Overview
The Haynes group focuses on applications of analytical chemistry in the fields of immunology and toxicology, with much expertise in the area of single cell analysis. One major area of interest is nanotoxicology - an emerging field investigating the biological and ecological impacts of engineered nanomaterials. Another major focus in the group is on studying fundamental properties of cells involved in inflammation. In fact, the Haynes group has performed the first ever real-time single blood platelet measurements, examining the chemical messenger molecules that platelets secrete upon stimulation. While most of the Haynes lab research employs electrochemical and spectroscopic techniques, the group is always exploring new and exciting technologies to answer pressing bioanalytical questions.
News
- 05.09.2012
- Both Ben and Audrey are awarded 2012-2013 Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships!
- 05.09.2012
- Heidi Nelson defends her undergraduate thesis to earn summa cum laude Latin honors.
- 05.02.2012
- The Haynes Lab is now tweeting (thanks to Audrey) - Follow us: @HaynesChemLab.
- 05.01.2012
- Both Alec and cole are awarded UROP funding for Fall 2012.
- 04.26.2012
- Tony passes his candidacy exam.
- 04.21.2012
- Alec is recognized as the "Best in Session" for his oral presentation at the Winchell Undergraduate Symposium.
- 04.19.2012
- Alec is awarded one of the Department of Chemistry's "Junior Awards" - the Robert C. Brasted Memorial Fellowship - based his academic and research performance.
- 04.16.2012
- Katie is awarded an all-expense paid trip to the 4th EuCheMS Chemistry Congress in Prague, Czech Republic by the ACS.
- 04.12.2012
- Yu-Shen Lin successfully defends his Ph.D thesis - congratulations, Dr. Lin!.
- 04.03.2012
- Solaire is awarded "honorable mention" in the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship competition.
- 03.29.2012
- John Thompson defends his undergraduate honors thesis. He has chosen the CalTech/UCLA MD/PhD program as the next step in his career.
- 03.25.-03.29.2012
- Melissa and Katie present work at the Spring 2012 National ACS meeting in San Diego, CA.
- 03.21.2012
- Undergraduate Yiwen Wang joins the Haynes group to perform HPLC analysis of cell-secreted species.
- 03.11.-03.14.2012
- Secil, Solaire, Sarah Gruba, and Christy present work at Pittcon 2012 in Orlando, FL. Christy is featured in "Pittcon Today" magazine.
- 03.05.2012
- Katie Hurley passes her oral exam.
- 02.17.2012
- Solaire Finkenstaedt-Quinn passes her oral exam.
- 01.25.2012
- Sara and John's collaborative work designing a blood-based screen for nanotoxicity is accepted for publication in Nanomedicine.
- 01.10.2012
- Kyle and Heidi's collaborative work exploring SAM ordering on SERS substrates is accepted for publication in the The Journal of Physical Chemistry C.
- 01.04.2012
- Collaborative work between the Haynes and Gupta groups, performed by Ben, is accepted for publication in ACS Chemical Biology. The CBITG-supported paper explores the role of mast cells in sickle cell disease.
- 11.30.2011
- Alec Nicol is awarded a UROP grant to continue his work with mentor Katie Hurley on mesoporous silica nanoparticles.
- 11.23.2011
- Ian Gunsolus and Xiaojie Wu join the Haynes group as first year graduate students.
- 11.18.2011
- Yu-Shen and Katie's perspective article about mesoporous silica nanoparticle therapeutics is accepted for publication in The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters.
- 11.14.2011
- Audrey wins the "Best Student Poster" prize for FACSS 2011.
- 11.04.2011
- Kyle Bantz successfully defends her doctoral thesis, entitled "Development of a Surface-Enhanced Raman Sensor for Detection in Complex Matrices". Congratulations Dr. Bantz!
- 11.03.2011
- Yu-Shen, Nardine, and Katie's paper about co-modified mesoporous silica nanoparticles is accepted for publication in JACS.
- 11.01.2011
- Sara Love successfully defends her doctoral thesis, entitled "Assessing Toxicity by Examining Cellular Functions: Studies with Carbon Fiber Microelectrode Amperometry and Noble Metal Nanoparticles". Congratulations Dr. Love!
- 10.20.2011
- Donghyuk and Yu-Shen's paper about microfluidic evaluation of mesoporous silica cytotoxicity is accepted for publication in Analytical Chemistry.
- 10.03.2011
- Shencheng's last paper (with Emily Woo as co-author), about quantal regulation in platelets, is accepted for publication in Biophysical Journal.
- 09.27.2011
- Christy presents a talk titled "Discrepancies in In Vivo and In Vitro Nanotoxicology Studies" at a conference focusing on research ethics and oversight related to nanotherapeutics.
- 09.01.2011
- Shencheng's paper about pharmacological manipulation of the platelet cytoskeleton is accepted for publication in Platelets.
- 08.27-08.31.2011
- Christy presents two talks at the national ACS meeting in Denver.
