Congratulations to Nathan Gaut for winning second place in the UMn 3MT finals!
NSF Synthetic and Artificial Cells Workshop
Kate attended NSF Synthetic and Artificial Cells Workshop in Alexandria VA.
Synthetic Biology USA Congress
Kate gave talk on bioengineering with synthetic cell at 3rd Synthetic Biology USA Congress
Brady Spano

I am working on my B.S. in Biology at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities and expected graduation is spring 2019. After graduation, I am unclear of my career path. My undergraduate research career started at the Adamala and Engelhart Lab working alongside Brock Cash beginning January 2018. Some of my research interests include; medical research, biosynthetic research, and evolutionary biology. In my free time, I enjoy music, drumming, computers, video games, travel, and working out.
Ali Baydoun

Contact: baydo004@umn.edu
Ali is a Lebanese-Australian International Student pursuing a B.S in Biology and a minor in Leadership.
My research interests include; cell and disease biology, medical research and behavioral education research. Other interests include: sports, Art, reading, music, Netflix and travel.
Ali works on projects jointly with Engelhart lab.
Lauren Aufdembrink

Contact: aufde025@umn.edu
Grad student, works on projects jointly with Engelhart lab.
New publication

Lin Jin*, Aaron E. Engelhart*, Katarzyna P. Adamala1, Jack W. Szostak;
JoVE, (132), e57324, 2018, doi:10.3791/57324;
local copy pdf
publisher website link
Build-a-Cell Workshop #2
Kate and Brock were attending Build-a-Cell #2 Workshop, hosted at Stanford.
buildacell.io
What is life podcast
Kate participated in What is life conversation about origins and earliest evolution of life , led by Carl Zimmer at Caveat in New York City.
Princeton Envision
Kate talked and run a workshop at 2017 Envision meeting at Princeton.