Michael Tu, Ph.D.



Experience

2020 - Present Liquid Diagnostics LLC Consulting Scientist
2017 - 2020 EZLife Bio Inc R&D Director
2015 - 2017 UCLA Dentistry T90 Postdoctoral Scholar
2012-2015 UCLA Dentistry T32 Predoctoral Scholar
2011 Evidia Biosciences Consultant
2009 - 2012 UCLA Engineering Teacher’s Assistant
2008 Genefluidics Intern


Education

Ph.D. (2015)

UCLA Biomedical Engineering

M.S. (2010)

UCLA Biomedical Engineering

B.S. (2009)

UCLA Bioengineering


Select Publications

- M. K. Tu, et al. “The Kinetics of COVID-19 Vaccine Response in a Community-Vaccinated Population,” J.I., p. ji2100919, Jan. 2022, doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.2100919.

- S. H. Chiang, M.Tu, et al., “Development and validation of a quantitative, non-invasive, highly sensitive and specific, electrochemical assay for anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies in saliva,” PLoS ONE, vol. 16, no. 7, p. e0251342, Jul. 2021, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0251342.

- M. Tu et al., “Rapid PCR-Free Meat Species Identification using Electric Field Induced Release and Measurement (EFIRM®),” Analytica Chimica Acta, p. S000326701931414X, Nov. 2019, doi: 10.1016/j.aca.2019.11.051.

- M. Tu et al., “Electric Field Induced Release and Measurement (EFIRM): Characterization and Technical Validation of a Novel Liquid Biopsy Platform in Plasma and Saliva,” The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, p. S1525157820303500, Jun. 2020, doi: 10.1016/j.jmoldx.2020.05.005.

- M. Tu, D. Chia, F. Wei, and D. Wong, “Liquid biopsy for detection of actionable oncogenic mutations in human cancers and electric field induced release and measurement liquid biopsy (eLB),” The Analyst, 2016, doi: 10.1039/C5AN01863C.

- M. Suh et al., “A Remote Patient Monitoring System for Congestive Heart Failure,” Journal of Medical Systems, vol. 35, no. 5, pp. 1165–1179, May 2011, doi: 10.1007/s10916-011-9733-y.

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