August 19, 2024. Congratulations and farewell to Kavita Matange, who is leaving for Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL). Kavita is a CSHL Postdoctoral Fellow in the Cifani Laboratory.
Spotlight
Welcome Dr. Pau Capera Aragonès, postdoctoral fellow
August 1, 2024. Dr. Pau Capera Aragonès, a theoretical scientist, joined PI Loren Williams’ Lab at Georgia Tech as a postdoctoral fellow. Pau joins us from iCOOL Collaborator Moran Frenkel-Pinter’s lab at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Welcome, Pau!
Hannah Usadi receives ArtiSci and Fan Favorite awards!
July 19, 2024. iCOOL artist in residence Hannah Usadi worked with PI Loren Williams to develop an original artwork comic called “Water and the Origin of Life”. The comic was displayed in the art show at AbSciCon 2024 in Providence, RI, and at the Georgia Tech Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience’s second annual summer art show July 17, 2024. Hannah received ArtiSci and Fan Favorite awards at the Petit Institute’s art show. More than 200 attendees participated. Hannah’s art was also featured on the main page of the Petit Institute website.
Co-I Zoe Todd speaks at Georgia Tech
The Center for Integration of the Origins of Life welcomed Co-I Zoe Todd from the University of Wisconsin-Madison for a Special Seminar on July 11, 2024. Dr. Todd spoke on Astronomy to Chemistry, towards a continuous path for the origins of life as part of a special seminar open to the Georgia Tech sciences and astrobiology communities.
Congrats to our Bachelor of Science degree recipients!
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.
iCOOL holds a mini symposium for the astrobiology community
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.