Megan Nicole McClean

Happy to share that work led by grad students Zack Harmer and Jaron Thompson, with significant contributions from David Cole, is now out in the journal @ACSSynBio. This work developed out of a productive collaboration with the research groups of Zavala and Venturelli.

I'm honored and excited to share that my NSF CAREER proposal, "CAREER: Remodeling Drives Spatial Variations in Soft Tissue Mechanics and Multiscale Structure," has been selected for funding! Learn more about the work here: engineering.wisc.edu/news/with-care…

Excited to share our paper in @CellGenomics using #genomics and #machinelearing to dissect why #aneuploidy is toxic to cells and why some gene duplications are more deleterious than others. Great effort led by stellar postdoc Julie Rojas!

Controlling biology by light still feels like science fiction and the capabilities keep getting more amazing! I'm super excited to be at the AIChE Optogenetics conference in Boston and share our work with this invigorating community. #synbio @Leibniz_INM

Great first day with so much interest in our #Lumiplate! Big thanks to @AIChE for hosting such an amazing event in a beautiful location. Proud of the team for what we achieved so far. Huge thanks to everyone involved! #Biotech #Innovation #Conference2024

Want to understand how the tools of #optogenetics can unleash advances in medicine, #materialsscience, #neuroengineering, and more? Hear from these researchers in the field and learn what potential they see in its future. bit.ly/4eajivU #Optogenetics2024

We've extended the early bird registration rates until July 29. Attend and enjoy a slate of exceptional guest speakers presenting the state-of-the-art in optogenetics. Grants are available to attend bit.ly/4aGOQIA #optogenetics2024 #research

"Targeting fungi is a fundamental capability we don't really have to modify microbiomes." @UWMadison_BME’s @McCleanLab uncovered a method for manipulating the fungal members of microbiomes, which could prove useful for biotechnology or biomedicine. engineering.wisc.edu/news/transfer-…

Abstract deadline extended for #optogenetics2024!

Published this week! Dynamic Multiplexed Control and Modeling of Optogenetic Systems Using the High-Throughput Optogenetic Platform, Lustro ➡️ go.acs.org/9cS Congratulations to Harmer et al. out of @UWMadison on this excellent Letter! 🤩

@NIGMS @NSF More details can be found in the research article tinyurl.com/58wz47jmor in the press release from @UWMadEngr @UWMadison_BME tinyurl.com/4vrb3pmd

This work was funded by @NIGMS @NSF , the Army Research Office and the Burroughs Wellcome Fund.

Happy to share that work led by grad students Zack Harmer and Jaron Thompson, with significant contributions from David Cole, is now out in the journal @ACSSynBio. This work developed out of a productive collaboration with the research groups of Zavala and Venturelli.

You are invited to present your work in optogenetic technologies, in a program showcasing advances in the field & bringing together diverse branches of the community. Join the conversation & submit your abstract by May 21 - bit.ly/3Uz4cJT #optogenetics2024 #research #SBE

Happy to report that it is now Dr. Harmer and old traditions (awkwardly sitting around the Innovation room, research-themed cake) as well as new (ChatGPT generated poetry anyone?) were followed.

We're losing (in the best possible way) another student this month! Come tomorrow for all things yeasty optogenetics (or DM me for the Zoom link).