News

2026

• 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.