CPLC News - Research Highlights

10/19/2018 4:46:03 PM
CPLC Seminar: Gavin King "Single molecule measurements of topography and force reveal mechanisms underlying general secretory system activity"
10/9/2018 9:40:54 AM
Ha Lab reveals mechanisms of increased Cas9s specificity using single-molecule FRET
10/9/2018 9:33:22 AM
Chemla Lab reveals physics of DNA on ultra-short length scales
10/4/2018 10:40:59 AM
Super-resolution microscopy with small quantum dots reveals neuronal receptor localization
10/4/2018 10:29:45 AM
Simulations reveal structural mechanism of molecular switch in DNA repair protein
10/2/2018 9:20:21 AM
High precision microbial population dynamics under cycles of feast and famine
9/19/2018 3:23:15 PM
CPLC Seminar: Simon Sponberg "Emergent Simplicity and Multiscale Mechanisms of Agile Animal Movement"
9/17/2018 10:16:28 AM
Zan Luthey-Schulten has been selected as a Fellow of the Biophysical Society for 2019
9/13/2018 10:52:48 AM
New CRISPR technique skips over portions of genes that can cause disease
6/25/2018
DNA enzyme shuffles cell membranes a thousand times faster than its natural counterpart
4/12/2018 4:38:08 PM
Spring 2018 CPLC/CBQB Symposium
3/30/2018
Team brings subatomic resolution to computational microscope
3/26/2018
DNA origami as a novel avenue for creating next-generation optical voltage sensing nanodevices
1/2/2018
A virus-bacteria coevolutionary 'arms race' solves the diversity paradox by 'Killing the Winner'
10/1/2017
CPLC students participate in Junior Nanotech Network student exchange program
9/19/2017
CPLC/CBQB Symposium
8/31/2017
Quanta Magazine's Q&A with Goldenfeld: Seeing Emergent Physics Behind Evolution
8/4/2017
Taekjip Ha receives 2018 Kinosita award from BPS
8/2/2017
CPLC Members Participate in Young Scholars Program: local youth get hands-on with leading-edge research
7/19/2017
Massive simulation shows HIV capsid interacting with its environment
7/17/2017
Martin Gruebele appointed Center for Advanced Study Professors
5/23/2017
Genetic mutation trade-offs lead to parallel evolution
4/21/2017
Goldenfeld receives Tau Beta Pi Daniel C. Drucker Eminent Faculty Award
3/15/2017
Rotation tracking and footprinting reveal asymmetric rolling adhesion mechanism
12/10/2016
Method to Label Proteins Inside the Living Cell for Super-Resolution Fluorescence Microscopy
9/26/2016
Real-time observation of Cas9 Activity
8/31/2016
CPLC Fellow Dr. Abhishek Singharoy's research featured in Beckman Institute News
8/25/2016
Taekjip Ha is a featured lecturer on iBiology!
6/15/2016
Quantitative analysis and prediction of G-quadruplex forming DNA
6/14/2016
Scientists observe real-time transposon activity in living cells
4/29/2016
CPLC engages local high school students during "DNA Day"
4/20/2016
Quantitative analysis and prediction of G-quadruplex forming DNA
3/22/2016
Methylation is responsible for sequence-dependent attraction between DNA strands
3/12/2016
Stochastic Nature of Phage Promoter Switching
3/4/2016
Cyclophilin A stabilizes the HIV-1 capsid through a novel non-canonical binding site
3/4/2016
Stochastic nature of phage promoter switching
1/15/2016
Computing the bacterial brain
12/15/2015
Synaptic receptor tracking on live neurons using stable small quantum dots
12/9/2015
Protein hairpin and Parkinson’s disease
11/19/2015
DNA nanosensors designed computationally
10/4/2015
Direct observation of structure-function relationship in motor proteins
9/20/2015
Year of Light: The brilliance of mixing physics with biology
9/20/2015
Effect of DNA replication on mRNA noise
9/20/2015
Year of Light: Seeing RNA clearly
9/1/2015
Feature Article in GEN
8/24/2015
New article published by Dr. Reza Vafabakhsh
7/29/2015
Atomic modeling of an immature retroviral lattice using molecular dynamics and mutagenesis
7/15/2015
Dr. Chirlmin Joo publishes in Cell
7/14/2015
farFRET: Extending the Range in Single-Molecule FRET Experiments beyond 10 nm
7/10/2015
CPLC postdoctoral fellow Jingyi Fei publishes in Science
7/10/2015
Single molecular force across single integrins dictates cell spreading
6/23/2015
Spatially-Resolved Metabolic Cooperativity within Dense Bacterial Colonies
6/22/2015
Resolving Molecular Motor Action
6/1/2015
Dr. Farhan Chowdhury is moving to Southern Illinois University Carbondale to start as a tenure-track Assistant Professor
5/31/2015
Aligning and repairing broken chromosomes
5/31/2015
Collaborative research team solves cancer cell mutation mystery
5/12/2015
Dr. Jingyi Fei accepts tenure-track position at the University of Chicago
5/11/2015
Dr. Landry moves to UC Berkeley
5/1/2015
Dr. Taekjip Ha elected to National Academy of Sciences!
