News

May 2020
  • Congratulations to Edgar Cubillo for receiving the BME Department Excellence in Research Award!
  • Congratulations to Jessica Suarez for receiving the BME Department Service Award!
  • Congratulations to Edgar Cubillo, Jeffrey Nguyen, Jessica Suarez, August Elder, Kiera Young, Daniel Bursch, Elroi Kibret, and Amanda Christidis on receiving their B.S. degrees!
  • Congratulations to Madison, Briana, and Aymen for securing summer research internships!
  • Madison Kane will be participating in a summer internship with MIT.
  • Briana Bomar and Aymen Al-Lali will be participating in a summer internship with UC Irvine.
  • The Ayala Lab welcomes Chem E, McNair student Alexi Reed.
  • The Ayala Lab receives a grant from CSUPERB!!

April 2020
  • Congratulations to Taylor Thomsen and Drew Ramos for being selected to participate in the NIH-supported BUILD Scholars Program at CSULB!

March 2020
  • Congratulations to Edgar Cubillo for being awarded the prestigious NSF GRFP!
  • Edgar Plans to attend the BME PH.D. program at the University of Florida in fall 2020.

January 2020
  • Jessica Suarez, Kiera Young, Madison Kane, and Aymen Al-Lali present posters at the CSUPERB Symposium in Santa Clara, CA.
  • Dr. Ayala attends the CSUPERB Symposium in Santa Clara, CA.

November 2019
  • Daniel Bursch, August, Elder, Bryan Vu, Edgar Cubillo, Anderson Hoang, Briana Bomar, and Aymen Al-Lali present posters at the annual ABRCMS Meeting in Anaheim, CA.
  • Dr. Ayala attends the ABRCMS Meeting in Anaheim, CA. 

October 2019
  • Jeffrey Nguyen and Madison Kane present posters at the SACNAS Conference in Oahu, HI.
  • Elroi Kibret presents a poster at the BMES Conference in Philadelphia, PA.
  • The Ayala Lab welcomes BME student Gabriela Carmona Pena
  • Dr. Ayala attends the BMES Conference in Philadelphia, PA.

September 2019
  • August Elder and Jessica Suarez present a poster at the Annual CSULB CNSM Research Symposium. 
  • The Ayala Lab welcomes BME LSAMP student Adam Corbett​.

​July 2019
  • Pouye Sedighian presents at the International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ICIAM 2019).  
  • Edgar Cubillo, Anderson Hoang, Briana Bomar, Ayme Al-Lali present posters at the Annual CSULB BUILD Research Symposium.

May 2019
  • Congratulations to Joselene Enriquez for receiving the BME Department Outstanding Student Award!
  • Congratulations to Madison Kane for receiving the BME Department Excellence in Research Award!
  • Congratulations to Jeffrey Nguyen for receiving the BME Department Service Leadership Award!
  • Congratulations to Jeffrey, Madison and Elroi for securing summer research internships!
  • Jeffrey Nguyen will be participating in a summer internship at UC San Francisco.
  • Madison Kane will be participating in a summer internship at Purdue University.
  • Elroi Kibret will be participating in a summer internship at University of Texas, Austin.
  • Ayah Tamimi presents a poster at the Annual CSULB UROP Research Symposium, Congratulations!
  • Future Girls at the Beach High School Student intern, Clarisse Hokia, presents her poster at the Sato Academy of Mathematics and Science OPEN House, Congratulations!
  • The Ayala Lab welcomes new members: BME student Taylor Thomsen, BME student Kiera Young, BME student Drew Ramos, and Mechanical Engineering student Amanda Christidis.

April 2019
  • The Ayala Lab receives a 2019 ORSP CSULB Multidisciplinary Research Grant in Collaboration with the Lo Lab at CSULB!
  • Congratulations to Bryan Vu on receiving the highly competitive 2019 CSULB ORSP Summer Research Assistantship!
  • Congratulations to Briana Bomar and Aymen AlLali for being selected to participate in the NIH-supported BUILD Fellows Program at CSULB!
  • Congratulations to Anderson Hoang for being selected to participate in the NIH-supported BUILD Scholars Program at CSULB!

March 2019
  • Congratulations to Keenan Anderson-Fears on accepting a Ph.D. Fellowship at Penn State University!

February 2019
  • The Ayala Lab welcomes Biomedical Engineering undergraduate students Aymen AlLali, Briana Bomar, Edgar Cubillo, and Joselene Enriquez.

January 2019
  • Jessica Suarez, Kimberly Padron, Jeffrey Nguyen, and Daniel Mata present posters at the CSUPERB Symposium in Orange County, CA.
  • Dr. Ayala attends the CSUPERB Symposium in Orange County, CA.
  • Dr. Ayala attends the BMES Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering Conference in San Diego, CA.

