4/16 / 2025

Dr. Michel Koo has been honored as the 2025 recipient of Birnberg Research Medal Award. Since 1954, 65 leaders in dental medicine, including numerous past IADR presidents and NIDCR directors, have received this honor, selected for their important interdisciplinary contributions to the profession through research and education.

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Dr. Dennis A. Mitchell, Interim Dean, Columbia College of Dental Medicine; Dr. Michel Koo; and Dr. Chang H. Lee, Director of Research, Columbia College of Dental Medicine.

11/25/2024

Dr. Michel Koo has been once again recognized for the scope, depth, and impact of his research — named on the 2024 Highly Cited Researchers by Clarivate!

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5/31 / 2024

We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Yuan Liu, a former Koo Lab member and instructor at Penn Dental Medicine, has joined the Temple University Kornberg School of Dentistry as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Oral Health Sciences. 

We wish Dr. Liu great success in her new role! 🍾🥂🙌

4/30/2024

Koo lab members Dr. Hong-Huy Tran, a postdoc studying micro-robotics and material science, and Chrissie Jaruchotiratanasakul, DScD Candidate, have received fellowships to join a pioneering collaboration between Penn Wharton's Mack Institute for Innovation Management and the Center for Innovation & Precision Dentistry (CiPD).

The team is tasked with developing  a commercialization strategy for the micro-robotics technology focused on oral healthcare.

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12/4/2023

Dr. Michel Koo has been recognized for the scope, depth, and impact of his research, being named a 2023 Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate!

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07/29/2023

Research about biogeography & tooth decay by Dr. Zhi Ren (Postdoc Fellow in the Koo lab) and collaborators was featured on "This Week in Microbiology (TWiM)", a podcast hosted by the American Society for Microbiology (ASM). 

🎧 Listen to the podcast using the player below👇 (story on our research starting from 00:28:10), or on Youtube.

06/27/2023

Spotlighted by NIH Research Matters: Koo Lab and collaborators' recent discovery uncovered a new contributor to tooth decay.

See News Release from National Institutes of Health 👉 LINK

03/14/2023

🏆🏆National double victory! Yilan Miao, DMD/MSE Candidate in the Koo lab, nails the 1st Place Robert Marquis Award at the 2023 AADOCR Mini Symposium for Young Investigators & 3rd Place Award of the National Student Research Group (NSRG) 411 Rapid Research Competition! 

Keep reaching for the stars, Yilan! 🌠👩‍🔬

12/8/2022

Dr. Hyun (Michel) Koo recognized for the scope and depth of research - named on the Highly Cited Researchers 2022 list from Clarivate!

See Press Release 👉https://bit.ly/Koo2022HighlyCited

11/16/2022

Proud PIs and young scientists presenting super cool research and winning award @ ASM Conference on Biofilms in Charlotte, NC! 👩‍🔬🦠🧫🔬🧑‍🔬

Congrats to Zhi Ren, recipient of ECS Award for Best Presentation, and all poster presenters!

10/31/2022

Creepy Crawlies on the Teeth😱

One more reason to brush & floss after Halloween treats! 👻🎃👻

👉 Featured story by NIH/NIDCR: https://bit.ly/3Uhy6zb

Spotlighted and Featured  by NIH/NIDCR: 

A Swarm of tiny, tooth-scrubbing robots that can do the job of a toothbrush, dental floss, and oral rinse all in one! 🤖🦾🦿

👉NIDCR News: https://bit.ly/3fpBAAL

05/13/2022

Congratulations to the presentation award winners @ 2022 PDM Research Day 👏🎉👍

• Yilan Miao (DMD/MSE Candidate) - AADOCR Travel Award (Dental Student)

• Alaa Babeer (DScD Candidate) - AADOCR Travel Award (Junior Investigator)

• Yuan Liu (DMD, PhD) - Joseph and Josephine Rabinowitz Award for Excellence in Research

01/29/2022

Yilan Miao (D'23), student researcher at Koo Lab & President of the Vernon Brightman Research Society (VBRS), advocates student research at Penn Dental Medicine 👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️🔬 

Check the PDM Explorer Newsletter here: 

12/21/2021

🥳Holiday gather-up! Wishing you a happy and healthy holiday❤️

Let's make 2022 one to remember. Cheers🥂🥂

02/01/2021

12/22/2020

Last lab meeting & virtual get-together in 2020. Wish everyone a HEALTHY and SUCCESSFUL 2021 !!