Northwestern CSB
@NUSynBio
Partnering with biology for people and planet
🌍 At CSB, every day is Earth Day. Our researchers are safeguarding our future—💧 making water safer to drink, 🌱 uncovering the secrets of soil health, and 🌾 equipping farmers with innovative tools to grow healthier crops. We partner with biology to protect the planet. 🌿🔬
To survey the proteoform landscape of cells and tissues, @NLKProteomics and collaborators built a platform that can measure hundreds of proteoforms at the tissue level with a resolution of the order of a few cells.
If you want to understand how cells function, you have to work out what proteins interact with — and where go.nature.com/4johhzp
Advances in high-resolution imaging, mass spectrometry and machine-learning-assisted data analysis, spatial-proteomics researchers are mapping and tracking proteins with increasing detail at multiple scales. @nature @NLKProteomics #proteomics go.nature.com/3RGGN6F
We are thrilled to congratulate Nitu Kumari, an inaugural @NUSynBio Postdoctoral Fellow, for receiving the prestigious Human Frontier Science Program Postdoctoral Fellowship, fostering the next generation of life science research.
If you want to understand how cells function, you have to work out what proteins interact with — and where go.nature.com/4johhzp
CSB is thrilled to welcome our incredible summer undergrad researchers! 🎉🔬Thanks to @NSF, the DeFeo Family Foundation & Walder Foundation for supporting hands-on exploration in #SyntheticBiology. Here's to a summer of curiosity, growth & innovation! #STEM #UndergradResearch
We are thrilled to congratulate CSB's Sera Young on being named co-Director of the Center for Water - a well deserved honor reflecting her outstanding work tackling food and water crises in under-resourced communities!
How do we rethink & measure water insecurity? 💧 Join CSB's @ProfSeraYoung & @LucksLab for a livestreamed talk from @EawagResearch in Zurich. 📅 June 25 ⏰ 7:00 a.m. CT 📍 Zoom bit.ly/4458gox All are welcome—details below! #GlobalHealth #SyntheticBiology
Meet Yael Mayer, the engine behind @NUSynBio. As Director of Ops & Outreach, she leads with strategy, empathy & staff advocacy. “We’re all part of making it work.” bit.ly/3Zhmscr #HigherEd #StaffSpotlight #STEM @mrksich @NorthwesternEng @NorthwesternU
Sera Young, together with other CSB faculty are working hard to inform the public about the impacts of federal funding cuts on research that helps all of us. lnkd.in/gjGgkX4Q.
🚀 From curious student to synthetic biology leader — @NUSynBio's Ashty Karim, PhD, shares how embracing the unexpected led him to his dream faculty role at @NorthwesternEng. Full story ➡️ bit.ly/3ZyLG6b #SyntheticBiology #STEMCareers #FacultySpotlight #ScienceJourney
NIH funding freezes are halting #cancer research at Northwestern. Dr. Joshua Leonard spoke with @WBEZ about how delays are impacting work on ovarian & pancreatic cancer therapies. 🎧 wbez.org/reset-with-sas… #CancerResearch #NIH #SciencePolicy
It's great to see @NUSynBio member Erica Hartmann lend her voice to growing concerns about the future of science and innovation in the US in light of major federal funding cuts to academic research. bit.ly/42BHlRF @thehill #researchfunding #syntheticbiology
🚨 “We’re doing this for everybody.” $790M in federal cuts have frozen vital research at Northwestern. CSB leaders are speaking out — because this is about clean water, cancer cures, and training future scientists. bit.ly/4iDvqaX #ScienceMatters #ResearchFunding #STEM
@NUSynBio's Lucks spoke with @WBEZ yesterday about what’s next for Northwestern researchers amid funding cuts and work stoppages. "Big picture, our goal as researchers is to help people. That's what we spend all of our days and nights thinking about." bit.ly/42AEIy6
Today, we shine a spotlight on our incredible student-led Trainee Association (CTA) which consistently goes above and beyond in creating a vibrant, collaborative environment. bit.ly/4i5QN4g #Community #Leadership #Innovation #StudentResearch #FutureLeaders
We are proud to share that Julius Lucks, co-director of @NUSynBio, has been elected a 2024 AAAS Fellow! We are so fortunate to benefit from his passion and commitment to research excellence and innovation. Congratulations @LucksLab!
Professors Julius Lucks and James Rondinelli have been elected 2024 fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the largest general scientific society in the world. Congrats, Julius and James! spr.ly/6019FGtFl
How do we rapidly develop sensors for point-of-use diagnostics? Check out this automated approach with @NUSynBio @LucksLab @akarimlab #cellfree #synbio pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10…
Excited to announce Taylor Nichols, PhD, as the new Director of Research at the Center for Synthetic Biology (CSB)! With over a decade of experience in academia and industry, Taylor is ready to lead CSB into its next phase of innovation. bit.ly/4hkLM7y #SyntheticBiology
Go Adam Silverman! You're @Jeopardy! fan club is here to cheer you on!!
🚨 Jeopardy! Champ in the Making! 🚨 Adam Silverman, a @NorthwesternU grad from the @NUSynBio, is competing on @Jeopardy! next Wednesday, March 19! 🙌📺Check your local listings and cheer him on! 💙 #GoCats #Jeopardy #TriviaMaster👉 bit.ly/41P2Gp6
