Mission Statement
Photosynthesis is the biological process which has had the greatest impact on the Earth's chemistry. Our lab's objective is to harness the light reactions of photosynthesis for human benefit and to better understand the regulation of these processes.
Congratulations to Leslie Castillo, Nidhi Patel, Nicole Seliga, and Gustavo Chavez on their successful publication of a textbook chapter/review!
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!
The Gates Lab attended the 1st Conference on Cyanobacteria and Algae in Research and Education, 2024.
The Gates Lab attended the 2nd American Photosynthesis Conference, 2024.
Congratulations to Arivu Kapoor for receiving a Mulcahy fellowship!
Congratulations to Aleksandar Tomic for receiving a Provost fellowship!
Members of the lab participated in the 2024 Chicago Area Undergraduate Research Symposium.
Congratulations to Haydn Notario for receiving an REU fellowship!
Congratulations to Amanda Briggs and Brody Krozel for receiving USRE fellowships!
Congratulations to Amanda Briggs and Vidya Gundlapalli for receiving departmental awards, April 2024!
Congratulations to Kishan Bharwad for receiving a poster award at the 2024 Departmental Awards!
The Gates Lab attended the 41st Eastern Regional Photosynthesis Conference, 2024.
The Gates Lab supports the Loyola University Chicago chapter of SACNAS and co-founder Leslie Castillo.
Contact: cgates4@luc.edu