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    Author: Lisa La Vallee

    North Park University Interns Investigate Synthetic Biology at Northwestern

    April 30, 2025

    By Lisa La Vallee

    When senior Bogdan Buzdugan first learned about the Center for Synthetic Biology’s new internship for North Park University undergraduates, he had just finished his last final of the semester. “I … Continued

    CSB leaders voice concerns about funding cuts, emphasizing “We’re doing this for everybody”

    April 26, 2025

    By Lisa La Vallee

    When the Trump administration announced its $790 million funding freeze for Northwestern University, halting important research in labs across the university, Center for Synthetic Biology leaders sprang into action. Their … Continued

    Synthetic Biology Graduate Students Step Up

    April 9, 2025

    By Lisa La Vallee

    “Student organizations were super active here pre-COVID, but when COVID started, things began to fizzle,” says Dylan Brown, a fifth-year chemical engineering student in the Lucks Lab. Even after the … Continued

    Two CSB Faculty Inducted into AIMBE College of Fellows

    April 1, 2025

    By Lisa La Vallee

    Center for Synthetic Biology faculty members Joshua Leonard and Jonathan Rivnay are part of AIMBE’s College of Fellows Class of 2025.

    Lucks Named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

    April 1, 2025

    By Lisa La Vallee

    Professor Julius Lucks will be celebrated in June in Washington, D.C.

    Center for Synthetic Biology Announces Taylor Nichols, PhD, as Director of Research

    March 20, 2025

    By Lisa La Vallee

    The Center for Synthetic Biology (CSB) is pleased to announce the appointment of Taylor Nichols, PhD, as the Director of Research (DOR). Taylor joined the Center in March 2025 and … Continued

    Northwestern CSB Alum to Compete on Jeopardy!

    March 14, 2025

    By Lisa La Vallee

    Northwestern alumnus Adam Silverman, PhD, Staff Scientist at ADA Forsyth, will compete on Jeopardy! next week. A former Center for Synthetic Biology (CSB) graduate student in the labs of Julius … Continued

    CSB launches inaugural Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

    March 12, 2025

    By Lisa La Vallee

    The Center for Synthetic Biology (CSB) recently welcomed five early researchers to the CSB Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. The inaugural cohort will engage in cutting-edge synthetic biology at Northwestern for one … Continued

    Iron Oxides Act as Natural Catalysts to Unlock Phosphorus to Fuel Plant Growth

    March 5, 2025

    By Lisa La Vallee

    New study finds minerals drive phosphorus release at enzyme-like rates

    New Northwestern Synthetic Biology Core Opens for Business

    March 4, 2025

    By Lisa La Vallee

    There’s a new core in town, the Center for Synthetic Biology (CSB) BioFoundry, and it recently opened its doors to Northwestern investigators and affiliated startups interested in scaling up and … Continued

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