June 2022
- Paola presents at the GRC Bioorganic Chemistry Conference
- Prof. Peralta-Yahya presents at the Protein Engineering Canada conference
May 2022
- Jennifer from the University of North Carolina Wilmington joins us as an REU during the Summer. Welcome!
- Nurlan and Prof.Peralta-Yahya present at the Renewable Bioproducts Institute Decarbonization workshop
April 2022
- Prof. Peralta-Yahya is awarded the Vasser Woolley Faculty Fellowship From Georgia Tech’s School of Chemistry and Biochemistry.
- Prof. Peralta-Yahya is awarded the Cullen-Peck Scholar from Georgia Tech’s College of Science.
- Paola is accepted to Georgia Tech’s School of Chemistry and Biochemistry graduate program. Congratulations!
February 2022
- Lily Torp is accepted to the University of Washington’s BioEngineering graduate program. Congratulations!
November 2021
- Shaafique’s News and Views is published in Nature Chemistry!
- Nurlan joins the lab as a 1st year ChBE graduate student. Welcome!
- Amisha joins the lab as a 1st year BioE graduate student. Welcome!
October 2021
- Nick’s paper is accepted in Nature Communications!
- Liz joins the lab as a Postbac!
September 2021
- Jessica joins the lab as a Research Technician. Welcome!
July 2021
- Our team is awarded as part of the ARPA-E ECOSynBio program!
April 2021
- Taylor is accepted at Emory’s Chemistry graduate program. Congratulations!
- Shaafique joins the lab as a 1st year ChBE graduate student. Welcome!
- Ice’s manuscript is accepted in Metabolic Engineering. Congratulations!
- Nick successfully defends his thesis. Congratulations Dr. Kruyer!
November 2020
- Nick’s review is accepted in ACS Synthetic Biology. Congratulations!
October 2020
- Prof. Peralta-Yahya and Prof. Tim Lu (MIT) are co-chairing SEED 2021.
- Emily moves on to become a Scientist at JoynBio. Congratulations!
September 2020
- Prof. Peralta-Yahya joins the leadership team at Georgia Tech’s Renewables Bioproducts Institute as a Strategic Coordinator for Bioindustrial Technologies.
August 2020
- Emily joins us as a Research Support. Welcome back!
July 2020
- Widianti moves on and will be a graduate student at University of Washington in Seattle this August. Congratulations!
- Nick’s manuscript Fully biological production of adipic acid analogs from branched catechols is accepted in Scientific Reports.
May 2020
- Emily’s successfully defends his Ph.D. thesis. Congratulations!
- Emily’s manuscript Advances in G protein-coupled receptor high-throughput screening is accepted in Current Opinion in Biotechnology.
April 2020
- Our proposal Fueling a human Mission to Mars with our Georgia Tech colleagues Prof. Caroline Genzale (Mechanical Engineering), and Wenting Sun (Aerospace Engineering) is funded by NASA. Read the press release!
March 2020
- Emily’s manuscript Screening for serotonin receptor 4 agonist using GPCR-based sensors in yeast is accepted in Methods in Molecular Biology: G-Protein Coupled Receptor Screening Assays.
February 2020
Nick’s Viewpoint Advancing the potential for the production of chemicals from carbon dioxide in Escherichia coli is published in Biochemistry.