Minerals Play Newly Discovered Role in Earth’s Phosphorus Cycle
New research finds that iron oxide in soils can recycle phosphorus from organic matter.
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Transporting Precious Cargo Using the Body’s Own Delivery System
Advances ‘get us one step closer to the ultimate goal of targeted biological drug delivery’
Northwestern Medicine physician-scientist Jaehyuk Choi, MD, PhD joins the Breakthroughs Podcast to discuss his lab’s latest research elucidate the underlying mechanisms of lupus but also suggest potential therapeutic strategies.
Northwestern researchers propose a new, holistic way to teach synthetic biology
The field of synthetic biology, the science of manipulating biology, has a lot of “cooks in the kitchen,” which has both helped it flourish and made it unusually difficult to … Continued
2024 Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates Begins
Ten promising university students from across the US will call Northwestern their home this summer as the 2024 cohort of the Synthetic Biology Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (SynBREU). The … Continued
Goyal and Kennedy Named 2024 Pew Scholars
Yogesh Goyal, PhD, assistant professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, has been named a Pew-Stewart Scholar in Cancer Research.
Soil bacteria respire more CO2 after eating non-sugar organic matter
New study helps disentangle microbes’ role in global carbon cycle.
Center for Synthetic Biology Biofoundry Opens for Business
The CSB Biofoundry, a new resource launched by Northwestern’s Center for Synthetic Biology, welcomed researchers and startups to its first Open House last week. The facility, located at 1801 Maple … Continued
Revealing new insights on membrane protein organization
Neha Kamat and her team uncovers how differences in the thickness of biological membranes can impact a protein’s ability to insert and move within membranes.
CSB Trainee Spotlight: Growing as a Scientist and Giving Back
For Laura Hertz, a fifth-year graduate student in the Interdisciplinary Biological Sciences Program, the opportunity to work in the lab of Julius Lucks, co-director of the Center for Synthetic Biology, … Continued