Snapshots of the Dzakovich Lab

  • Samuel and Sahil optimizing MS parameters for a new flavonoid method (March, 2026)

  • Mike renovates the “Engineering Room” (December, 2025)

  • Ethan's prototype dehumidification system (December, 2025)

  • Mike's first government shutdown. He decided to repaint the laundry room among other home improvement projects (October, 2025)

  • Checking up on our Caco-2 cell line for iron bioavailability studies (August, 2025)

  • MORE microgreens? We're over it, but they are nice to look at (August, 2025)

  • Testing out some fancy new LED lights (June, 2025)

  • Haaniya presents at Rice University’s NSURS symposium (April, 2025)

  • Franz and Alex work on a NASA-funded project (February, 2025)

  • Dzakovich and Moran Lab Lunar New Year lunch (January, 2025)

  • Haaniya creates her first LC-MS/MS method (January, 2025)

  • Dzakovich Lab day off - Escape room (November, 2024)

  • Alex and Suraj teaming up to harvest experimental material (October, 2024)

  • Alex and Suraj getting to the root of things (October, 2024)

  • Suraj creates develops a hydroponic salinity screening platform for spinach (October, 2024)

  • University of Houston senior capstone team presents their project (April, 2024)

  • Rachel presents at the Pediatric Research Symposium (April, 2024)

  • The Dzakovich Lab tries to cross spinach. We like spinach a lot less after all this (November, 2023)

  • Mike's weekend hobby of taking care of the CNRC "garden" is paying off (June, 2023)

  • Congressman Al Greene visits the CNRC (April, 2023)

  • The growth chamber is starting to fill up with new experimental material (February, 2023)

  • Mike saves >$10k figuring out what was causing the liquid handling robot to move to the wrong location (January, 2023)

  • Who rescued who?? The Dzakovich Lab "adopts" a Tecan Freedom Evo 150 liquid handling system from a lab in Boston (September, 2022)

  • The lab is FINALLY looking cleaned up and ready to go! (August, 2022)

  • Our Waters UPLC-PDA-QDa (single quad) is unpacked and almost setup (June, 2022)

  • The greenhouse is clean and ready for experiments! (April, 2022)

  • It's here! Our Waters UPLC-PDA-QDa resting in the hallway after its world tour (April, 2022)

  • The Dzakovich Lab's first 3D printer being built (February, 2022)

  • Holy moly this greenhouse needs A LOT of work (September, 2021)

  • I mean, I'm a 90's kid, but this is far too much nostalgia for me (September, 2026)

  • Mike starting to "lose his marbles" (September, 2021)

  • Oh boy... (September, 2021)

  • Mike learns how much stuff his lab space can hold as he cleans out every cabinet and drawer (mostly trash but some treasures) (September, 2021)

  • Mike's first in-person day with the USDA-ARS and after Houston decided to officially welcome him with a hurricane the day before (September, 2021)