November 2016

Prof. Jim Bowie (UCLA) gave a seminar in our department (11/1/16).

October 2016

Masahiro's paper was highlited in the Chemical & Engineering News.

September 2016

Hyunsoo joins the lab as a rotation student from MGG. Masahiro's paper was accepted for publication in ACS Synthetic Biology. Masahiro's Farewell Party (09/10/16) Anna, Nicole, and Morgan presented their researches at the 2nd Chemical Biology Program Retreat (09/09/16). Neal's review article has been published in Current Opinion in Chemical Biology. Takaya joins the lab as a Japan Abroad Program Scholar from the Sode lab (TUAT).

August 2016

Julie presented her research at the UCD REU poster session (8/12/16) Shota gave a talk at the 17th International Congress on Photosynthesis Research (8/7-12/16, Maastricht, The Netherlands). Takaya joins the lab as a Japan Abroad Program Scholar from the Ikawa lab (U Toyama). Beili, Laila, William, and Daniel gave great presentations to complete the ACS Project SEED program 2016 (8/4/16).

July 2016

Shota gave a talk and serve as a co-covener with Michelle O'Malley at the 2016 SIMB annual meeting (7/24-28/16, New Orleans, LA). Our diol paper which is collaborative work with the Toney group has been accepted for publication in Metabolic Engineering.

June 2016

Shota gave a talk and served as a co-session chair with Kechun at the Metabolic Conference 11 (6/25-20/16, Awaji, Japan). Laila joins the lab (ACS Project SEED program). Julie joins the lab (NSF REU program). Commencement 2016. Congrats, Shuchi! (06/09/16) Shuchi's Farewell Party (06/05/16)

May 2016

Anna's review has been accepted for publication in Journal of Biotechnology. Shuchi gave her exit seminar (5/25/16). Congrats, Dr. Desai! Shota gave a keynote lecture at the 12th Workshop on Cyanobacteria (Tempe, AZ, 5/19-22/16). Happy reunion with Shiraishi san, who taught me a lot of microbiology techiniques during my graduate study. Majed and Yousef gave talks at the 2016 Larock Undergraduate Research Conference (5/21/16). taken by Emily Thompson Anna gave her third year seminar (5/5/16). Shota gave a presentation at the 10+10 workshop on sustainable chemistry (5/5/16). Nicole presented her research at the DEB pizza talk (5/4/16).

April 2016

Shuchi gave an oral presentation at Chemical Biology in the Bay Area day. Nicole won a Best Poster award (4/30/16). Shota gave a seminar at UC Irvine Chemical Engineering (4/15/16, Irvine CA).

March 2016

Austin was awarded an NSF graduate research fellowship (Department News). Shota gave a talk at the Indo-US workshop on Cell Factories (3/18-20/16, Mumbai, India). Jordan & Masahiro's paper has been accepted for publication in Metabolic Engineering. Shota gave a talk at the 3rd International workshop of Cyanobactory (3/7-8/16, Tokyo, Japan).

February 2016

Shuchi and Irina presented our technology at the ARPA-E Summit (2/29-3/2/16, National Harbor, MD). Shota gave a talk at the Chemistry Biology Interface Training Program of UIUC (2/15/16).

January 2016

Mogan joins the lab. Yuki was back to Japan.