Blackwell Laboratory-News

August 15, 2008 – Congratulations Dr. Sarah Fowler on your Thesis Defense!

August 12, 2008 – Congratulations Dr. Jenny Campbell O'Neill on your Thesis Defense!

August 2008 – The Blackwell Lab is highlighted in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Read

April 2, 2008 – Congratulations Dr. Grant David Geske on your Thesis Defense!

March 2008 – Our 2007 ACS Chemical Biology paper is featured by ACS Publications as one of the "Most Cited Articles published in 2007"! Read

December 2007 – Our recent quorum sensing paper (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 13613) is highlighted by Dave Spring and co-workers in ACS Chemical Biology (2007, 2, 715).

November 4, 2007 – Blackwell Lab featured in the Wisconsin State Journal Read

November 1, 2007 – A big welcome to our new first years--Tony Breitbach, Aaron Crapster, Danielle Stacy, and Knick Praneenararat. We are glad to have you in our group and look forward to working with you in the years to come!

October 29, 2007 – Roland Jiaxun Li was born to the proud parents Qi Lin and Bo Li. Welcome to the Blackwell Lab's first honorary member!

September 2007 – Helen Blackwell is named one of Popular Science's Annual Brilliant Ten. Read

September 2007 – Our quorum sensing and antibacterial research is highlighted by Caltech News (Volume 41, Number 3, 2007) Read

September 2007 – Jenny O'Neill and Helen Blackwell are featured in Brigham Young University's alumni magazine in an article about preparing for and pursuing graduate education Read

August 17, 2007 – Jenny O’Neill received an ASM Graduate Student Travel Award to attend the 3rd Annual ASM Conference on Cell-Cell Communication in Bacteria in Austin, TX!

August 14, 2007 – Congratulations Ben Gorske on your Thesis Defense!

August 8, 2007 – Congratulations Qi Lin on your Thesis Defense!

July 25, 2007 – Monomer peptoid paper highlighted on "Faculty of 1000 Biology": Evaluations for Gorske BC et al. J Am Chem Soc 2007 Jul 25 129 (29) :8928-9; Read

June 2007 – Margie Mattmann received the ACS Division of Organic Chemistry Travel Award to attend the 234 th ACS National Meeting in Boston!

May 2007 – Ben Gorske received the UW-Madison Ralph Hirschmann/Dan Rich Graduate Award in Bioorganic Chemistry Research!

April 27, 2007 – Our antibacterial research (Chemistry & Biology, 2007) is covered on the local Madison CBS television station (9 and 10 pm News) Read or Watch

April 2007 – Our antibacterial research (Chemistry & Biology, 2007) is highlighted by UW Communications. Read

March 2007 – Christie McInnis received the 2007 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship!

February 25, 2007 – Our quorum sensing research is highlighted in The New York Times (Sunday Business section) Read

November 8, 2006 – Perfluoro peptoid paper is highlighted on “Faculty of 1000 Biology”: Evaluations for Gorske BC & Blackwell HE J Am Chem Soc 2006 Nov 8 128 (44):14378-87; Read

October 2006 – Our quorum sensing research is highlighted in the cover story for C & E News on bacterial communication. Read

September 2006 – Ben Gorske received the 2006 M. J. Collins Award in Microwave-Assisted Chemistry!

September 2006 – Interviewed for the radio show “The World Today” by the BBC about our quorum sensing research.

September 2006 – Gave press release at 232 nd ACS Meeting ( San Francisco, CA on our quorum sensing research). Picked up by several news agencies, including: The Economist, Scientific American, and several other news agencies around the world.

June 2006 – Congratulations Matt Bowman on your Thesis Defense!

May 2006 – Matt Bowman received the UW-Madison Ralph Hirschmann/Dan Rich Graduate Award in Bioorganic Chemistry Research!

April 2006 – Sarah Fowler received the 2006 Pfizer Diversity in Organic Chemistry Graduate Fellowship!

March 2006 – Sarah Fowler received the 2006 ACS Division of Medicinal Chemistry Graduate Fellowship!

March 2006 – Interviewed by the life sciences magazine, “The Scientist”, about our research and Helen profiled as a rising young star. Article published in June 2006 issue. Read

December 2005 – Interviewed for Hi International Magazine on quorum sensing research (highlighted as a “face to watch”) Read

December 2005 – Interviewed for Drug Discovery & Development about microwave work (for December 2005 issue). Read

September 5, 2005 – Our 2005 quorum sensing JACS communication is highlighted in “Science & Technology Concentrates” section in the magazine C & E News.

May 2005 – Jenny O’Neill received the 2005 Novartis Graduate Fellowship in Organic Chemistry!

March 2005 – Grant Geske received the 2005 ACS Division of Medicinal Chemistry Graduate Fellowship!

March-May 2005 – Interviewed about our quorum sensing research by:

NPR – The Health Show

UW University Communications

The Badger Herald