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• 11/01/2024 (10:10 AM PDT): Our recent work on low-cost cancer detection on paper/polymer hybrid devices also attracts significant attention beyond our local region. Today Dr. Li just received a live TV interview with FOX KTUV TV from California where he did his first postdoc (UC Berkeley). . 
  

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• 10/28/2024: StudyFinds highlighted our recent work regarding paper/polymer hybrid devices for sensitive cancer early detection, and gave pretty good overview and positive review of our work (published in Lab Chip).  . 

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• 10/29/2024: UTEP CoS (Linkedin) highlighted our recent “groundbreaking research” in low-cost cancer detection. 

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• 10/25/2024: KFOX14 TV interviewed Dr. Li and reported our recent work for low-cost cancer detection. "UTEP team develops low-cost device for rapid cancer detection"  .
  
• 10/24/2024: UTEP highlighted our recent work on low-cost cancer early detection in a Press release. UTEP News: "UTEP Researchers Develop Low-Cost Device that Detects Cancer in an Hour, Particularly beneficial for rural U.S. areas, developing countries".  Read UTEP News.    

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09/10/2024:  As the Director of Forensic Science program at UTEP, Dr. James Li successfully organized the "Forensic Science Welcome Back Pizza Party" to kick off this new Fall semester!! 🔍✨

The event received great support from Dean Dr. Kirken and Chair Dr. Cabrera and many other faculty members and the Scientific Association of Forensics (SAF).

This party served multiple purposes:
🔬 To provide an opportunity for students to exchange and mingle after the summer break
🔬 Welcome new FS students
🔬 Welcome back to the new Fall semester
🔬 Introduce SAF and help students be involved in the forensic community at UTEP

Dean Dr. Kirken, Chair Dr. Cabrera, and Program Director Dr. James Li gave welcome remarks and introduced recent updates of the FS program in the event.

About 90 people including many faculty members such as Associate Dean Dr. Walsh and former Biology interim Chair Dr. Charles Spencer attended the event.
The Academic advisor Ms. Navarro also showed up to answer curriculum related questions from students. 📝

Picks Up and Go Miners! 🤙💙🧡
The revent was reported by Chemistry Web, Forensic Science Web, College of Science at Linkedin etc.

01/12/2023: Dr. Li is invited to become an Editorial Board Member, from Nature Publishing Group (IF 8.0).  

01/05/2023: Dr. Li was highlighted in UTEP News for his professional development leave award (Hosted by Dr. Joseph Wang at UCSD). Link for details. 

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. /newsfeed/campus/utep-awarded-6-1-million-grant-for-cancer-research-and-detection.html  
or check local copy.

10/04/2021: Dr. Li was highlighted by UTEP HeadNews (UTEP Web Banner). "Researchers on track to move biomedical device from lab to marketplace".  /newsfeed/campus/researchers-on-track-to-move-biomedical-device-from-lab-to-marketplace.html?HomeBanner  or check Local copy. 

06/25/2021: Our recent work published in Anal Chem regarding photothermal bar-chart chip is highlighted by Analysts.   Local. 

06/22/2021: Our recent work published in Anal Chem regarding photothermal bar-chart chip is highlighted by X-MOL.   Local. 

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.  . . 

4/7/2020: Our recent work regarding smart paper transformer in Chem Sci was . Local link.

05/15/2019: Our work for POC diagnosis of whooping cough published in a Lancet journal has been highlighted by social media. . or /chs/news/its-a-go.html . 

06/08/2018:  Our recent paper published in Analyitical Chemistry  ,  or  check the local file. ( Fu, G.; Sanjay, S. T.; Zhou, W.; Brekken, R.A.; Kirken, R.A.;  Li, X. *  ,  Anal Chem  2018, 90, 5930-5937)

03/10/2018: Dr. Li was featured in a video from the NIH BUILDing Scholar Program to promote its summer sabbatical program.  . Dr. Li received the 2017 Summer Sabaticcal Award from the NIH BUILD Program with Prof. Rolf Brekken at UT Southwestern Medical Center.

11/18/2017:  Our research published in Chem Comm was  highlighted by X-Mol. . Or  . Original research paper source:   ,  Chem Comm  2017, 53, 10886-10889.

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 ".  . or read  .

04/17/2017:  Dr. Li is featured in  RTRN Newsletter . " XiuJun Li, PhD: Guiding students making an impact on global healthcare ".  . 
 

03/21/2017:  Maowei Dou's dissertation was featured in

03/08/2017:  Our collaborative research with Dr. Dominguez was highlighted by UTEP News again on UTEP Homapage. !

02/09/2017:  Dr. Li was interviewed by  TV abc7 for the arrival of the new Iranian student.    Full Text. Also Broadcasted. 

09/29/2016 : Dr. Li and the group research have been  featured on  Bicompare , the buyer's guide for life scientists.  .   Full Text.

10/06/2016 : Dr. Li was  featured on Bioanalysis Zone  for the post award of interview (Bioanalysis New Investigator Award).   or

03/22/2016: Dr. Li was featured on Twitter by the UTEP Office of Technology Commercialization (OTC). 

03/03/2016 : Our recent research about Interfacial nanosensing in microfluidic droplets was highlighted in Cytofluidix. click the    !

06/15/2015 : Research of pathogen study was highlighted by GENengnews (Genetic Engineering & Biotechnoogy News). Details.

05/01/2015 : Received a a new  NIH R21 grant  for rapid pertussis diagnosis, and hilighted by  by  .     .

04/30/2015 : received a new NIH R21 grant for rapid pertussis diagnosis, and hilighted by UTEP NEWS .

03/27/2015 : Maowei presented our group rearch work at IDR symposum. see  . 

11/21/2014 : Dr. Li was interviewed by Camron Low from the Future Science Group on the Bioanlayis Young Investigator Award.  .

11/18/2014 : Dr. Li won an international award of  2014 Bioanalysis Young Investigator Award !   Read the full announcement! 

10/1/2014: Our interdisciplinary research (IDR) has been highlighted in the UTEP Magazine (the Fall 2014 issue, P38 and P41).

05/01/2014: Our research photo was selected in the UTEP 2014 Visitor's Guide . 

12/20/2013:  Our collaborative research in pertussis study has been  highlighted in  )!

06/25/2013:  Research about infectious diseases has been highlighted by  UTEP News as a full story. 

06/12/2013:  Research about Whooping cough has been highlighted by  UTEP News. 

04/11/2013:  We are on  UTEP News! check this out! 

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.