Celebrating Camila's Science Writing!

Fourth-year student Camila Gonzalez Curbelo has written two exciting and engaging science pieces that have recently been published for all to read!

Camila has been passionate about science writing since she was a young student. Growing up in Cuba, she was an avid reader of Zunzún, a Cuban natural science magazine for children, which sparked her early love for communicating science. Today, she is grateful to be part of the vibrant science communication community at the University of Michigan and honored to contribute to its efforts to make science accessible, engaging, and inspiring for people at every stage of life!

Camila serves as a writer for an industry writing internship which is based on an exciting partnership between MiSciComm (previously known as MiSciWriters) x Arbor Assays (a local biotech company specializing in detection and immunoassay kits). She has worked closely with the editing team at MiSciComm as well as Arbor Assays’ Commercial Team Senior Manager and Digital Marketing Strategist to deliver this piece, which is now featured in the company’s Blog & News segment!

Read her article, “How Innovation Has Transformed Conservation Efforts Twenty Years After Steve Irwin”!

Camila is also a contributor to Equilibri-UM is a University of Michigan Science & Art Print Magazine. It is a handheld magazine that is distributed every September (but is also available online!), designed to make research across all of STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and medicine) more engaging, fun and tangible.

Read her article, “Building the Periodic Table”!

Congratulations, Camila! We can’t wait to see where your passion for science communication takes you next!

ASMS and ACS Conference Recaps

This summer, Bailey lab members traveled to different conferences to present their research! Back in May, 5th year PhD student, Hanyu Zheng represented the Bailey lab at the American Society for Mass Spectrometry conference (ASMS) in San Diego, CA! Last week, 4th year PhD student, Anusha Vajrala traveled to Chicago, IL to present her work at the American Chemical Society (ACS) Fall 2026 meeting! Congratulations to them both for presenting their work at these national conferences!

Clara is accepted into The Acute and Critical Care Engineering Training Program!

Congratulations to 3rd year PhD student, Clara Droessler, for being accepted into the NIH T32 Acute and Critical Care Engineering Training Program (ACCETP)! This training program is designed to provide translational research training and career development for doctoral students pursuing PhD research with potential for impact in acute and/or critical care settings. We are so proud of you!

 
 

2026 Karle Symposium Recap

Bailey Lab members attended the Alum|NUM and URAN|UM event and presented at the Isabella & Jerome Karle Symposium back in July! Invited speakers spanned both academia and industry, with Dr. Scott Moravek (PPG) and Professor Shannon Stahl (University of Wisconsin-Madison) giving the keynote lectures. Additional events included visiting faculty and industry-led panels, professional development activities, graduate student presentations, and poster sessions.

Undergraduate Caroline Weiland presented her research at the URAN|UM poster session! Representing the Bailey Lab at the Karle Symposium were PhD candidates, Lindsay Heagle, Hanyu Zheng, and Clara Droessler. Lindsay and Hanyu were selected for oral presentations, while Clara presented at the poster session. Both Lindsay and Clara won presentation awards at the symposium! 

Congratulations and wonderful job to all participating Bailey Lab members!

Thank you to all of the student organizers, sponsors, visiting faculty and industry professionals and we look forward to participating in the Karle Symposium next year!

New Publication! Congratulations to Anusha and Manik on their work in Trends in Analytical Chemistry!

Congratulations to 3rd-year student, Anusha Vajrala, and 4th-year student, Manik Reddy on their recent co-first author publication in Trends in Analytical Chemistry!

Multiplexed protein diagnostics for complex infection-associated conditions: Advancing proof-of-concept biosensors toward clinical deployment

Abstract: Infection-associated health conditions are often diagnostically overlooked, largely due to non-specific overlapping symptoms, and the limited availability of multiplexed assays. Their diagnosis is further exacerbated by differences in underlying patient-to-patient physiology, which results in considerable heterogeneity in disease presentation and diagnostic levels of candidate biomarkers. Multiplexed protein detection offers one approach to addressing confounding patient heterogeneities, providing a functional snapshot of current disease states. Commercial assays compatible with such disease profiling are often time-consuming and require trained operators, restricting their utility in rapid clinical decision making. Recently, miniaturized, multiplexed protein diagnostics have emerged in hopes of addressing these limitations but have largely been restricted to proof-of-concept demonstrations. The path towards deployable technologies is often not fully appreciated during fundamental method development, which can lead to downstream problems in translation and adoption. This review emphasizes the role of multiplexed protein-based diagnostics as exploratory and translational research tools for infection-associated health conditions.

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