News

Current news from the Rock Lab

Krysia is awarded a Dean’s International Student Fellowship from the BSD

Covers her first year of graduate studies. Congratulations to Krysia!
Oct 3, 2024

Lab BBQ

Julia, Ron, Daniel, Krysia, Luke, and Ula
Aug 9, 2024

Welcome aboard, Krysia

Welcome aboard (again!) to Krysia Tesak. She has now joined the lab for her Ph.D. studies, and will work on a collaborative project with Ralph Weichselbaum in the Dept. of…
Aug 1, 2024

Welcome aboard, Daniel

A warm welcome to Daniel Jankowski, who joins us from Jagiellonian University in Kraków for his Fulbright BioLabs year.
Jul 10, 2024

Kourtney graduates!

Time to break out the champagne
Congratulations to Kourtney Kroll, Ph.D. in Biophysics! Another signed, empty champagne bottle for the window of fame.
Jun 3, 2023

Julia is awarded an NSF graduate fellowship

Congratulations on this outstanding achievement!
Apr 15, 2022

Kourtney is awarded an AHA fellowship

For her work on optogenetic control over contractile systems. Congratulations!
Dec 20, 2021

Welcome aboard, Julia

A warm welcome to Julia Shangguan! She has joined the lab for her Ph.D. work, and will be co-mentored by Tobin.
Sep 1, 2021

Welcome aboard, Michał

A warm welcome to Michał Rekies, who joins us from the University of Agriculture in Krakow for his Fulbright BioLabs year.
Jul 20, 2021

Christmas Party

The Christmas party was a bit different this year because we had to do it over zoom. But we still had gingerbread!
Dec 22, 2020

Welcome aboard, Krysia

A warm welcome to Krystyna (a.k.a Krysia or Cristina) Tesak, who joins us from Wrocław University of Science and Technology.
Oct 1, 2020

Lab BBQ

Kourtney, Ron, Robert, Karolina, Ula, Eugene
Aug 19, 2020

Welcome back, Ula

Welcome back to Ula! She has just joined the Rock Lab after completing her first year of graduate studies and passing her prelim exam.
Aug 10, 2020

Kourtney wins the Grier Prize

Congratulations to Kourtney Kroll for winning the inaugural Grier Prize for Innovative Research in the Biophysical Sciences.
Dec 3, 2019

Welcome aboard, Karolina, Kourtney, and Robert

Ron, Kourtney, Eugene, Ula, Karolina, and Sarah Yde (Kovar lab)
Jul 15, 2019

Christmas Party and Lab Reunion

Great to have a few generations of RockLab folks over!
Dec 21, 2018

Optical Tweezers wins a Nobel!

Eugene on our tweezers rig, the day of the announcement and his day two in the lab!
Oct 2, 2018

Welcome aboard, Eugene

A warm welcome to our new lab member. Auhen “Eugene” Shauchuk joins us from the University of Wrocław.
Oct 1, 2018

Fat Thursday just happened again

Does the Pope approve of something so good?
Feb 8, 2018

Welcome aboard, Ula

A warm welcome to our new lab member. Urszula Cichoń joins us from Jagiellonian University in Kraków.
Jul 1, 2017

Ben defends!

Time to break out the champagne
Congratulations to Ben Zalisko, Ph.D. in Chemistry! Another signed, empty champagne bottle for the window of fame.
May 1, 2017

Welcome aboard, Eric

Welcome to our new lab member. Eric is an undergraduate at the U of C.
Jan 1, 2016

A busy summer for thesis defenses!

Time to break out the champagne
Just minted Rock Lab Ph.D.s #7, #8, #9, and #10.
Oct 15, 2015

Ala is awarded an AHA fellowship

Covers two years of graduate work. Congratulations!
Sep 5, 2015

Welcome aboard, Kasia

Welcome to our new lab member. Kasia Krysztofiak comes to us from the University of Warsaw.
Jul 8, 2015

Welcome aboard, Natalia

A warm welcome to our new lab member, Natalia Plewa. Natalia comes to us from Wrocław University.
Jul 6, 2015

Eric wins an IBD research fellowship

Congratulations to Eric for winning a summer undergraduate research fellowship from the Institute for Biophysical Dynamics.
May 10, 2015

Welcome aboard, Jagoda

A warm welcome to our new lab member. Jagoda hails from the University of Warsaw.
Jul 9, 2014

Fat Thursday just happened

Forbidden donut…
Feb 27, 2014

Welcome back, Aśka

Aśka has returned to the lab as a research technician after finishing her Masters work in Wrocław.
Jan 15, 2014

Ala lands a fellowship

Ala was awarded a Dean’s International Student Fellowship. Congratulations!
Sep 15, 2013

First Rock Lab Kubb champions

To the victors, go the spoils
Congratulations to KC, Ben, and Alex on their glorious Kubb victory!
Aug 11, 2013

Welcome aboard, Łukasz

Welcome to our new lab member. Łukasz comes to us from the University of Warsaw.
Jul 5, 2013

Welcome aboard, Natalia

Welcome to our new lab member, Natalia Zapiórkowska. Natalia comes to us from Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland.
Jul 1, 2012

Marie wins an IBD research fellowship

Congratulations to Marie for winning a summer undergraduate research fellowship from the Institute for Biophysical Dynamics.
May 1, 2012

KC receives an NSF honorable mention

A good day to pull out the grill
Congratulations to KC for receiving an honorable mention on his NSF graduate fellowship application.
Jan 1, 2012

Lab BBQ

A good day to pull out the grill
Ron, Stas, Ala, Ben, Melanie, Josiah, Crista, David, & Phil
Aug 3, 2009
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