SynBERC – the Synthetic Biology Engineering Research Center led by Jay Keasling – recently admitted Julius as an affiliated investigator – http://www.synberc.org/people#affiliates. The bi-annual SynBERC retreats are invaluable gatherings of researchers pushing the boundaries of synthetic biology. What an honor!
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Julius quoted in an article about the DARPA Living Foundries Program
Just a little blurb from attending the industry day. It is going to be very exciting to see what ideas come out of this program. http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/06/darpa-to-offer-30-million-to-jump.html?ref=hp
Synthetic Biology 5.0 Was a HUGE Success!
Many, many thanks to the wonderful group of people I worked with to make this the best conference I have ever gone to – Caroline Ajo Franklin, Jeff Tabor, Drew Endy, Holly Mililion, Lauren Ha and Thi van anh Thach. I learned a tremendous amount in the process, and it was awesome to see theContinue reading “Synthetic Biology 5.0 Was a HUGE Success!”
Julius Featured in Nature News – Life Hackers Seek New Tools
Building up to SB 5.0, Erica Check Hayden, checked in to see how the conference was shaping up – http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110614/full/474261a.html. It turned out to be a great piece on the state of the field of Synthetic Biology, and the excitement surrounding SB 5.0. And SHAPE-Seq got a plug too!
Let them Eat Dirt!
The article that Julius and Sera worked on when Sera was a graduate student at Cornell (and Julius was visiting with David Nelson on his sabbatical) finally came out in the Quarterly Review of Biology – http://www.jstor.org/pss/10.1086/659884. A LOT of press about it, including – http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=let-them-eat-dirt-11-06-03 .
Three PNAS Papers in a Row!
I can honestly say that we didn’t plan it like this, but the two SHAPE-Seq papers – “Multiplexed RNA structure characterization with selective 2’-hydroxyl acylation analyzed by primer extension sequencing (SHAPE-Seq).” (10.1073/pnas.1106501108) and “Modeling and automation of sequencing-based characterization of RNA structure.” (10.1073/pnas.1106541108) – came out on the heels of the attenuator paper – “VersatileContinue reading “Three PNAS Papers in a Row!”
RNA Engineering work is picked up by the media
What a great way to wrap up a Miller Fellowship. Julius, Stanley Qi and Adam Arkin featured in a few stories about our versatile RNA transcription engineering recently published in PNAS (DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1015741108). ‘Biological Circuits for Synthetic Biology’ –http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Biological_Circuits_for_Synthetic_Biology_999.html And that’s the Arkin lab RNA bench where a lot of SHAPE-Seq happened!
Coverstory: IEEE Spectrum
We were really lucky to get the IEEE Spectrum Cover this month for our article “Synthetic Biology’s Hunt for the Genetic Transistor” –http://spectrum.ieee.org/biomedical/devices/synthetic-biologys-hunt-for-the-genetic-transistor/0 . This was a lot of fun writing, and I hope we were convincing that electronics analogies have a large role in Synthetic Biology, ONCE we master some of the fundamental differences betweenContinue reading “Coverstory: IEEE Spectrum”
Melissa Takahashi and David Loughrey Join the Lab!
The inaugural Lucks Lab members are here! Looking forward to working with you to accomplish great things!