5/1/2015
Dr. Isaac Li accepts a tenure track position at UBC!
5/1/2015
Aksimentiev receives Dean's Award for Excellence in Research
4/23/2015
Dr. Ha Elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences' Class of 2015
4/17/2015
Jia Gloria Lee recieves prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
4/17/2015
New laboratory technique simultaneously reveals structure and function of proteins critical in DNA repair
4/13/2015
Xuefeng Wang heading to Iowa State University!
4/10/2015
Jichuan Zhang wins Yee Memorial Fund Fellowship
4/1/2015
Clair Bowen awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
3/17/2015
Klaus Schulten 2015 BPS National Lecturer
3/17/2015
Scientists Find DNA is Packaged Like a Yoyo
3/10/2015
Chemla named Willett Scholar
3/4/2015
Dr. Jun S. Song selected for endowed professorships
2/27/2015
Kuhlman selected Sloan Foundation Fellows
2/16/2015
The princess and the pea: Cells' ultra-sensitivity for strong molecular forces
1/22/2015
CPLC in Numbers #4 (Simon Ebbinghaus, Ph.D.)
1/22/2015
Alumni Ebbinghaus publishes new research on Macromolecular crowding effect
1/21/2015
CPLC 10K Pilot Projects Competition
12/5/2014
Jacob Calvert, Bioengineering senior, wins international Marshall Scholarship
12/3/2014
Ibrahim Cissé is unraveling the mystery of DNA transcription, one molecule at a time
11/26/2014
CPLC in Numbers #4 (Ahmet Yildiz, Ph.D.)
11/26/2014
Dr. Ahmet Yildiz named Honors Outstanding Early-Career Scientists
11/24/2014
Dr. Max Prigozhin receives Helen Hay Whitney Foundaiton Postodoctoral Fellowship
11/24/2014
Dr. Kaushik Ragunathan publishes in Science Magazine
11/24/2014
Winners of the 10th Semi-Annual Graduate/Postdoc Symposium
10/17/2014
NIH Director's New Innovator Award received by Dr. Ibrahim Cisse
9/29/2014
Salman Syed receives Abbott Excellence Award
9/23/2014
NSF awards $8 million renewal grant to CPLC
9/1/2014
LSRF Postdoctoral Fellowship awarded to Alumnus Reza Vafabakhsh
6/18/2014
Ankur Jain wins the internationally renowed Weber Award!
6/12/2014
Professor Ha makes the top 100 Leading Koreans in 2014
6/12/2014
Thuy Ngo takes 1st Place at 2014 Midwest Chromatin & Epigenetics Meeting
6/3/2014
Coarse-grained model of single-stranded nucleic acids
5/8/2014
Isaac Li Wins CPLC/Biophysics 2014 Spring Symposium Award!
5/7/2014
Ankur Jain selected as finalist for the Gregorio Weber International Prize in Biological Fluorescence
5/5/2014
Joseph Ryan Peterson is awarded a National Science Foundation fellowship in 2014!
2/24/2014
New research reveals how E. coli relieves the pressure
2/18/2014
CPLC Faculty Member Receives Rose Award for Teaching Excellence
2/14/2014
Advanced techniques yield new insights into ribosome self-assembly
2/14/2014
Cracking its whips: coordination of flagellar locomotion in E. coli
2/10/2014
CPLC in Numbers #4 (Erdal Toprak, Ph.D.)
1/15/2014
CPLC in Numbers #7 (software distribution)