New Undergraduate Research Experience
We are looking for eight highly motivated students with an interest in research at the interface of engineering, biology, mathematics, and chemistry to participate in the 2018 summer research program … Continued
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Dr. Michael Jewett, the Recipient of the 2017 Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence Award, Shares His Approach to Teaching in the “Tips from Great Teachers” Article by Digital Learning
The Scientist Magazine Quotes Dr. Michael Jewett in Their Recent Article ” Custom-Made Molecules” by Ruth Williams
Northwestern Researchers Present at SEED 2017
Sarah Stainbrook (Tyo Lab), Anne dAquino (Jewett Lab), Michael Jewett, Weston Kightlinger (Jewett Lab), Cameron Glasscock (Lucks Lab), and Patrick  Donahue (Leonard Lab) represented the Center at the Synthetic Biology: Engineering, Evolution, … Continued
CSB Co-Director Michael Jewett Receives 2017 University Teaching Award
Northwestern’s Center for Synthetic Biology Turns in a Blockbuster Performance Its First Year Out
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