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The Lucks lab is excited to announce that postdoctoral fellow Molly Evans was awarded an R03 grant from the Nation Institutes of Health (NIH)!

Congratulations to Adam Silverman on winning a Northwestern University Presidential Fellowship! The Presidential Fellowship is the most prestigious award offered to graduate students by Northwestern. It is awarded to students who promise to combine outstanding intellectual or creative ability with the capacity to play an important leadership role not only in the Society of Fellows,Continue reading “Adam wins Presidential Fellowship!”

One of the major challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic has been shortages, slow speed, and cost of diagnostics tests. The Lucks lab hopes to change that. In a collaborative effort, the Lucks, Jewett, Leonard, and Mangan labs were awarded a National Science Foundation Rapid Response Research (NSF RAPID) grant to develop inexpensive, point-of-use diagnostics forContinue reading “Lucks lab awarded collaborative NSF RAPID grant!”

The newest doctor in the Lucks lab, Dr. Angela Yu, defended her thesis this March! Because she could not present in person due to COVID-19, she adapted her defense for the videoconferencing platform Zoom. In this presentation, Angela demonstrated how her innovations in the computational platforms R2D2 and DUETT lead to a better understanding ofContinue reading “Angela successfully defends thesis!”

Lucks lab member Luyi Cheng, collaborator Dr. Sera Young, and Julius presented at the 2020 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) meeting in February. In the panel “Managing Water: New Tools for Sustainable Development,” Julius and Sera were interviewed by Luyi about new tools for managing water sustainability. Luyi also presented on riboswitchesContinue reading “Luyi, Julius, and Sera present at AAAS meeting!”