CLP Newsletter Summer 2019
Chemistry of Life Processes Institute Celebrates 10 Years of Transformative Science
Chemistry of Life Processes Institute Celebrates 10 Years of Transformative Science This fall marked the ten-year anniversary of Chemistry of Life Processes (CLP) Institute’s debut in The Richard and Barbara Silverman Hall for Molecular Therapeutics and Diagnostics....
T32 Forum: June
TITLE: CLP Trainee Research Forum PRESENTERS:Cydney Martell, Rocklin & Jewett GroupsRecombinant expression of de novo designed protein librariesFrank Tucci, Rosenzweig & He GroupsInvestigating the role of the membrane in particulate methane monooxygenase...
Improv helps Northwestern graduate students build a better science pitch
“When scientists, or anyone in a STEM field, are communicating their work, it needs to have a ‘so what’ factor. Why does this matter to me, or why should I care about what it is that you’re telling me,” says Heather Barnes, Founder of Improv @ Work, LLC, and a...
CLP Board sponsors undergraduate research
Training and inspiring the next generation of interdisciplinary scientists is central to the mission of the Chemistry of Life Processes Institute at Northwestern. This year, four aspiring scientists will join a growing list of students who have received funding...
Diverse, engaging job opportunities await CLP trainees
With more than 30 years in the pharmaceutical industry, preceded by a decade as an independent researcher in academia, Chemistry of Life Processes Institute’s Entrepreneur-in-Residence William Sargent shared his perspective and advice about potential science career...
2019 CLP Cornew Awards kick-start three blue-sky team science projects
This year, three teams of Chemistry of Life Processes Institute investigators received $90,000, collectively, in CLP-Cornew Innovation Awards to pursue potentially transformative proof-of-concept studies to better detect, diagnose and treat disease. The awardees...
CLP faculty spinout Durametrix developing novel tox screen method to accelerate drug development
A major dilemma faced by many people undergoing chemotherapy for cancer is whether the drugs will cause more harm than good. “Chemotherapeutic drugs can have serious side effects. Some of the adverse events in chemotherapy, such as heart failure, can even take as long...
More CLP Faculty News
- Guillermo Ameer receives University’s annual Walder Award
- Michael Jewett Three scientists recognized as exceptional young researchers
- Hao Zhang and Cheng Sun: New tool could help molecular biologists understand complex processes within cells
- Michael Jewett: Teaching CRISPR and antibiotic resistance to high school students
- Vadim Backman, Guillermo Ameer, and Igal Szleifer: New imaging technique reveals ‘burst’ of activity before cell death
- Erik Andersen receives award to study the evolution of behavior
- Julius Lucks: Point-of-use Diagnostics Show Potential in Detecting Plant Disease and Beyond
- Danielle Tullman-Ercek: Revealing the Rules Behind Virus Scaffold Construction
- Yevgenia Kozorovitskiy: Promising young faculty receive prestigious career award
- Bill Klein:: A New Approach to a Deadly Disease
Happenings
- July 11, 3-5PM – CLP Core Crawl. Open to the public!
- Sept. 12, all day – CMIDD & Department of Chemistry seminar: Tianning Diao, PhD, New York University
- Oct. 15, 11-1PM – CLP Core Expo, Lurie Cancer Center, Ryan Family Atrium (west). Open to the public!
- Nov. 7, 8:30 – 5PM – Biannual meeting of CLP Executive Advisory Board