Author: Ashty Karim
Dr. Lucks quoted in Wall Street Journal About New CRISPR Diagnostics.
Center’s for Synthetic Biology Faculty member,  Dr.  Julius B Lucks, was quoted in The Wall Street Journal about new CRISPR diagnostics technology SHERLOCK . Full Article can  be found at the … Continued
The Lucks Lab has Created New Methods to Study How RNAs Fold as They are Synthesized
This entry was posted in News on April 10, 2017 by Khalid Alam Eric and Kyle’s paper “ Distributed biotin-streptavidin transcription roadblocks for mapping cotranscriptional RNA folding” is now online at … Continued
Leonard and Tullman-Ercek labs host science outreach event teaming up with Science Explorers
The Leonard and Tullman-Ercek labs partnered with the Science Explorer program at Mather High School to host students for a hands-on synthetic biology experience. The Science Explorer program pairs small … Continued
Prof. Michael Jewett, Co-Director of Northwestern’s Center for Synthetic Biology, & His Team Receives Funding from The Human Frontier Science Program to Create Ribozymes
Prof.  Michael Jewett, co-director of The Center For Synthetic Biology, & his team, after being awarded a grant from The Human Frontier Science Program,  hopes to create cells called ribozymes … Continued
DoD Labs Visit the Northwestern Center for Synthetic Biology
Scott Walper (NRL), Jorge Chaves Benavides (AFRL), Michael Jewett (NU), Nancy Kelley-Loughnane (AFRL), Julius Lucks (NU), Matthew Lux (ECBC)
Dr. Neda Bagheri Receives Young Faculty Award
Dr. neda Bagheri, The Center for Synthetic Biology Faculty member, has received a Faculty Early Career Devolpment Program (CAREER) award from the National Science Foundation (NSF). More info:  https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2017/february/neda-bagheri-receives-prestigious-honor-for-young-faculty