Northwestern Engineers And SAIC Artists Partner To Display Data As Art
ChicagoInno profiles Data as Art, a collaborative course between Northwestern and the School of the Art Institute to create art projects based on large data sets.
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Data as Art Showcases Collaborative Projects
This year’s projects were based on data from Chicago transportation, crime, genetics, and soil contamination.
Protein Conjugation Method Offers New Possibilities for Biomaterials
Professor Michael Jewett and his research team have demonstrated a novel method in which protein-polymer conjugates can display new and unique types of functionalities.
New Protein Manufacturing Process Unveiled
Researchers from Northwestern and Yale University have developed a user-friendly technology to help scientists understand how proteins work, which could lead to new drugs for a myriad of diseases.
Researchers Design First Artificial Ribosome
Researchers at Northwestern and the University of Illinois at Chicago have engineered an artificial ribosome, which may enable the production of new drugs and next-generation biomaterials.
Jewett Receives Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award
The national award honors young faculty members in the chemical sciences who demonstrate leadership in research and education.
Chance and Circumstance Tip Immune Control of Cancer
A team of Northwestern researchers developed a new computational model that elucidates the dynamic interplay between cancer and the immune system.
McCormick Professors Receive Prestigious Honor for Young Faculty
Keith Tyo is one of five McCormick faculty members to have received a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation.
Democratizing Synthetic Biology
By replacing highly specialized, expensive equipment with standard lab tools, Michael Jewett has made synthetic biology research cheaper, faster, and more accessible.
Synthetic Biology
With such ambitious goals as helping cure cancer and eradicating
pervasive disease, some of the most talented scientists in the
country from the emerging field of synthetic biology are breaking
new ground at Northwestern University.