Mimicking Living Cells: Synthesizing Ribosomes
Northwestern synthetic biology researchers, working with partners at Harvard Medical School, have for the first time synthesized protein-generating cell structures called ribosomes in a test tube.
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McCormick Researchers Present at Synthetic Biology Conference
Professors and graduate students presented research at the sixth annual BioBricks Foundation Synthetic Biology Conference Series in London.
Keith Tyo Earns Early Career Award
Keith Tyo has been selected as the recipient of the 2013 ISEN Early Career Investigator Award.
Two Grand Challenges Explorations Grants for Global Health
The innovative research of Northwestern professors who are making a difference in synthetic biology has been recognized with two early-stage discovery awards from Grand Challenges Explorations, an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Northwestern Team Takes Top Honors at Synthetic Biology Competition
A team of McCormick students took top honors last month at a regional competition for iGEM, an undergraduate synthetic biology competition.
Michael Jewett Receives Prestigious Packard Fellowship
Jewett will use the award to advance his research on developing cell-free synthetic biology for biomanufacturing new classes of life-saving drugs, sustainable fuels and novel materials from renewable resources.
Michael Jewett Receives DARPA Young Faculty Award
With the award, Jewett aims to reconceptualize the way we engineer biology for producing next generation materials.
Michael Jewett Receives Early Career Honor
Michael Jewett has received the Agilent Early Career Professor Award from Agilent Technologies Inc. in recognition of excellence in measurement research in the field of systems biology.
Joshua Leonard Testifies About Synthetic Biology
Joshua Leonard testified on June 29 to the House Committee on Science and Technology’s Subcommittee on Research and Science Education at a hearing designed to examine the future of the biological sciences.
MURI grant awarded to Northwestern
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