Lab News (last two years only):

• Congratulations to Grant Steiner and Chloe Wilke on their successful publication of a review in Biochemical Society Transactions!

• The Gates Lab attended the 52nd Midwest/Southeast Photosynthesis Conference, 2026.

• The Gates Lab attended the Midwest Enzyme Chemistry Conference, 2026.

• Congratulations to Viktoriia Stolyar for receiving a travel award to attend the 2026 Midwest/Southeast Photosynthesis Conference!

• The Gates Lab attended the Conference on Cyanobacteria and Algae in Research and Education, 2026.

• The Gates Lab attended ABGradCon, 2026.  Congratulations to Chloe Wilke on being selected!

• The Gates Lab attended the American Chemical Society Fall Meeting, 2026.

• We published a paper in Molecular Plant with our collaborators at Rutgers and TU Delft.

• Congratulations to Grant Steiner and Devinjeet Saini on their successful publication in Frontiers in Plant Science!

• The Gates Lab attended the International Photosynthesis Research Congress, 2026.

• We published a paper in Biophysical Journal with collaborators at CU Boulder.

• The Gates Lab attended the Extraterrestrial Photosynthesis Workshop, 2026.  We participated in a white paper (see Publications).

• Congratulations to Leslie Castillo and Grant Steiner on their successful PhD thesis defenses!

• Congratulations to Leslie Castillo, Nicole Seliga, Nidhi Patel, Grant Steiner, Gustavo Chavez,  and Alexis Diaz on their successful publication in Plants!

• Congratulations to Chloe Wilke for receiving a travel award to attend the International Photosynthesis Research Congress, 2026!

• Congratulations to Grant Steiner and Devinjeet Saini on their successful publication in Algal Research!

• Congratulations to Leslie Castillo, Nidhi Patel, Stavroula Nicolaou, and Nicole Seliga on their successful publication in Photosynthesis Research!

• Congratulations to Keith Partridge, Jakub Kulesza, Andrew Ashorian, and David Odesho on receiving Provost/Mulcahy fellowships!

• Congratulations to Melina Ammann, Diane Abdelrahim, and Mila Patel on receiving USRE fellowships!

• Congratulations to Leslie Castillo, Nidhi Patel, Nicole Seliga, and Gustavo Chavez  on their successful publication of a textbook chapter/review!

• The Gates Lab attended SACNAS, 2025

• The Gates Lab attended the 51st Midwest/Southeast Photosynthesis Conference, 2025.

• The Gates Lab attended the Midwest Enzyme Chemistry Conference, 2025.

• Congratulations to Nidhi Patel and Nicole Seliga for receiving travel awards to attend the 2025 Midwest/Southeast Photosynthesis Conference!

• Congratulations to Grant Steiner for receiving an award at the 2025 Conference on Cyanobacteria and Algae in Research and Education!

• Congratulations to Grant Steiner, Devinjeet Saini, and Arivu Kapoor on their successful publication in Algal Research!

• Congratulations to Grant Steiner for receiving an award at the Gordon Research Conference in Photosynthesis, July 2025!

• The Gates Lab attended the Annual Literature Research Competition, 2025.

• Congratulations to Leslie Castillo and Stevi Nicolaou on their successful publication in Frontiers in Plant Science!

• Congratulations to Leslie Castillo for receiving the Carl Storm Opportunity Fellowship to travel to the Photosynthesis GRC!

• Congratulations to Luke Barber, Evan Smolen, and Vidya Gundlapalli for receiving departmental awards, April 2025!

• Congratulations to Grant Steiner, who was selected as a departmental teaching fellow!

• Congratulations to Leslie Castillo for receiving the Schmidt fellowship for her final year!

• Congratulations to Danny Duda and Brody Krozel for receiving Mulcahy fellowships!

• The Gates Lab attended the 42nd Eastern Regional Photosynthesis Conference, 2025.

• Congratulations to Megan Sabocor for receiving departmental summer research support!

• Congratulations to Danny Duda and Viktoria Stolyar for receiving USRE fellowships!

• Congratulations to Leslie Castillo, who was selected as a departmental teaching fellow!

• Congratulations to Leslie Castillo, Stevi Nicolaou, Evan Smolen, and Vidya Gundlapalli for receiving awards at the 2024 Midwest/Southeast Photosynthesis Conference!

• Congratulations to Stevi Nicolaou and Vidya Gundlapalli for receiving travel awards to attend the 2024 Midwest/Southeast Photosynthesis Conference!