Undergraduates awarded urop funding
December 19, 2025
Our talented undergraduate researchers, Harleen Kaur, Brandee Hess, and Abhinav Vijay, were awarded $500 to support their project investigating optimal methods for storing and preserving red blood cells!
Undergraduates present research at h2h
October 3, 2025
Abhinav Vijay and Brandee Hess present their summer research projects at the Cardiovascular Innovation and Research Center Summer Research Symposium!
DR. SANGHA PRESENTS AT IBMS 10
September 6, 2025
Dr. Sangha presents his postdoctoral work investigating how diabetes alters pathways associated with red blood cell nitric oxide production at the 10th International Biofluid Mechanics and Mechanobiology Symposium!
EQUITI-SURP Student Presents Research
August 14, 2025
Alan Hoang passionately presents his research, 'Modeling Red Blood Cell Mechanobiology in Health and Disease,' at the UCI Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium!
Research Paper Alert!
July 28, 2025
Nitric oxide is a signaling molecule that helps blood vessels stay healthy, and it is produced by the enzyme eNOS. This paper reveals how eNOS in red blood cells is activated by piezo1, a mechanosensitive channel that responds to physical forces. In diabetes, red blood cells show even stronger eNOS activation than cells from non-diabetics. These findings reveal how mechanically stimulated red blood cells in blood flow may activate eNOS and highlight how diabetes alters this signaling, providing novel targets to study vascular dysfunction.
Dr. Sangha Joins PRIDE-FTG Blood Disorders Program
July 7, 2025
Dr. Sangha joins PRIDE-FTG Cohort 12 to advance research training in cutting-edge experimental approaches for studying blood disorders in red blood cells, immune cells, and platelets.
Fully Functional
July 2, 2025
The HemtoVascular Engineering Laboratory is up and running in full force! We begin studying how blood cell mechanobiology regulates cardiovascular health.
Graduate Student Joins Lab
June 9, 2025
After a successful rotation, David Quiroz officially joins the lab. Welcome David!
Dr. Sangha Presents at BIC 2025!
June 1, 2025
Dr. Sangha presents his postdoctoral work investigating how diabetes alters pathways associated with red blood cell nitric oxide production at the 2025 UC Systemwide Bioengineering Symposium!
First Lab Meeting!
April 7, 2025
The HematoVascular Engineering Lab had its first lab meeting!
THE HEMATOVASCULAR ENGINEERING LAB LAUNCHES!
April 1, 2025
UC Irvine welcomes Dr. Gurneet Sangha to the Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Cardiovascular Innovation and Research Center (CIRC).