Prof. Nair goes to the ICBE meeting in Newport Beach, CA! (Jan 6 – 9) At the International Conference on Biomolecular Engineering, Prof. Nair presented a talk on Venkatesh’s, Sean’s, and Vikas’ work on engineering substrate metabolism in baker’s yeast.

Emma leaves the lab (Dec 17) Goodbye, Emma! Good luck with your study-abroad next semester in Scottland!

The Nair lab goes to AIChE Annual Meeting! (Oct 28 – Nov 1) Joe and Vikas make to Pittsburgh, PA safely!             We have a giant get together for lunch with the Zhao lab, its alumni, and their advisees. We took over nearly half the restaurant! Picture coming soon! Sara […]

Prof. Nair gives a seminar at University of Illinois (Sept 13) It was great to be back at UIUC and present me independent work to my former advisor, Prof. Huimin Zhao, and other mentors and teachers. Thanks for the invitation! (tweet) The lab welcomes ChBE undergrad Taylor Hart! (Sept 10) Taylor will be working with Vikas […]

Venkatesh’s review on pentose metabolism in yeast is accepted for publication! (Aug 29) Congrats! The review “Pentose metabolism in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: The need to engineer global regulatory systems” will be published later this year in Biotechnology Journal as part of their “Methods and Advances” special issue. (link) Prof. Nair attends the SIMB Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL! (Aug 12 […]