Dive into the latest updates from our team!

Park Lab Receives Funding from the Heartland Children’s Nutrition Collaborative

We are excited to announce that the Park Lab has been awarded funding from the Heartland Children’s Nutrition Collaborative, supported by the Ricks Family Foundation, to study the role of nutrition in pediatric liver metabolism (https://medicine.iu.edu/blogs/pediatrics/inaugural-heartland-childrens-nutrition-collaborative-awards). In collaboration with Dr. Brian DeBosch at Indiana University School of Medicine, this project will leverage bioengineered liver organoids-on-a-chip to investigate how nutritional inputs influence liver metabolism and the development of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) in children. By developing an organoid model of pediatric liver function, our research aims to provide a translational platform for studying pediatric metabolic disease and developing potential therapeutic strategies.

December 6, 2024

Congratulations to Abby, Nora, Rishika, Anna, Leandra, and Shruthika for their hard work in 2024 and their final research presentations!

December 3-7, 2024

Congrats to Dominic on his first conference presentation!

October 26, 2024

Jong-Keun, Leandra, and Estelle participated in the Purdue 5k Race!

October 23-26, 2024

Congrats to Abby on her first conference presentation!

September 6, 2024

Welcome Jiafei and Jong-Keun to our lab!

The team also enjoyed a lab dinner to warmly welcome Anna and Shruthika to the lab.

July 25, 2024

Congratulations to Abby for completing her SURF program and successfully presenting her first poster!

The team also enjoyed a lab dinner to warmly welcome Rishika and Leandra to the lab.

May 30, 2024

Estelle and Dr. Taeyoon Kim gave talks at the Purdue University & Yonsei University joint workshop in Korea. Estelle’s talk focused on ‘Engineering Stem Cells and Organoids on a Chip for the Study of Human Health and Disease.’

April 16, 2024

Dominic presented his first poster at the Purdue BME Research Symposium.

Congratulations, Dominic!

February 2024

We had our first lab dinner at one of our favorite restaurants in Lafayette!

August 2023

Estelle attended SEED/UKC 2023 to present her work on engineering stem cells and organoids on a chip.

February 2023

Estelle accepted an offer to join the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University as an assistant professor in January2024!