Eric and Julius recently attended the 18th Annual Rustbelt RNA Meeting in Cleveland. Eric had the opportunity to present a short talk on his latest work on SHAPE-Seq technology and was later presented with the award for best talk! Congratulations Eric!
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The Lucks Lab moves to Northwestern University
The entire Lucks Lab for RNA Engineering has recently moved to Northwestern University! The lab joins the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering in the McCormick School of Engineering and joins Danielle Tullman Ercek’s group as the newest members of Northwestern’s Center for Synthetic Biology, which aims to program biological systems to solve big problems.Continue reading “The Lucks Lab moves to Northwestern University”
Khalid K. Alam joins as a postdoctoral fellow!
The Lucks Lab for RNA Engineering is excited to announce that Khalid K. Alam has joined the lab as the newest postdoctoral fellow! Khalid recently completed his PhD work on aptamer evolution and engineering from the Burke Lab at the University of Missouri, and supplements the Lucks Lab’s expertise on the rational design ofContinue reading “Khalid K. Alam joins as a postdoctoral fellow!”
Julius Wins ACS Synthetic Biology Young Investigator Award!
Julius was named the recipient of the 2016 ACS Synthetic Biology Young Investigator Award. Established in 2014, the award recognizes the contribution of a scientist who has made a major impact on the field of synthetic biology, early in their career. Julius was presented with the award and gave a talk on the latest researchContinue reading “Julius Wins ACS Synthetic Biology Young Investigator Award!”
Matthew and Katherine join the lab!
Katherine and Matthew have joined the lab from the Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology program – welcome Katherine and Mathew!
Our 11th Paper is Published with Trello!
Anyone that has spent any time with us knows how much we love Trello. If you haven’t heard of it, it is a lightweight team management tool that we use throughout the lab – from writing papers and grants, to managing lab orders and our lab safety system. We’ve even used it extensively as aContinue reading “Our 11th Paper is Published with Trello!”
Introducing Dr. Watters!
Dr. Watters next heads to Jennifer Doudna’s lab – go Dr. Watters!
Kyle Wins Austin Hooey Graduate Award
Kyle is the recipient of an Austin Hooey Graduate Award. The Hooey award is the highest honor that CBE bestows on graduate students, and recognizes those students who have demonstrated the highest research quality and productivity, and who have demonstrated a track record of service to their research group, department, and community. The Hooey award is givenContinue reading “Kyle Wins Austin Hooey Graduate Award”
Alex wins the CBE 2016 Outstanding Scholar Award!
Congratulations Alex for winning the CBE 2016 Outstanding Scholar Award! The award recognizes Alex’s outstanding research accomplishments as an undergraduate and his transition to industry where he will join Caribou Biosciences. Congratulations Alex!
Our paper on the design principles of transcriptional attenuators is out!
Melissa, Kyle, Tim and Paul’s paper “Using in-cell SHAPE-Seq and simulations to probe structure-function design principles of RNA transcriptional regulators” is out in RNA! This paper marks an important milestone for us – its our first manuscript on using information gleaned from in-cell SHAPE-Seq experiments to inform the design of new RNA regulators! This project startedContinue reading “Our paper on the design principles of transcriptional attenuators is out!”
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