May 16, 2024. Undergraduate researchers Amelfa Rose Bleyl and Octavio Calvo are Georgia Tech graduates! Rose received a BS in Chemistry and Octavio a BS in Biology. Both are pursuing graduate research.
May 16, 2024. The Center for Integration of the Origins of Life (iCOOL) hosted a mini symposium entitled “The art of origins: biopolymers, water, and other players near the origins of life” on May 14, 2024 at Georgia Tech. Artist Hannah Usadi presented on her origins-themed art. Undergraduate Amelfa Rose Bleyl presented research. Other speakers included Co-Is Jessica Bowman and Anton Petrov, PI Loren Williams, and invited speaker Doron Lancet of the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. The symposium included an art exhibit showcasing the work of iCOOL’s Artist in Residence, Hannah Usadi.
May 10, 2024. The Center for Integration of the Origins of Life convened in Providence, RI for AbSciCon 2024 on May 5-10, 2024. PI Loren Williams, Co-Is Jessica Bowman, Jennifer Glass, Anton Petrov, Eric Smith, Zoe Todd, and Collaborator Moran Frenkel-Pinter presented and/or convened sessions. Williams’ group postdoctoral fellows, graduate, and even undergraduate students also presented and convened sessions. Presenters included recent PhD recipient Kavita Matange, PhD candidates Hayley Hassler and Vahab Rajaei, and undergraduates Rose Bleyl and Arsh Suri.
May 8, 2024. Co-I Jessica Bowman received the College of Sciences (CoS) Research Faculty Community Trailblazer Award at the 2024 CoS Spring Sciences Celebration.
May 2, 2024. Kavita Matange received her PhD in Biochemistry at the Spring 2024 Georgia Tech commencement exercises.
April 9, 2024. Kavita successfully defends her PhD thesis entitled “Chemical Evolution at the Origins of Life: An experimental and conceptual framework.”
