The year-long fellowship will support Rajasekaran’s research into how to repurpose cellular systems that exist in nature to engineer new functions into cells.
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Ancient Cyanobacteria Holds New Insights into Evolution of Photosynthesis
Christopher Gisriel and collaborators captured the first images of the photosynthetic machinery in a recently discovered ancient cyanobacteria.
IPiB Thesis Defense June 5, 2025: Joshua Choi
Choi’s research in the Senes Lab focused on how inter-membrane regions of transmembrane proteins associate with each other.
IPiB Thesis Defense June 10, 2025: Samridhi Garg
Garg’s research in the Senes Lab explored the structures of proteins responsible for cell division in bacteria.
IPiB Thesis Defense May 19, 2025: Erli Jin
Jin’s research in the Merrins Lab examined the regulation of hormone secretion in pancreatic islet cells.
Student Explores Markets for Her Start-Up Thanks to NSF Innovation Corps Internship
Through her BTP internship, Naia Novy is helping to turn biosensor technology developed in the Raman Lab into a marketable product.
IPiB Thesis Defense May 19, 2025: Andrea Hunger
Hunger’s research in the Simcox Lab examined the regulation of a lipid that controls cell death and insulin signaling.
IPiB Thesis Defense April 14, 2025: Nithesh Chandrasekharan
Chandrasekharan’s research in the Coyle Lab explored how cytoskeletal calcium-binding proteins self-assemble.
IPiB Thesis Defense April 8, 2025: Chase Freschlin
Freschlin’s research in the Romero Lab uses machine learning to identify relationships between proteins’ sequences and their functions.
Research in Brief: The What, Why, and How
NMR can be used to study the structures of drugs, information that can support drug development and quality control.