The lab wants to welcome Conner Childs. He is joining the Cambronne lab as a Undergraduate Research Assistant. He is on track to obtain a B.S. Biochemistry degree at the University of Texas at Austin.

https://events.faseb.org/event/NAD-Metabolism-Signaling/summary Lulu returned from Florida where she again helped organize a successful meeting, serving in multiple roles including lead conference organizer, session chair, and presenter. The 2026 NAD⁺ Meeting is the latest in a biennial series that has grown since 2009, and remains the premier international conference focused on NAD biology. The program was packed with science — two plenary talks from Lee Kraus (UT Southweste

The lab's trainees were out in full force at the 2026 FASEB NAD Metabolism and Signaling Meeting in Melbourne, Florida, sharing their work alongside the field's leading researchers. Hsin-Ru gave a short talk on her latest work, "Loss of NAD⁺ Uptake is a Distinct Mitochondrial Stress Resulting in Dependency on De Novo Serine Biosynthesis." Scott presented his poster, "Biosensor Variations Using Computational Predictions," and took home a Best Poster Award. Vanna presented her

We celebrated Vanna's Birthday(May 21st) as a Lab!

Lulu presented the lab's work on "Localized Realtime Biosensors for Metabolism" at the 2026 Texas Chemical Biology Conference at UT Dallas. She spoke in the conference's imaging-focused session, sharing how we build genetically encoded biosensors to measure metabolites spatially and temporally in single cells.

After two years as a undergraduate researcher in the lab, she's headed to McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston for her MD. We're proud of everything she's accomplished and wish her the best on her future endeavors!

April 17th was Shivansh's last day in the lab. He is off to start his postdoc fellowship with David Baker at the University of Washington. We're going to miss him and wish him best of luck!

Tamima presented her poster "Machine Learning-assisted Directed Evolution of Single Fluorescent Protein Biosensors" at the University of Texas Undergraduate research forum. The lab was there to support! Way to go Tamima!

The lab got together to send Shivansh off for his postdoctoral training with David Baker at the University of Washington. We are proud of everything he has accomplished here and wish him the best on his future endeavors.

Hsin-Ru presented her work in a talk on her ongoing research "Mitochondrial NAD⁺ uptake governs de novo serine biosynthesis". Vanna and Scott both presented posters on their own projects as well. Way to go guys!

Introducing the lab's newest official PhD Candidate, Vanna!

Postdoctoral Fellow Position 1 - Postdoctoral researcher with expertise in cancer cell metabolism and blood cancers . Ideal candidates will have experience in genetic mouse models, cytometry, cell culture, and metabolic analyses. The project uniquely provides the researcher with the first-chance characterization of novel animal models and use of novel metabolic genetically encoded biosensors . The researcher will further benefit from collaborative mentorship with researchers

Hope to see you there! 2026 FASEB NAD Metabolism and Signaling Meeting June 7 - 11, 2026 Crowne-Plaza Oceanfront Hotel, Melbourne, Florida USA (closest international airport: Orlando MCO) https://events.faseb.org/event/NAD-Metabolism-Signaling/summary Since 2009, this is the eminent international scientific conference dedicated to all aspects of NAD Metabolism and Signaling. Scientific Sessions · NAD consumers I: Poly and Mono-ADP-Ribosylation · NAD consumers II: Sirtuins, C

Scott presented his work in progress, "An Optimized Biosensor for Cancer Heterogeneity", at the 2025 ILSGP Fall Seminar Series. Way to go, Scott!

The lab got together to celebrate at our annual holiday party. We wish everyone a happy and safe holiday season as well as a happy new year.

We want to congratulate Vanna on winning the best poster at the ILS graduate program annual retreat. She also won the cornhole tournament!

We also celebrated Cong Cong birthday (August 25th)! We also had a lab lunch (dim sum) at Tian Tian Golden Palace!

We want to congratulate Tamima for her summer poster presentation for her UT CNS Advanced Research Fellowship! She also is the receipt of...

We want to welcome L eona Dörrie s! She is currently finishing her M.Sc degree from ETH Zürich by doing a 6 month rotation in our lab!