News

2026

• Mar 18- Welcome Tao Zeng (Murphy)! Murphy, a student majoring in Engineering Chemistry, starts his research in the Cong Lab.

• Mar 11 - Award Alert! The Cong Lab attended the 20th Annual Women in Medicine and Science Research Day. Undergraduate researchers Angelina Lin and Joanna Tang were selected to deliver an oral presentation and a poster on our latest droplet robot study. We are incredibly proud to announce that they won the prestigious Abstract Award!

• Feb 28 - Congratulations to Angelina Lin! Angelina has been selected for the 2026 NORDTECH Internship and Mentor Program, which includes a $7,500 award to support her ongoing research in the lab.

• Feb 23 - The lab warmly welcomes Dr. Chunlian Zhong! Dr. Zhong holds a Ph.D. in Physiology and a B.S. in Pharmaceutical Engineering. She brings extensive expertise in tumor metastasis prevention to the team and will play a key role in advancing our cancer research initiatives.

• Feb 05 – Welcome Shuying Zhang! Shuying, a student majoring in Biochemistry, starts her research in the Cong Lab.

• Feb 04  – We are proud to announce our selection as a host site for the 2026 NORDTECH Summer Internship Program to support research on the micro-fabrication and characterization of bio-inspired micro-robotic systems.

• Feb 02  – We are excited to announce that the Cong Lab is now fully operational. The facility features cutting-edge infrastructure, including two custom-built magnetic control systems and 3D printing stations, alongside standard wet-lab equipment for biochemistry and cell culture. These resources enable us to perform comprehensive studies from bioengineering design to in vivo validation, accelerating our work in uro-bionic therapeutics.

• Jan 29 – Welcome Joey Zhu! Joey is a Biochemistry major joining the lab for undergraduate research.

• Jan 20 – The lab welcomes Dimo Yin, a graduate rotation student from the Department of Chemistry.

• Jan 16 – Welcome Joanna Tang! Joanna, a student majoring in Biochemistry, starts her research in the Cong Lab.

• Jan 14 – Welcome Angelina Lin! Angelina is a Biochemistry student joining the team to conduct research.

• Jan 07 – Welcome Youssef Elbahey! Youssef, a Biology major, joins the lab as an undergraduate researcher.

2025

• Dec 22 – Publication Alert: The lab's first paper, "Active Propelled Micro Robots in Drug Delivery for Urologic Diseases", has been accepted in the journal Micromachines. 

• Dec 12 – Lab infrastructure update: Our first major instrument, a rotary evaporator, has arrived.

• Nov 03 – Dr. Cong officially joins the Department of Urology and Cancer Center at Stony Brook University and establishes the Uro-Bionic Therapeutics Lab.