🌟 MBTP 2024-2026 Trainee Spotlight 🌟
Meet @lydia-kenney.bsky.social (@pinkettlab.bsky.social lab)!

Lydia studies the ProU osmoregulatory ABC transporter from Yersinia pestis & its CBS regulatory domain using cryo-EM + biochem tools.

Fun fact: HUGE Georgia Tech football fan 🐝

#MBTP #Biophysics

🌟 MBTP 2025-2026 Trainee Spotlight 🌟
Meet Anika Wilen (George lab)!

Her research explores neurophysiological effects of Na⁺/K⁺-ATPase disease mutations and the development of biosensors to study ion dynamics in vivo.

Fun fact: Loves birdwatching, hiking, and cinematography✨

#MBTP #Biophysics

🌟 MBTP 2025-2026 Trainee Spotlight 🌟
Meet Yuntong Zou (Lucks lab)!

Her research explores predictive modeling of riboswitch function with ML, inspired by a passion for combining computation & biophysics.

Fun fact: She's a part-time astrologer! ✨

#MBTP #Biophysics #Northwestern

Please join us in celebrating MBTP trainee, Gracie Siffer, winner of the Neil Welker IBiS Teaching Assistant Excellence Award (2025)!

Congrats, Gracie, on this well-deserved recognition of your excellence in teaching and mentoring! 🌟

New article on grad school life featuring MBTP trainee, Nick Fisher!

“Failure is just part of the learning process and will help you grow as a scientist.”

Read more: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#GraduateSchool #Northwestern

A big thank-you to our career panelists, Claire Vernon, Peter Faull, Dennis Echevarria-Cooper, Lisa Dhar, and Soumya Kandi, for joining us for our Biophysics Symposium and sharing great career advice with our MBTP trainees and our community!

#Biophysics #Northwestern #CareerDevelopment

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our 16th Annual Biophysics Symposium!

Special thanks to our distinguished speakers, Stacy Malaker, @katiehatstat.bsky.social, Rebecca Berlow, Josefina del Mármol, Anum Glasgow, and Allison Williams, for their excellent talks and time spent with MBTP trainees!

💡 Meet the career panelists for our 16th Annual Biophysics Symposium on Friday, Sept 12! Five professionals will share insights on careers in science—don’t miss this chance to learn & connect!

📝 Register: lnkd.in/g62_mVXy

#CareerDevelopment #Biophysics #Northwestern #STEMCareers

Just one week away! 🚨

Northwestern’s 16th Annual Biophysics Symposium is happening Friday, Sept 12. A full day of talks, a career panel, and student/postdoc research presentations.

📝 Register: lnkd.in/g62_mVXy

🔗 Details: lnkd.in/gm2jRTWZ

#Northwestern #Biophysics

Join us Sept 12 for our 16th Annual Biophysics Symposium!

Talks from 5 speakers + an emerging speaker, career panel, and student/postdoc research presentations. Great chance to learn & connect!

🔗 Info: lnkd.in/gm2jRTWZ
📝 Register: lnkd.in/g62_mVXy

Congrats to MBTP Trainee, Gracie Siffer (Vafabakhsh lab), on receiving the Future Founders 3-Minute Pitch Program 1st place award!

Join us for an inspiring event: “Women in Biophysics: Journeys and Challenges”! Four prominent women biophysicists, representing diverse career paths from the biotech industry to academia, will share their experiences navigating the field.

Registration link: buff.ly/uQY2gL2

#BiophysicsWeek

Great talk last week by Dr. Mustafa Mir from CHOP Research Institute about Molecular kinetics of gene regulation during embryonic development!