News – Weng Lab http://wenglab.wi.mit.edu Weng Lab Thu, 08 Sep 2016 17:39:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Jing-Ke Weng named a 2016 Beckman Young Investigator http://wenglab.wi.mit.edu/jing-ke-weng-is-named-a-2016-beckman-young-investigator/ Mon, 18 Jul 2016 11:52:13 +0000 http://wenglab.wi.mit.edu/?p=1284 Jing-Ke Weng is selected as one of the eight recipients of the 2016 Beckman Young Investigator Award. The Beckman Young Investigator Program provides research support to the most promising young faculty members in the early stages of their academic careers in the chemical and life sciences, particularly to foster the invention of methods, instruments and materials that will open up new avenues of research in science.
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]]> UROP researcher Andrea De Abreu joins the lab. http://wenglab.wi.mit.edu/urop-researcher-andrea-de-abreu-joins-the-lab/ Tue, 28 Jun 2016 19:57:08 +0000 http://wenglab.wi.mit.edu/?p=1259 UROP researcher Andrea De Abreu joins the lab. Welcome! Andrea wants to become an astronaut one day. She will be working on a project that integrates metabolic engineering and synthetic biology, which are two essential technologies for future long-term space travel or colonization of another planet.
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]]> Firefly genome project funded through crowdfunding! http://wenglab.wi.mit.edu/firefly-genome-project-funded-through-crowdfunding/ Wed, 01 Jun 2016 21:02:32 +0000 http://wenglab.wi.mit.edu/?p=1219 The team firefly is trilled to see that our firefly genome project is fully funded today! Many thanks to all 90 backers who have given your generous support to our project. This crowdfunding campaign has been an amazing experience for us not only to be able to raise the fund necessary for carrying the research forward but also to reach out to the general public about this exciting scientific adventure. It is so reassuring for every one of us to get connected to people from all over the world who share the same curiosity and passion about fireflies and are willing to support.

Fireflies have been casting their magical light on our planet for hundreds of millions of years. Now you just helped make it possible to unlock so many of their biological mysteries through sequencing their genome. Stay tuned, as we will update our research progress as this project moves along.
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]]> Tim’s paper on firefly luciferin sulfotransferase is out. http://wenglab.wi.mit.edu/tims-paper-on-firefly-luciferin-sulfotransferase-is-out/ Sat, 28 May 2016 18:23:23 +0000 http://wenglab.wi.mit.edu/?p=1215 Tim’s paper on firefly luciferin sulfotransferase is out. Congrats!

]]> Paul Schwein is off to graduate school at Harvard. http://wenglab.wi.mit.edu/paul-schwein-is-off-to-graduate-school-at-harvard/ Sat, 14 May 2016 21:27:11 +0000 http://wenglab.wi.mit.edu/?p=1115 We are saying goodbye to UROP student Paul Schwein, who will start graduate school at Harvard University this fall! Congratulations and Best wishes!

]]> Jing-Ke Weng visited Birches School. http://wenglab.wi.mit.edu/jing-ke-weng-visits-birches-school/ Fri, 06 May 2016 18:12:51 +0000 http://wenglab.wi.mit.edu/?p=1100 Jing-Ke Weng visited Birches School at Lincoln, MA to speak with 2nd – 5th grade students.
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]]> Weng lab research featured on Boston Globe. http://wenglab.wi.mit.edu/weng-lab-research-covered-on-boston-globe/ Thu, 07 Apr 2016 12:16:13 +0000 http://wenglab.wi.mit.edu/?p=1074 statnews

]]> Joe Jacobowitz receives the 2016 NSF Graduate Fellowship. http://wenglab.wi.mit.edu/joe-jacobowitz-receives-the-2016-nsf-graduate-fellowship/ Wed, 30 Mar 2016 20:04:09 +0000 http://wenglab.wi.mit.edu/?p=1062 Joe Jacobowitz has been selected to receive the prestigious 2016 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Fellowship. Congratulations!
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]]> Tomas Pluskal named a 2016 Helen Hay Whitney Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow. http://wenglab.wi.mit.edu/tomas-pluskal-named-a-2016-helen-hay-whitney-foundation-postdoctoral-fellow/ Sat, 05 Mar 2016 03:37:05 +0000 http://wenglab.wi.mit.edu/?p=1056 Tomas Pluskal is one of the 23 recipients of the 2016 Helen Hay Whitney Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship. Congratulations!
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]]> Jing-Ke Weng named a 2016 Sloan Research Fellow. http://wenglab.wi.mit.edu/jing-ke-weng-named-a-2016/ Tue, 23 Feb 2016 23:18:35 +0000 http://wenglab.wi.mit.edu/?p=1029 Jing-Ke Weng is named a 2016 Sloan Research Fellow in Computational & Evolutionary Molecular Biology.

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