Karl is the latest addition to the Lucks Group. Karl is interested in engineering RNAs to control all aspects of gene expression, and how this can be linked to biotechnology applications. Welcome Karl!
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Our SHAPE-Seq v2.0 Paper is Out!
David, Kyle and Alex just published their SHAPE-Seq 2.0 paper in Nucleic Acids Research. This paper was a monumental amount of work, and aimed to address two big issues in the SHAPE-Seq experiment – examining whether or not there were biases in the experiment due to the various steps of the next-generation sequencing aspect ofContinue reading “Our SHAPE-Seq v2.0 Paper is Out!”
Sarai and Melissa win AIChE Women’s Initiatives Committee Travel Award!
Sarai and Melissa received AIChE Women’s Initiatives Committee Travel Awards to attend the AIChE national meeting in Atlanta in November. These are prestigious awards, based on their strong scholastic achievement combined with a demonstrated passion towards the mission of WIC – promoting the entry, development, and participation of women with AIChE and profession of chemical engineering.Continue reading “Sarai and Melissa win AIChE Women’s Initiatives Committee Travel Award!”
Julius joins Computational Biology Field
The Lucks Lab was recently admitted into the Cornell Field of Computational Biology. Cornell’s field system allows faculty members to create bridges between departments, and is one of the features of Cornell that fosters its highly collaborative environment. Joining the field of computational biology will allow the lab to push the development of new techniquesContinue reading “Julius joins Computational Biology Field”
Rebecca wins an ELI Scholarship!
Rebecca was awarded research funding as part of Cornell’s engineering learning initiatives (ELI) program. The ELI program enhances undergraduate learning by providing opportunities for students to engage in cooperative learning and undergraduate research. As part of this program, Rebecca will be working with Sarai on uncovering the design principles that underlie some of our new RNAContinue reading “Rebecca wins an ELI Scholarship!”
Angela Yu Rotates in the Lab!
Angela Yu is rotating in the lab from the Tri-Institutional computational biology and medicine program. Angela got her undergraduate degree in computational biology at UPenn. She’ll be working on some new computational RNA folding projects in her rotation. Welcome Angela!
One Year Later – Chelsea, Alex, Paul and Cameron Pass the Q!
Congratulations Chelsea, Alex, Paul and Cameron for passing their qualifying exam with flying colors! Now let’s do some science!
Lucks Lab Featured in Engineering College Magazine
The Lucks Lab is featured in the recent Cornell Engineering Magazine. The article, entitled ‘Code Breaker’, delves into the lab’s quest to unlock the secrets of RNA molecules to both understand and engineer living systems. The article also dives into some of the twists and turns in Julius’ career trajectory, including how he has overcomeContinue reading “Lucks Lab Featured in Engineering College Magazine”
We are back at Cold Spring Harbor for the CSHL SynBio Summer Course
Melissa and Julius are back teaching the CSHL SynBio summer course. Following off of last year’s success, we brought a ton of TX-TL to the course (thanks to Richard Murray!), a bunch of research questions, and some Trello organizational skills to enable the 2014 students to push the boundaries of synthetic biology knowledge! So farContinue reading “We are back at Cold Spring Harbor for the CSHL SynBio Summer Course”
Julius, James, Melissa and Chelsea Present at the first SEED Conference
We traveled out to sunny LA to present some of the lab’s latest work at the inaugural Synthetic Biology, Engineering, Evolution and Design (SEED) meeting. Julius gave a talk on the latest results from the lab and James, Melissa and Chelsea presented posters on their work. We were pumped by how excited everyone was aboutContinue reading “Julius, James, Melissa and Chelsea Present at the first SEED Conference”
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