CSB ’25 By the Numbers
Message from Co-Directors Dear CSB Community, While 2025 brought its share of challenges, it ultimately became a year of remarkable growth and momentum for the Center—made possible by the strength, creativity, and … Continued
Author: Lisa La Vallee
Turning the Tide
Northwestern Engineering researchers develop technologies to protect, manage and recover resources from our water supply.
Iron Minerals’ Hidden Chemistry Explains How Soils Trap Carbon
From mixed charges to chemical bonding, iron uses multiple strategies to lock carbon away.
Building Community, Shaping the Future: Inside the CSB Trainee Association
What began in the aftermath of the pandemic as an effort to foster deeper connections among graduate students, postdocs, faculty, and administrators in Northwestern’s Center for Synthetic Biology (CSB) has … Continued
CSB Staff Profile: Behind the Numbers—A Conversation with CSB Business Administrator Brianna Bullock
We recently spoke with Brianna Bullock, the Center for Synthetic Biology’s (CSB) Business Administrator, about her path to Northwestern, her day-to-day work, and her interests in East Asian culture, language learning, … Continued
Research How Bacteria Use Enzymes to Direct Carbon Traffic for Energy and Useful Chemicals
Study shows how soil microbes steer carbon flow to adapt and create valuable byproducts.
Michael Grunwald Discusses the Future of Food and the Planet at Northwestern
On October 29, 2025, the Center for Synthetic Biology at Northwestern University welcomed acclaimed journalist and author Michael Grunwald for a public talk on his latest book, We Are Eating … Continued
Northwestern’s Center for Synthetic Biology Celebrates a Decade of Discovery, Collaboration, and Impact
In 2016, the Center for Synthetic Biology (CSB) was founded with a bold mission: to advance the frontiers of fundamental science and engineering research that allows us to reuse, repurpose, … Continued
Goyal Named Mallinckrodt Foundation Grant Fellow
Center for Synthetic Biology’s Yogesh Goyal, PhD, has been named a 2025-2028 Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Foundation Grant Fellow.
Order from Disordered Proteins
Physics-based machine learning algorithm applied to biomolecule design