Baljyot was awarded the Trainee Paper Award from the Biophysical Society of Canada for his single-molecule work characterizing the dynamics of RNA polymerase inside biomolecular condensates in E. coli. Congratulations on this well-deserved honor!
Weber lab gets some fresh air and exercise!
Lively soccer match to wrap up this crazy semester (year).
Congratulations to Nathael, who finished his honors project and will pursue an MSc at UofT. And to Natika, who will be moving on to the Fixman lab for her honors project. Thank you both for all of your hard work!
Steph joins The Soft Matter Show podcast!
Check out her wide-ranging conversation with Dr. Amal Narayanan about biomolecular condensates, academic research in Canada, and mental health.
Weber Lab undergrads clean up on awards!
Congratulations to James Wall on earning an Undergraduate Student Research Award from NSERC! And to Sara Zdanovskis (coming soon!) for her Science Undergraduate Research Award from McGill!
Can’t wait for you both to join the lab full-time this summer!
Image courtesy of James Goldberg, a previous USRA recipient
Peng CRISPRs tri-color worm lines
We can now image all three nucleolar subcompartments in multiple tissues throughout development!
Stay tuned for new insights on the “aging” of this fascinating membraneless organelle…
RNAP work highlighted in Quanta magazine
A Newfound Source of Cellular Order in the Chemistry of Life by Viviane Callier
Pinaki's pandemic review is out!
Congratulations on making the most of the lockdown, and welcome to the field! :)
Steph joins Shani Elbaum for a conversation on liquid-liquid phase separation
Thanks to Bill Bialek and the Graduate Center at the City University of New York for organizing this fun public lecture. You can check out the recording on youtube.
Peng gives a thought-provoking talk at worm meeting
And Steve the shark has a friend! Weber Lab needs a bigger tank…
Weber Lab bids farewell to postdoc Stefan
Thank you and safe travels back to France!
One last hike up the mountain before winter comes…
Weber Lab says goodbye to Megan, MSc!
A chilly and socially-distant BBQ to bid our first student farewell. Special thanks to Brendon and pyromaniac Peng for running the grill!
Steph talks in PBoC course "at" Woods Hole
Such a fun conversation with Rob Phillips, Hernan Garcia and many others in this virtual seminar series. Check out more amazing talks here!
Megan enters the workforce!
Masters student Megan Couture submitted her thesis and landed a job - in the middle of a pandemic! - in clinical data entry at the Jewish General Hospital. Congratulations!
[Editorial note: It is truly the end of an era. Megan was the first person to join the Weber lab, and it has been such a pleasure to watch her grow from a naive but enthusiastic undergraduate to a thoughtful scientist and confident person. Good luck out there in the “real” world! We’re so proud of all that you have accomplished.]
PUBLISHED!
The lab's first research paper is accepted at PNAS!
We celebrated with a socially-distanced picnic and soccer game. So wonderful to see everyone in person after four months on Zoom! Congratulations to Baljyot, Stefan and many others!
Baljyot presents at the IDPSIG virtual symposium!
Congratulations to PhD student Baljyot Parmar on his first international talk! He presented his single-molecule tracking work on bacterial RNA polymerase. Steve the Shark is now trending on Twitter;)
Thrilled to share our preprint on bacterial RNA polymerase condensates!
This was a major team effort. Thank you and congratulations to Anne-Marie, Baljyot, Stefan, James, Graydon, David, Albright, Nic and Rodrigo!
Working from home during the pandemic
Weber lab is doing our part to Flatten the Curve and protect our community from COVID-19. We’ve donated RT-PCR reagents for testing and personal protective equipment for medical staff. Still holding remote lab meetings over Zoom!
Weber Lab welcomes a new postdoc, Pinaki Swain!
Excited to have another physicist join the team! Check out his doctoral work on the E. coli nucleoid here:
Megan, Baljyot and Peng present at the Molecular Retreat!
From single molecules to aging worms, the Weber lab put on a strong show at this year’s Molecular group retreat. Great work, everyone!
