Beth is awarded an NSF Graduate Fellowship!
Beth was awarded the NSF Graduate Fellowship this year. The NSF graduate fellowship recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in science and engineering. It is one of the most prestigious awards at this stage of their career. Congratulations, Beth!
Miranda successfully defends her thesis!
Miranda Jacobs, a graduate student in the Interdiscliplinary Biosciences (IBiS) Program successfully defended her thesis. Miranda is the first graduate of our lab! Her thesis was titled, “Investigating How Membrane Mechanical Properties Affect the Expression, Folding, and Function of a Model Mechanosensitive Channel Protein.”
Neha receives the NSF Career Award
Neha Kamat has received a Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the foundation’s most prestigious honor for junior faculty members. Neha’s lab will receive $700,082 over five years from NSF’s Division of Materials Research. The award was highlighted by McCormick Engineering News.
Miranda’s paper is in the Best of Biophysical Journal 2021!
Miranda’s paper “,” is featured in the “Best of Biophysical Journal 2021.” The “Best of” series showcases some of the past year’s most exciting biophysics research and our paper appears as a top ten publication. .
Citlayi and Vivian are awarded fellowships!
Citlayi Villaseñor, who recently completed her first year as a PhD student in Northwestern’s Interdisciplinary Biological Sciences (IBiS) Graduate Program, is a recipient of the Molecular Biophysics Training Program at Northwestern. The Biophysics training program is funded by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) of the National Institutes of Health (5T32 GM008382). Vivian […]
Anna Davis is awarded Best Oral Presentation at Northwestern’s URG Research Expo!
Anna Davis was awarded Best Oral Presentation at the Undergraduate Research and Arts Exposition at Northwestern last week! Anna presented her work on vesicle-based sensors for extracellular potassium detection. Great job, Anna!
Our paper, led by Miranda, is out in BiophysJ!
Miranda’s paper studying the effects of dietary fatty acids, EPA and DHA, on membrane elasticity is out in Biophysical Journal 1. This work was motivated by the bigger question of why these two fatty acids have different physiological effects (ex. cardiovascular, neurological) and what’s happening at the membrane level to potentially cause these changes. 2. […]
Our collaborative paper, led by the Jewett Lab, is featured by Northwestern News!
By cracking open a cellular membrane, Northwestern University synthetic biologists have discovered a new way to increase production yields of protein-based vaccines by five-fold, significantly broadening access to potentially lifesaving medicines. In February, the researchers introduced a new biomanufacturing platform that can quickly make shelf-stable vaccines at the point of care, ensuring they will not go to […]
Our undergrads Nina and Lucas received fellowships for the summer!
Nina Galvez and Lucas Sant’Anna were awarded undergraduate research fellowships for the coming summer. We’re excited to announce that Nina was awarded the McCormick 2021 Summer Undergraduate Research Award and Lucas was awarded the Jaharis Undergraduate Research Fellowship. Congratulations to you both! We’re excited for what the summer will bring!
Tim Vu is awarded a STAR (Student Travel Achievement Recognition) by the Society of Biomaterials
Tim Vu’s talk “Using vesicle lipid domains to enhance liposomal TRAIL” was nominated as an outstanding contribution to the Society for Biomaterials’ 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting. The Special Interest Group Chairs of the Society awarded Tim with a STAR (Student Travel Achievement Recognition). Tim’s talk was highlighted in a special STAR Award Session during the […]
