Megan gave an invited seminar in the Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine at Rutgers: The State University of New Jersey.
News
Stephen wins a Wisconsin Idea Fellowship!
Stephen Early, in partnership with the the Goodman Community Center in Madison, WI, has been awarded a 2016-17 Wisconsin Idea Fellowship! Read more about this competitive award and Stephen’s project here.
Big Ten Women’s Workshop
Megan attended the Big Ten Women’s Workshop in Milwaukee. A great time was had networking and doing professional development!
Stephanie presents her BIO 152 research.
Stephanie Steltzer presented her BIO 152 research “Yeast stress response to dynamic change” at the BIO 152 student poster session.
Designer Genes: Should we be able to edit our genomes?
Megan served on a panel at the Wisconsin Science Festival entitled “Designer Genes: Should we be able to edit our genomes?”.
Megan receives a Frontier Innovator Award from the Wellcome Trust
Megan was selected as a Frontier Innovator by the Wellcome Trust. She gave a talk at the Frontiers: Once Science-Life at the Interface meeting in London.
2015 q-Bio Conference
Megan gave a selected talk entitled “Robust network structure of the Sln1-Ypd1-Ssk1 three-component phosphorelay prevents unintended activation of the HOG MAPK pathway in Saccharomyces cerevisiae” at the 9th Annual q-Bio Summer Conference in Blacksburg, VA.
Megan presents at the KAKFOS Symposium in Korea
Megan presented the lab’s optogenetics and control work at the Korean-American Kavli Frontiers of Science symposium in Jeju, Korea.
SEED: Synthetic Biology: Engineering, Evolution, and Design
Megan presented a poster at the Synthetic Biology: Engineering, Evolution, and Design conference in Boston, MA.
Anjali receives NSF GRFP!
Former undergraduate in the lab, Anjali Bisaria, receives an NSF Fellowship. Anjali is now a graduate student at Stanford University. Congratulations Anjali!
Megan is a Kavli Fellow!
Megan has been invited to become a Kavli Fellow of the US National Academy of Sciences. Megan will present her research at the Korean-American Kavli Fronteirs of Science Symposium on June 16th in Jeju, Korea.
Lab Links seminar in Boston
Megan gave an invited talk at the Cell Press Lab Links Seminar Gene Circuits: From Understanding to Engineering in Boston MA. The seminar agenda is located here.
The McClean Lab has moved!
The McClean lab has moved to the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Celebrate Princeton Invention
Megan and Michael presented the optogenetic control technology at Celebrate Princeton Invention. Pictures and a brochure featuring our technology can be found on the event’s website .
Home and Away Seminar at Harvard
Megan McClean returned to Harvard to present a seminar for the “Home and Away” series between Princeton and Harvard.
Optogenetics at the Princeton Area Yeast Meeting
Megan McClean shared the optogenetic control technology at the Princeton Area Yeast Meeting.
Burroughs Wellcome Fund New Awardee Meeting
Megan McClean attended the BWF New Awardee meeting in Research Triangle Park, NC. It was a great opportunity to meet new awardees and share exciting science!
Megan presents at the PA Biophysical Society Regional meeting
Megan McClean gave one of only three selected talks at the Pennsylvania Biophysical Society regional networking meeting at Penn State, University Park. She talked about the optogenetic protein concentration control technology. The talk was well-received …
Megan presents at the 7th Annual Q-Bio Conference
Megan McClean gave a selected talk entitled “Real-time optogenetic control of intracellular protein concentration in microbial cell cultures” at the Q-Bio conference in Santa Fe, NM. Abstracts and the meeting agenda are available here: QBio 2013
Microfluidics bootcamp successfully completed!
The annual microfluidics bootcamp was a success. Michael Patel completed the course as a student, while Megan McClean served as an instructor.
The QCB301 students’ comparative genomics paper is out!
The QCB301 students’ hard work characterizing gene expression in S. bayanus in response to a diverse range of stimuli is available online at Genetics! Congratulations students!
Megan presents at the National Centers for Systems Biology Meeting
Megan presented a lightning talk at the National Centers for Systems Biology Annual Meeting in Bethesda, MD July 11-12. You can watch a video of the conference, including the lightning talks, here
JOVE article is online
Scott, Ping, and Megan’s JOVE article on in situ hybridization for visualization of single mRNA molecules is now online! JOVE Video