Mingzi, Yajie, Shangwen and Behnam's recent work on the development of a CRISPR based promoter knock-in strategy to activate silent natural product biosynthetic gene clusters was published by Nature Chemical Biology. It was selected as a headline news by Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (CRISPR Awakens Sleeping Genes, Brings Drug Candidates to Light) and was also featured by UI News Bureau (CRISPR Mines Bacterial Genome for Hidden Pharmaceutical Treasure). Congratulations!
Monday, May 22, 2017
4/7/2017
Both Scott and Sherri have been chosen as a recipient of 2017 MCB Summer Research Award. Congratulations!
2/10/2017
Behnam's recent publication on the engineering of artificial restriction enzymes has been featured as the top headline news by the most popular trade journal in the biotechnology industry, Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (Revolutionizing Biotechnology with Artificial Restriction Enzymes). Congratulations!
Travel Awards
Yajie has been awarded a Harantty travel award. She will give a presentation in the upcoming ACS annual meeting in San Francisco. Congratulations!
Travel Awards
Both Hengqian and Sam have been selected to receive a Hanratty Travel award. They will present their work in the upcoming AIChE meeting in San Francisco. Congratulations!
Departmental Fellowships:
Jiazhang received the prestigious Shen Postdoc Fellowship, while both Yajie and Behnam received the 3M fellowship. Congratulations!
Monday, November 2, 2015
Ran's Good News
Ran received the second-place award for oral presentation at the 14th Annual ChBE Graduate Research Symposium. Congratulations!
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