- 08.26.2011
- Tony Campos joins the group as a new graduate student to work on SERS and MS sensing.
- 07.21.2011
- The Haynes group, joined by friends in the Massari group, did their 6th annual "Chemistry Day" at W. 7th Community Center in St. Paul (photos in the gallery).
- 07.08.2011
- Christy is selected to receive the 2012 Pittsburgh Conference Achievement Award from the Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh. Christy was chosen based on "the number and depth of contributions in the fields of bioanalytical chemistry and nanoparticle chemistry." The award will be officially given during a special symposium at PittCon 2012.
- 06.08.2011
- Our first collaborative paper with the Macosko group is accepted for publication in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. This exciting paper explores the cellular toxicity of nanoscale graphene.
- 05.25.2011
- Christy's outreach work with the "Energy and U" show, with colleagues David Blank, Frank Bates, and Marc Hillmyer, is featured in the Minnesota Daily.
- 05.19.2011
- Christy is named the 2011 Joseph Black Award recipient by the Royal Society of Chemistry. This award recognizes a "young scientist in any field covering the practice and teaching of analytical science. The award citation can be found here.
- 05.18.2011
- Both Yu-Shen and Melissa are named as recipients of the University of Minnesota's Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship. These are very competitive, with only 106 awards across the entire University; the funds will support Yu-Shen and Melissa's final year of doctoral work.
- 05.17.2011
- Donghyuk, Ben, and Audrey present their work beautifully at the Chemistry Department's "3rd Year Symposium".
- 05.16.2011
- Anushua, the high school student working in the Haynes lab, received the third place grand award in the category of Medicine and Health at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in LA.
- 05.05.2011
- Another collaborative paper with the Labuza group, on the topic of ricin detection, is accepted for publication in Chemical Sciences.
- 05.04.2011
- All of the group undergraduates present their research in the Haynes Group Undergraduate Research Symposium, including Marsha, Heidi, John, Joe, Nardine, and Greg. Emily and Tiya do presentations of their honors theses in front of their committee members.
- 05.04.2011
- The Haynes Group holds the 2nd Annual Pie Bake-Off. Audrey won with a coconut cream pie based on scoring by our "celebrity" judges: Profs. Connie Lu, Mark DiStefano, and Dave Blank as well as former post-doc Nate Wittenberg (photos in the gallery).
- 04.27.2011
- Heidi wins a UROP award to fund her research in the Haynes group.
- 04.26.2011
- Shencheng Ge successfully defends his thesis, entitled "Electrochemical Studies of Platelet Exocytosis." Shortly, Shencheng will start postdoctoral research with Prof. Rustem Ismagliov at University of Chicago/Cal Tech. Congratulations Dr. Ge!
- 04.25.2011
- Nancy is a recipient of the 2011 David A and Merece H. Johnson scholarship - an award given to a rising senior undergraduate having demonstrated both scholastic and research excellence.
- 04.21.2011
- Nardine wins the best poster award at the Winchell Symposium and the University of Minnesota's Undergraduate Award in Analytical Chemistry.
- 04.09 - 04.11.2011
- Christy attends and presents at the 2011 German-American Kavli Fronteirs of Science Symposium in Irvine, CA.
- 04.08.2011
- Secil and Sara's paper on how cholesterol levels influence chromaffin cell exocytosis is accepted for publication in Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry.
- 04.05.2011
- Katherine Stevens is named a 2011 NSF Graduate Research Fellow! Nardine Abadeer receives an honorable mention for her NSF application! Great work ladies!
- 04.01.2011
- Heidi Nelson is awarded a Heisig/Gleysteen fellowship to continue her research in the Haynes lab during summer 2011.
- 03.27 - 03.30.2011
- Kyle, Ben, and Christy attend and present their work at the Spring 2011 ACS Meeting in Anaheim, CA.
- 03.17.2011
- Melissa is awarded an ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry summer graduate fellowship - great work!
- 03.13 - 03.17.2011
- Melissa, Audrey, Nardine, and John present their work at PittCon 2011 in Atlanta, GA.
- 03.05 - 03.09.2011
- Sara and Secil present their work at the Biophysical Society Meeting in Baltimore, MD.
- 03.07.2011
- Kyle wins an MN ACS travel grant to attend Spring ACS in Anaheim.
- 03.03.2011
- Christy gives an invited seminar at Notre Dame.
- 02.25.2011
- Sara's collaborative work with the Canavan group at the University of New Mexico on the toxicity of pNIPAM coatings is accepted for publication in Langmuir.
- 02.21.2011
- Christy gives an invited seminar at Northwestern University, her alma mater.
- 02.14.2011
- Shencheng and Emily's ensemble platelet work is accepted for publication in Analytical Chemistry.
- 02.11.2011
- Christy is honored as University of Cincinnati Chemistry Department's "Speaker of the Year". Her visit to the department includes two seminars and lots of time with the U. Cincinnati graduate students.
