Partnering with biology for people and planet
Evanston, IL
Joined July 2016
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Northwestern CSB retweeted
Dr. Julius Lucks and the Center for Synthetic Biology at Northwestern University are building an autonomous lab called the DREAM Cloud Lab. Ginkgo is honored to help.
Dr. Lucks spoke with us about what this lab will make possible for his students, for scientists, and for the world.
Northwestern CSB retweeted
New preprint! We measured temperature- and pH-induced aggregation for over 18,000 natural and de novo designed protein domains!
Northwestern CSB retweeted
@AristildeLab joins Nanoscape to discuss how microbes and minerals work together to recycle waste, nutrients, and even plastics. Hear how her nanoscale discoveries are helping shape the future of sustainability.
Listen at iinano.org/podcast or on your favorite platform.
Northwestern CSB retweeted
How do we rapidly develop sensors for point-of-use diagnostics? Check out this automated approach with @NUSynBio @LucksLab @akarimlab #cellfree #synbio
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Northwestern CSB retweeted
Professor Ludmilla Aristilde has discovered a new pathway to convert phosphorus from its organic to its inorganic form, which could improve agricultural sustainability and food security as phosphorus supplies dwindle.
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ALT Phosphorus is essential for plant growth. Professor Ludmilla Aristilde has discovered a new pathway to convert this critical nutrient from its organic to its inorganic form, which could improve agricultural sustainability and food security as phosphorus supplies dwindle.
Northwestern CSB retweeted
Great collaboration between Gajendra Shekhawat of SPID/ NUANCE and Julius Lucks of Synthetic Biology. Remarkable to see unusual combo of biomolecular interactions anchored on microfabricated platform for water sensing! Just wow!!
Northwestern CSB retweeted
Contamination Detection Tool Enables Highly Sensitive Water Testing
A product of multi-disciplinary Northwestern Engineering research, the cantilever-based test detects harmful chemicals in water at concentrations down to parts per billion.
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ALT A product of multi-disciplinary Northwestern Engineering research, the cantilever-based test detects harmful chemicals in water at concentrations down to parts per billion.
Northwestern CSB retweeted
ROSALIND 3.0 is out in @nchembio !
Cell-free biosensors are revolutionizing point-of-care diagnostics, but we need greater sensitivity to detect harmful chemicals. Enter: Polymerase Strand Recycling (PSR) — a game-changer for signal amplification! 🌟
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Northwestern CSB retweeted
Thanks to a “cool trick in biochemistry,” the system developed by Professor Julius Lucks that monitors contaminants in drinking water is now sensitive enough to detect tiny nucleic acids.
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ALT Thanks to a “cool trick in biochemistry,” the system developed by Professor Julius Lucks that monitors contaminants in drinking water is now sensitive enough to detect tiny nucleic acids.
Northwestern CSB retweeted
Northwestern CSB retweeted
This #GivingTuesday, support @NU_SynBio in empowering future innovators! Programs like the DeFeo Fellowship & SynBREU equip students to tackle challenges in medicine, sustainability & tech. Please donate here: bit.ly/4i58RwE @LucksLab @DTELab #CatsGiveBack
Northwestern CSB retweeted
Congratulations to @NorthwesternEng Prof. Ludmilla Aristilde, whose research on how plastic-eating bacteria can be part of the #plastic #pollution solution was featured in Chicago @Suntimes: chicago.suntimes.com/environ…
@AristildeLab @NUSynBio
Northwestern CSB retweeted
It's lead poisoning prevention week people. Lead is a big issue, and we are grateful to be working with @ProfSeraYoung across @NUSynBio @IPRatNU and @BuffettInst to try to address this with at-home lead biosensors supported by @NSF and @EPA .
Exposure to lead is still a problem for many across the U.S., and it’s especially damaging to children’s health. In a new study, @northwestern scholars and community partners explain how at-home biosensor tests can help people quickly and easily check for lead in their water. #ILPPW2024
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Northwestern CSB retweeted
Honored to speak to @WorldHUPO about the importance of the Human Proteoform Project. Mapping the full diversity of human #proteoforms will revolutionize protein biology and transform health for the benefit of all.
In his Plenary talk today, @NLKProteomics briefed #HUPO2024 attendees about the Human Proteoform Project, a big science initiative to capture the Proteoform Dynamics of Life in our bodies with complete molecular specificity. youtu.be/KSaf0bV7x0U?si=r5E-… via @YouTube
Northwestern CSB retweeted
As a new EPA rule says that almost all lead drinking water pipes must be replaced in the next decade, @northwestern scholars and community partners explain how at-home biosensor tests can help Americans easily check for lead in their water. #GetTheLeadOut iwaponline.com/aqua/article/…
Northwestern CSB retweeted
And best of all our grad students are killing it!
And we are live at the annual @NUSynBio retreat! What more could we want on a Friday AM than a sea of purple tshirts reflecting on where we’ve been and where we are heading in synthetic biology ???? @DTELab @LucksLab #synbio @ResearchNU @NorthwesternU
Northwestern CSB retweeted
I'm very pleased to share the newest paper from my lab where we report our findings that transcriptional repression by HDAC3 mediates T cell exclusion from Kras mutant lung tumors: pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.23…
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Northwestern CSB retweeted
Want to learn the newest innovations in #cellfree systems? Mark your calendar for the next Cell-Free Systems meeting to be held in Evanston @NorthwesternU next summer on August 20-22, 2025 with co-chairs @NehaPKamat @NUSynBio @MichaelKoepke80 @LanzaTech More info to come...
Northwestern CSB retweeted
During a trip to Kenya, Professor Julius Lucks tested a device that leverages in vitro synthetic biology advances to diagnose disease in crops before the symptoms are visible.
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Northwestern CSB retweeted
Great article about our @gatesfoundation field trial of crop diagnostics in Kenya featured in @NorthwesternEng . @NUSynBio getting out in the world!
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