Julius was recently invited to be a member of the Editorial Board of Nucleic Acids Research. Nucleic Acids Research is a preeminent journal featuring cutting edge research into the physical, chemical, biochemical and biological aspects of nucleic acids and the protein machinery that interacts with them in the cell. Its long tradition of excellence hasContinue reading “Julius joins Nucleic Acids Research Editorial Board!”
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Congratulations Karl and Chelsea on passing their exams!
Chelsea recently passed her A exam and Karl recently passed his masters exam – congratulations! Karl will be joining Merk back in Ireland soon – we’ll miss you Karl!
Julius receives College Teaching Award
Julius was the recent recipient of the Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. Tucker `50 Excellence in Teaching Award, the highest award for teaching in the Cornell College of Engineering. The award recognizes Julius’ excellence and achievements in teaching Heat and Mass Transfer, and his co-creation of ChemE 7770 “Advanced Principles of Biomolecular Engineering”, one ofContinue reading “Julius receives College Teaching Award”
Professor Venkat Gopalan Visits the Lab!
We were recently delighted to host Professor Venkat Gopalan from Ohio State University in the lab! Professor Gopalan studies RNase P, an ancient RNA that catalyzes a key reaction required for all life. It’s discovery by Sidney Altman earned him a Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1989 for the discovery that RNA molecules can catalyze chemical reactions. After trainingContinue reading “Professor Venkat Gopalan Visits the Lab!”
Sarai’s Paper Featured in B&B Spotlight!
Sarai’s paper was recently featured in a Biotechnology and Bioengineering spotlight Shining RNA STAR power on bacterial gene expression. Each issue of B&B features four spotlights highlighting the most exciting work in the journal. It’s quite an honor! Congratulations Sarai, James, Sitara and Rebecca!
Get our plasmids from the Lucks Lab AddGene Page!
The Lucks Lab now officially has an Addgene page! Addgene is a non-profit plasmid repository that promotes sharing of life sciences research materials through their distribution system. We have greatly benefited from easy access to the explosion of molecular tools out there which has really helped us accelerate our research! If you have never heard ofContinue reading “Get our plasmids from the Lucks Lab AddGene Page!”
Sarai and Alex win SynBERC Poster Awards!
Sarai and Alex recently won best poster awards for their posters on engineering STARs and RNA circuits at the 2015 Fall SynBERC retreat! Congratulations team!
Lucks Lab helps ‘Build with Biology’
We recently helped out with a new public engagement activity called ‘Building with Biology’! Sponsored by the National Science Foundation and based at the Museum of Science in Boston, Building with Biology is a program designed to promote conversations between the public and scientists about synthetic biology. As part of the project, we have beenContinue reading “Lucks Lab helps ‘Build with Biology’”
Our in-cell SHAPE-Seq paper is out!
Our method for characterizing the cellular structure and function of RNA regulators is out in Nucleic Acids Research. The paper outlines our method for applying SHAPE-Seq to characterize RNA structures within E. coli cells by directly applying the 1M7 SHAPE reagent to cell culture. Since we are very interested in RNAs that regulate gene expression,Continue reading “Our in-cell SHAPE-Seq paper is out!”
Kyle Becomes an Inaugural Fleming Fellow!
Kyle has been selected as an inaugural Fleming Graduate Scholar in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. The Fleming Scholarships are due to a generous gift from Sam and Nancy Fleming to support the most outstanding PhD students pursuing research in biomolecular engineering at Cornell. Congratulations Kyle!
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