The meanings of ‘function’ in biology
Anne-Ruxandra and colleagues explore the various meanings of ‘function’ in biology and its implications on the field of de novo gene birth. Have a look
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Halloween’19
Carvunis Lab celebrated Halloween in style this year! We not only had a costume-style lab meeting but also hosted this years Halloween party
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Carvunis Lab members featured in the departmental newsletter
Anne-Ruxandra made news for receiving the prestigious NIH Director’s New Innovator Award and Carly was the ‘Student Highlight’ in the latest edition of
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Tiny proteins, huge impact
Ubiquitous tiny little proteins that can boost or block the impact of their bigger kin! Read all about this fascinating phenomenon and how
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News feature on de novo gene birth
Want to know “how evolution builds genes from scratch”? Follow this link to read what some of the leading researchers in the field of de novo gene
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Anne-Ruxandra receives the NIH Director’s New Innovator Award
Anne-Ruxandra was named one of the awardees of the highly prestigious NIH Director’s New Innovator Award for 2019. This award supports “exceptionally creative
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John’s Send-off
It was a bitter-sweet day for the Carvunis Lab to see our oldest member move on. John has been an integral part of
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EPiC Conference
Omer and Saurin took a road trip to Philly for the Evolution in Philadelphia Conference. Omer had a great poster on “Exploring de novo gene
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Retreat Week!
Doing science is difficult and hence we retreat! The Carvunis Lab members took a break from the lab and decide to have some
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Goodbye Summer’19 Students
Today we said goodbye to our amazing summer students – Jake, Kate and Tanvi! All of them did a wonderful job over the
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