- 02.08.2011
- A perspective co-authored by the Haynes and Oh groups is accepted for publication in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (PCCP).
- 02.02.2011
- Another collaborative paper with the Labuza lab (in Food Science) is accepted for publication as a letter in Analytical Chemistry.
- 01.25.2011
- Melissa Maurer-Jones is selected as a recipient of a SEAC travel grant to present her work at Pittcon 2011 in Atlanta.
- 01.24.2011
- Heidi Nelson, a junior chemistry major, joins the group to perform LSPR sensor experiments with mentor Kyle Bantz.
- 01.16.2011
- The nanotox oversight thought experiment imagined by Bryce, Melissa, Ozlem, Yu-Shen, and Christy is accepted for publication in Journal of Nanoparticle Research.
- 01.14.2011
- Christy gives an invited talk on the topic of nanotoxicology at the monthly MN ACS meeting.
- 12.06.2010
- Christy gives an invited talk on the topic of nanotoxicology at Ecolab.
- 12.04.2010
- The Haynes Group holiday party includes food, a gift exchange, and games (photos in the gallery).
- 12.04.2010
- A collaborative paper with the LaBuza group is accepted for publication in Journal of Raman Spectroscopy .
- 11.20.2010
- Bryce, Nancy, and Kathy's paper on how zeta-potential influences nanotox is accepted for publication in the The Analyst (see the publications page for this link) - great work guys!
- 11.16.2010
- Christy gives an invited seminar at NIST to the "nanotox" team (and gets to visit with Bryce in his new home).
- 11.15.2010
- Solaire Finkenstaedt-Quinn and Katherine Stevens join the Haynes group to perform their doctoral work. Welcome!
- 11.06.2010
- Kyle, Melissa, Audrey, and Christy travel to Las Vegas to compete in the Great Urban Race.
- 10.17 - 10.21.2010
- Christy, Kyle, and Audrey attend and present at FACSS in Raleigh, NC where Christy receives the ACS Findeis Award for achievements by a young analytical scientist.
- 10.14.2010
- Christy give an invited talk in University of Minnesota Pharmaceutics about Yu-Shen, Melissa, and Nardine's work on silica drug delivery nanoparticles.
- 10.08.2010
- Yu-Shen and Nardine's work on assessing and improving the stability of mesoporous silica is accepted for publication in Chemical Communications (see the publications page for this link).
- 10.07.2010
- Melissa presents a talk titled "Fundamental Assessment of TiO2 Nanoparticle Toxicity Using Carbon-Fiber Microelectrode Amperometry" at the Northland Chapter Society of Toxicology Meeting.
- 09.30.2010
- Christy presents Shencheng's platelet work at the NIH Pioneer Symposium in Bethesda, MD.
- 09.28.2010
- Bryce's paper describing the application of carbon-fiber microelectrochemistry to study the cellular effects of immunotoxicants is accepted for publication in Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. Just one more paper until Bryce's entire thesis is published!
- 09.23.2010
- A special issue of Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry focused on nanotoxicology, guest edited by Christy, is published. This issue includes a guest editorial and a cover/paper based on Sara's work (see the publications page for these links).
- 09.09 - 09.13.2010
- Shencheng gives an invited lecture at the Potter's Lodge Meeting in upstate New York.
- 09.09.2010
- Gregory Gibson, a sophomore chemical engineering major, joins the group to work with mentor Melissa Maurer-Jones.
- 09.08.2010
- Christy gives an invited lecture at Shanghai Normal University.
- 09.07.2010
- Christy gives an invited lecture at Fudan University.
- 09.07.2010
- Christy gives an invited lecture at Tongji University.
- 09.01.2010
- The Haynes group makes their annual trip to the MN State Fair.
- 08.26.2010
- The Fall group meeting schedule is available. Interested first year graduate students are invited to attend.
- 08.08. - 08.13.2010
- Kyle presents her work at the XXII International Conference on Raman Spectroscopy in Boston.
- 08.06.2010
- Bryce Marquis defends his thesis to become the first Haynes lab Ph.D. He and his family will depart shortly for his National Research Council postdoctoral fellowship at NIST. Congratulations Dr. Marquis!
- 08.06.2010
- The Haynes group has their first annual pie bake-off. Judges were Wayland Nolan, Connie Lu, Nancy Thao, and Nate Wittenberg, and Melissa won with her peach pie. Photos are posted in our gallery.
- 08.06.2010
- Most of the non-graduate student Haynes group researchers: Nancy, Emily, Anushua, John, Nardine, Ben C., Marsha, Yingxia, Ozge, and Solaire gave end-of-summer talks at our undergraduate symposium.
- 07.29.2010
- Christy gives an invited seminar at Clemson University.
- 07.26.2010
- The Haynes group (and friends) put on their 5th annual "Chemistry Day" at W. 7th Community Center. New photos are in the gallery.