Welcome to the Vargis Lab!

Image of the Month
June 2025

Chase and Dr V smiling in their labCheck out our newest paper in Lab on a Chip! Chase and I developed a microfluidic platform that mimics the retinal environment, enabling researchers to observe the earliest cellular changes associated with AMD—one of the leading causes of vision loss worldwide (Dahle, 2024).

Summer 2025 Lab Meetings

Thursdays, 2pm, Sant (ENINV) 105
**** NO LAB MEETINGS July 10, July 17, or July 24***


Updated 7/2/25

Recent News


  • Dylan received an URCO for Summer 2025, congrats!
  • WHOA! Sophia is this year's Scholar of the Year for the College of Engineering, wait, make that for Utah State University! Congrats!
  • Check out another paper from Chase's PhD in Lab on a Chip!