A big congratulations to our three 2nd year lab members for presenting and passing their Thesis Proposal Presentations! We celebrated their accomplishment by sharing a meal at Mestizo. Leading up to this moment were several practices, a lot of pizza, and, of course, a lot of effort from our three PhD students.

Post Welcome Lunch at MuLan for our new Lab Members: Layla and Maddy!

Please join us in welcoming Madeline (Maddy) Hon to the Chung Lab!

Maddy will be pursuing her master’s thesis on the computational side of the UM1 project, with a focus on developing machine learning and computer vision models to analyze our datasets. We’re excited to have her on the team and look forward to the contributions she will make.

Please join us in welcoming our new Administrative Assistant, Layla Gonzalez!

Layla joined the Chung Lab on August 18, 2025, and is already contributing her organizational skills and energy to the team. Originally from Miami, FL, she moved to Cambridge, MA in Fall 2023 and has been enjoying all that New England has to offer. Outside of work, Layla enjoys playing board games, reading, and exploring everything New England has to offer.

We are excited to have Layla on board and look forward to working with her!

One of the postdoctoral researchers from the Chung Lab, Dr. Lorenzo Ochoa, has been named a recipient of the 2025 Koch Institute Image Award; the award recognizes exceptional scientific images that are visually striking while conveying significant insights into biomedical research. The winning image showcases cutting-edge advancements in high-resolution brain mapping, a core focus of the lab’s research. This achievement highlights the lab’s commitment to developing innovative imaging techniques that deepen our understanding of brain structure and function. The award celebrates both the aesthetic and scientific impact of their work, reinforcing the importance of visualizing complex biological systems to drive discovery.

We are excited to share that our lab’s latest innovations have been featured in MIT News! The article showcases the new CuRVE and eFLASH technologies, which enable ultrafast and uniform protein labeling across tens of millions of densely packed individual cells in fully intact 3D tissues with unprecedented precision and scalability. This breakthrough addresses critical challenges in studying complex biological systems, such as brain tissue and organoids, where dense cellular environments often hinder detailed protein analysis. By integrating advanced molecular engineering, high-resolution imaging, and computational analysis, our approach allows for more accurate characterization of protein distributions in situ. This innovation significantly improves the speed and accuracy of protein visualization, unlocking new possibilities for biological and neuroscience research.

We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Juhyuk Park is heading off to a tenure faculty position at Seoul National University’s Materials Sciences and Engineering department!

Our senior postdoc fellow, Dr Juhyuk Park, presented the Chung lab tissue processing pipeline on behalf of Prof Chung at the Tissue Clearing Workshop 2024, hosted by Harvard BioLabs, Cambridge, MA. Talk title: "Tissue clearing and processing technology for human brain mapping"