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Where Science Meets Seasons: A Fall Foliage Field Trip

This fall, our lab took a well-earned break from the bench and headed out to explore the vibrant foliage of Deer Glove Forest Preserve near Chicago.

The Triwizard of PhDs: Celebrating Three New PhDs in Our Lab

Karen, Celeste, and Shiny finished their dissertation in August and became doctors!

Hoang passed his candidacy exam!

PhD Milestone Achieved—Now That’s How Hoang Dessert It!

First synthetic ‘mini prion’ shows how protein misfolding multiplies

Our pivotal work on understanding Tau protein misfolding in neurodegenerative disease has just been published and has been featured by both Northwestern University and Phys.org! Special congrats to Dr. Michael Vigers, Karen Tsay, and Austin DuBose from our group for their critical work in making this happen! We have created the first synthetic tau fragment […]

Shiny Maity Receives Norell-Funded Student Travel Stipend at ENC-ISMAR 2025

Congratulations to Shiny Maity on receiving the Student Travel Stipend funded by Norell at the ENC-ISMAR 2025 conference! Her abstract, “Water Action is the Driver of AsLOV2 Activation Initiated by Pressure or Light,” was selected for this recognition, supporting her travel to present at the joint meeting in Pacific Grove. Shiny’s research uses Overhauser DNP […]

Where Science Meets Seasons: A Fall Foliage Field Trip

This fall, our lab took a well-earned break from the bench and headed out to explore the vibrant foliage of Deer Glove Forest Preserve near Chicago.

The Triwizard of PhDs: Celebrating Three New PhDs in Our Lab

Karen, Celeste, and Shiny finished their dissertation in August and became doctors!

Hoang passed his candidacy exam!

PhD Milestone Achieved—Now That’s How Hoang Dessert It!

First synthetic ‘mini prion’ shows how protein misfolding multiplies

Our pivotal work on understanding Tau protein misfolding in neurodegenerative disease has just been published and has been featured by both Northwestern University and Phys.org! Special congrats to Dr. Michael Vigers, Karen Tsay, and Austin DuBose from our group for their critical work in making this happen! We have created the first synthetic tau fragment […]

Shiny Maity Receives Norell-Funded Student Travel Stipend at ENC-ISMAR 2025

Congratulations to Shiny Maity on receiving the Student Travel Stipend funded by Norell at the ENC-ISMAR 2025 conference! Her abstract, “Water Action is the Driver of AsLOV2 Activation Initiated by Pressure or Light,” was selected for this recognition, supporting her travel to present at the joint meeting in Pacific Grove. Shiny’s research uses Overhauser DNP […]

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