2018 News

11/10/2018

Anna Hu, Sam Chen and Joseph Hong presented 3 research posters at 45th Annual Rochester Academy Society Fall Paper Session.

10/5/2018

Sam Chen & Xiao-Ning Zhang co-authored a paper titled "Engineering artificial microRNA for multiplex gene silencing and simplified transgenic screen" in Plant Physiology. This work was done in collaboration with Dr. Jianfeng Li group (Sun Yat-sen University, China)!

9/25/2018

Congratulations to Jordan Powers and Timothy Rooney for achieving ASBMB Certification with Distinction!

8/27/2018

Welcome new lab members: Michael Makutonin (junior), Audrey Bui (sophomore), Arpitha Pamula (sophomore), Katie Heitzman (freshman).

7/27/2018

Congratulations to Shilpa Thandla and Alice Li from Allegany-Limestone High School for their successful completion of two-week research on cloning and expression of his-tagged AtSAP18 in E. coli in the 4th Annual Summer Research Program for High School students (SBU-SRP4HS).

7/12/2018

Congratulations to 20 K-12 teachers for their successful completion of the 4th Annual Summer Workshop on Using Escape Room to Make Learning Relevant!

6/10/2018-6/15/2018

Sam Chen & Xiao-Ning Zhang presented recent lab research titled "Transcriptome and proteome changes in response to perturbation of pre-mRNA splicing during reproduction in Arabidopsis" at Gordon Research Conference: Plant Molecular Biology held in Holderness, NH.

5/7/2018

Xiao-Ning Zhang received a Martine Grant for the project titled "New SBU Dual Enrollment Course Instructor Training and Course Development" for FY2019.

Xiao-Ning Zhang received a Keenan Grant for the project titled " Support SBU math & science faculty to increase awareness and build capacity for working with diverse student populations" for FY2019.

4/30/2018

Congratulations to Nick Jodush for receiving the 2018 ASBMB Undergraduate Research Award.

4/26/2018

Jordan Powers presented his Wardon Award project titled " Winning the Trade: Regulating SR45 expression in a pathogen dependent manner" at SBU A&S Expo.

Anna Hu & Nick Jodush presented their research project titled " Expressing Arabidopsis SR45 RRM in E. coli" at SBU A&S Expo.

Sam Chen & Justin Bui presented their research project titled " Making serotonin smoothies" at SBU A&S Expo.

Jordan Powers & Anna Alyward presented their BIO466 project titled " Growth in the ultra violet sun, even with reduced TIL1 seen in sr45-1 " at SBU A&S Expo.

Timothy Rooney & Sam Chen presented their BIO466 project titled " Tapping Arabidopsis for SAP… 18 " at SBU A&S Expo.

Makenzie Evans & Josh McGraw presented their BIO466 project titled " Shedding light on the effects of the splicing factor SR45 on PetH and PsbS " at SBU A&S Expo.

1/24/2018

Great news: SBU Biochemistry Program has been awarded three-year accreditation by American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB)!