Highlighted News

03-13-2026 | A new -80°C freezer has arrived at Yang Lab

Very exciting to see that our new -80°C freezer has officially arrived at Yang Lab today. This is an important step in setting up the lab and expanding our research capacity. Looking forward to all the exciting work ahead as the lab continues to take shape!

03-12-2026 | Yang Lab presented at ECE seminar

Yang Lab was pleased to present our research at the ECE seminar this week. Invited by Prof. Eric Zhu and Prof. Samee Khan, the talk, Food as Medicine: Bridging Food Science, Materials, and Human Health, introduced our vision and ongoing efforts in oral delivery, nutrient stabilization, and translational food materials. Many thanks to the organizers and everyone who joined the discussion.

03-06-2026 | Our collaborative work with Tina is now online in PNAS

Delighted to share that our collaborative work with Tina, Mechanical performance of hybrid polymer–lipid vesicles with leaflet asymmetry engineered using microfluidics, is now officially online in PNAS. This milestone also marks the first collaborative publication from Yang Lab. Many thanks to Tina for involving me in this work, and congratulations to the entire team!

01-03-2026 | A new beginning in Manhattan

Today marks my first day in Manhattan and the start of an exciting new chapter. Grateful for this opportunity and looking forward to building Yang Lab, meeting new colleagues, and starting this journey ahead.

11-04-2025 | A new patch could help to heal the heart

Very exciting to see that our collaborative work with Dr. Wang has been officially online. The research was recently featured on the MIT News. Congratulations and thank you, Dr. Wang for taking the lead of this amazing work!

8-13-2025 | MOFs for Coffee Published in Matter

Our team at MIT is pioneering the use of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) to fortify coffee with essential nutrients such as iron and iodine. The research was recently featured on the MIT News homepage, and has been highlighted by C&EN, Nutrition Insight, Bioengineer, PhysOrg, Scienmag, newfoodmagazine, foodingredientfirst, Knowridge.

And also in Chinese social media, X-mol, Chem+, ScienceAI, MIT technology review, 微博, 今日头条, 搜狐, 知乎, 网易, 企鹅号, 麻省理工技术评论.