</b></p> </h2>

<font size="2"> <p>Welcome to our newest grad student, Scott Thourson!</p>

<h2> <font size="3"> <p><b>July</b></p> </h2>

<font size="2"> <p>Congrats to Chelsea on winning a <a href="http://www.undergradresearch.gatech.edu/presidents-undergraduate-research-awards-pura"> PURA fellowship</a> for Fall 2013!<br> <br> Welcome to our new postdoc, Srikant Iyer!</p><br>

<h2> <font size="3"> <p><b>June</b></p> </h2>

<font size="2"> <p>Welcome to Kerry McGill and Sabiha Runa, our new summer students!</p>

<h2> <font size="3"> <p><b>May</b></p> </h2>

<font size="2"> <p>Four new members joined the Payne group: two new postdocs, Alexandra Hill from Germany and Josh Morris from UT Austin, and two new undergrads, Chelsea Thompson and Kaitlyn Willingham. Welcome to the lab!</p>

<h2> <font size="3"> <p><b>April</b></p> </h2>

<font size="2"> <p>Check out Christine's New and Notable commentary in Biophysical Journal describing <a href="http://openwetware.org/images/a/ae/NewNotable.pdf"> Fluorescent Dendritic Nanoprobes</a> synthesized in the Schroeder Lab at UIUC.</p>

<h2> <font face="verdana" font size="3"> <p><b>March</b></p> </h2>

<font size="4"> <img src="http://openwetware.org/images/f/f6/Payne_Lab_Christines_Promotion_March2013.JPG" style="border:#000000 10px outset" height="300" width="370" align="left"> <div class="text align: center"> <br><br><br><br><br> <p>Christine has been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure! We went out to a nice lunch to celebrate the good news and all the hard work put in over the past few years that have helped her make this important advancement in her career. CONGRATULATIONS, CHRISTINE!!</p> </div> <br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>

<h2> <font face="verdana" font size="3"> <p><b>February</b></p> </h2>

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<br> <p> Nicole Thompson, our Faculty Support Coordinator, is getting a big promotion to work with the School of Physics! We had a surprise lunch for her and wished her the best of luck at her new position. Thanks for everything you've done for us Nicole- we're going to miss you!<br> <br><br>

Candace will present her research at the <a href="http://www.sga.gatech.edu/graduate/GTRIC"> Georgia Tech Research and Innovation Conference</a> on Feb. 12, 2-3:30pm in the GT Student Center Ballroom, poster board #149.<br> <br><br>

Deb, Candace and Saheli will be traveling to Philadelphia for the 57th annual meeting of the Biophysical Society Meeting from February 2nd - 6th to present posters:<br> <br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;--Saheli will present <b>"Downregulation of NRF2 in HeLa Cells by Self-Conditioned Media",</b> #B39 on Feb 4th in Hall C.<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;--Deb will present <b>"Lysosome Mobility Probed With Live Cell Imaging and Single Particle Tracking",</b> #B501 on Feb 6th in Hall C.<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;--Candace will present <b>"Nanoparticle Surface Charge Directs the Cellular Binding of Nanoparticle-Protein Complexes",</b><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; #S125, on Feb 3rd in the Exhibit Hall; and #B709 on Feb 5th in Hall C.</p><br> <br>

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<h2> <font face="verdana" font size="3"> <p><b>January</b></p> </h2>

<font size="2"> <img src="http://openwetware.org/images/1/1c/Molly_Flanagan_Goodbye_Lunch_Payne_Lab.jpg" style="border: #000000 10px solid" height="280" width="200" align="left"><br> <br><br><br><br> <div class="text align: center"> <p>We took Molly out to lunch on her last day in the lab and wished her well as she starts her first semester in the Nursing program at Georgia State University. Goodbye, Molly!</p><br> <br><br><br><br> </div> <br><br><br><br><br>

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       -- 2009 to 2007


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