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    Category: News

    Improving Measurement of Gene Expression in Single Cells

    July 1, 2024

    By Lisa La Vallee

    A new technique identifies individual cells for RNA sequencing, empowering scientists to gather more accurate and precise scientific data.

    Northwestern researchers propose a new, holistic way to teach synthetic biology

    June 27, 2024

    By Lisa La Vallee

    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

    June 27, 2024

    By Lisa La Vallee

    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

    CSB Welcomes First DeFeo Family Undergraduate Research Fellows

    June 20, 2024

    By Lisa La Vallee

    Thanks to a generous grant from the DeFeo Family Foundation, five outstanding Northwestern undergraduate students were selected to be the first recipients of the DeFeo Family Undergraduate Research Fellowship Award. … Continued

    Goyal and Kennedy Named 2024 Pew Scholars

    June 20, 2024

    By Lisa La Vallee

    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

    June 12, 2024

    By Lisa La Vallee

    New study helps disentangle microbes’ role in global carbon cycle.

    Center for Synthetic Biology Biofoundry Opens for Business

    June 5, 2024

    By Lisa La Vallee

    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

    May 28, 2024

    By Ashty Karim

    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

    May 15, 2024

    By Lisa La Vallee

    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

    Northwestern University’s Center for Synthetic Biology and Synbio Africa Announce Inaugural Recipient of the Research Experience for Africans Fellowship

    April 8, 2024

    By Lisa La Vallee

    Northwestern University’s Center for Synthetic Biology (CSB) is pleased to announce George Peter Magoola as the inaugural recipient of the Center’s new Research Experience for Africans (SynBrREA) Fellowship. The pilot … Continued

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