November 2018
  • Madison Kane wins Best Poster Award at the annual ABRCMS Meeting in Indianapolis, IN. Congratulations!!
  • Madison Kane and Elroi Kibret present posters at the annual ABRCMS Meeting in Indianapolis, IN.
  • The Ayala lab welcomes UROP student Ayah Tamimi.

October 2018
  • The Ayala Lab receives a Research Grant from CSULB NIH BUILD.​
  • Jeffrey Nguyen presents a poster at the BMES Conference in Atlanta, GA.
  • Dr. Ayala and Jeffrey Nguyen attend the BMES Conference in Atlanta, GA.

September 2018
  • August Elder presents a poster at the Annual CSULB CNSM Research Symposium.

August 2018
  • Jessica Suarez presents a poster at the Annual CSULB LSAMP Research Symposium.

July 2018
  • Madison Kane, Jeffrey Nguyen, and Elroi Kibret present posters at the Annual CSULB BUILD Research Symposium.

June 2018
  • The Ayala Lab welcomes Biomedical Engineering undergraduate student Thuy Hoang. 

May 2018
  • The Ayala Lab welcomes BUILD Biomedical Engineering undergraduate student Bellamy Khim. 
  • The Ayala Lab welcomes BUILD Biomedical Engineering undergraduate student Anderson Hoang. 
  • The Ayala Lab welcomes BME undergraduate student Josue Bolanos. 
  • The Ayala Lab welcomes Biology undergraduate student Maritza Ramirez. 
  • Kimberly Padron and Sean Brown present posters at the 5th Annual CSULB UROP Research Symposium.

April 2018
  • Congratulations to Jeffrey Nguyen and Madison Kane for being selected to participate in the NIH-supported BUILD Program at CSULB!
  • Congratulations to August Elder for being selected to participate in the NIH-supported RISE Program at CSULB!

March 2018
  • The Ayala Lab receives a Mid-Size Equipment Program Grant from CSULB BUILD.
  • Dr. Ayala and Jeffrey Nguyen present at talk at the CSULB BUILD Symposium in Long Beach, CA.

January 2018
  • ​The Ayala Lab welcomes Biomedical Engineering undergraduate student Alexis Mendoza.
  • Keenan Anderson-Fears and Jeffrey Nguyen present a poster at the CSUPERB Symposium in Santa Clara, CA.
  • www.csuperb.org/symposium/

December 2017
October 2017
September  2017
  • The Ayala Lab welcomes BME / UROP Undergraduate student Sean Brown. 
  • The Ayala Lab welcomes Chemistry / UROP Undergraduate student Kimberly Padron. 
  • ​The Ayala Lab welcomes Health Science / UROP Undergraduate student Leslie Espinoza. 
  • The Ayala Lab welcomes Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate Shontelle Johnson. 

June  2017
  • Dr. Ayala presents a poster at the UC Systemwide Bioengineering Symposium 

May  2017
  • The Ayala Lab receives a CSUPERB New Investigator Grant
  • The Ayala Lab welcomes Bioengineering Summer Undergraduate student from UC Berkeley Brenda Yang.
  • The Ayala Lab welcomes Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate student August Elder.
  • The Ayala Lab welcomes Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate student Jessica Suarez.

April 2017
March  2017
  • The Ayala Lab receives a 2017 OSRP Internal Research Grant.
  • The Ayala Lab receives a Faculty Seed Grant from CSULB College of Engineering.
  • ​The Ayala Lab welcomes Biomedical Engineering undergraduate student Madison Kane.
  • The Ayala Lab welcomes Biomedical Engineering undergraduate student Daniel Mata.
  • The Ayala Lab welcomes Biomedical Engineering undergraduate student Emmanuel Torres.
  • The Ayala Lab welcomes Biomedical Engineering undergraduate student Bryan Vu.
  • The Ayala Lab welcomes Biomedical/Clinical Engineering undergraduate student Jeffrey Nguyen.
  • The Ayala Lab welcomes Electrical and Biomedical Engineering undergraduate student Daniel I. Guerrero.

February  2017
  • The Ayala Lab welcomes Molecular Cell Biology & Physiology undergraduate Student Keenan Anderson-Fears.

January 2017
December 2016                                                           
November  2016          
October 2016       
  • Dr. Ayala attends the  inaugural NSF ASSIST Engineering Early-Career Faculty                                                    
  • Development Symposium Great Minds in STEM and MAES at the HENAAC Conference 
  • www.greatmindsinstem.org/conference/conference-home

September 2016   
August  2016        ​​