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The Lucks Lab is excited to welcome its newest lab member, Yuntong Zou! Yuntong earned a B.S. in Veterinary Medicine from Nanjing Agricultural University, including a year as an exchange student at Aarhus University in Denmark, followed by work as a research assistant at McGill University and wildlife conservation volunteer experience in Australia. She wentContinue reading “Yuntong joins the lab!”

The Lucks lab welcomes a new member: Xavier “Xav” Bower! They are currently in the Chemical and Biological Engineering PhD program at Northwestern University, co-advised with Josh Leonard.  Before Northwestern, they graduated with a B.S. in Molecular Engineering and a Minor in Spanish Language and Literature from University of Chicago and then worked at the diagnosticsContinue reading “Xav joins the lab!”

Dr. Jenni Li successfully defended her PhD in Chemical and Biological Engineering! Jenni was also a Distinguished Graduate Researcher runner-up and presented her work at the Northwestern University Chemical and Biological Engineering retreat this year. Congratulations Dr. Li!

Congratulations to Lucks lab member Laura Hertz on being selected by the RNA Society as a Junior Scientist Committee Representative. Laura is a rising sixth year Ph.D. candidate in the Interdisciplinary Biological Sciences Program and is a huge fan of RNA! As a Junior Scientist Representative, Laura will help promote professional development and networking opportunitiesContinue reading “Laura Selected as RNA Society Junior Scientist Representative”

Congratulations to Lucks lab graduate students Herma Demissie, Maram Naji, Juliana Feng, and Edric Choi for winning prestigious fellowships! Herma, a Ph.D. student in Chemical and Biological Engineering, won a Biotechnology Training Program (BTP) fellowship. Maram–also pursuing a Ph.D. in Chemical and Biological Engineering–received a SynBAS fellowship and a National Science Foundation Graduate Research FellowshipContinue reading “Several Lucks Lab Members Win Fellowships”

The Lucks Lab welcomed another new lab member in 2022: Anibal Arce Medina! He has a degree in Biochemistry and a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. During his time in college, he participated in an exchange program at the University of California, Davis for two quarters. In his previous work,Continue reading “Anibal joins the lab!”

The Lucks lab is excited to welcome 3 new members—Herma, Juliana, and Maram! Herma Demissie is a first year PhD student in the Chemical & Biological Engineering program. She received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Colombia University. As an undergraduate student, Herma worked with Dr. Allie Obermeyer studying the complex coacervation behavior of ELPContinue reading “Maram, Juliana, and Herma join the lab!”

Lucks Lab PhD candidate David Bushhouse was recognized with a poster award at the RNA Society Meeting 2022 in Boulder, CO. Congratulations on the excellent poster, David!

Tyler Lucci, a chemical engineering PhD student, is joining the Lucks lab! Tyler earned his B.S. from SUNY Buffalo in 2016 and completed the M.S.CEP program at MIT in 2017. Tyler then joined Corning Incorporated where he worked as a chemical process engineer. At Corning, Tyler studied ion exchange for glass article strengthening, including theContinue reading “Tyler Lucci Joins the Lab!”

At the 12th Annual Biophysics Symposium, held by NU’s Molecular Biophysics Training Program, David presented a poster featuring his research of how expression platform folding tunes the dynamic range of the ZTP riboswitch using a strand invasion mechanism. He tied for first place in the poster competition with Anna Talyzina of the He Lab.