{"id":265,"date":"2024-10-22T01:47:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T05:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/finzi-dunlap\/?page_id=265"},"modified":"2026-03-04T12:01:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T17:01:08","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/finzi-dunlap\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"265\" class=\"elementor elementor-265\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-82d7894 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"82d7894\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-59ceb7c\" data-id=\"59ceb7c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76e5724 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"76e5724\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">News<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a20624f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a20624f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0446893\" data-id=\"0446893\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-638488d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"638488d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><b>Recent News<\/b><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0ff33d6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0ff33d6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b1d0c1b\" data-id=\"b1d0c1b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd63f53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bd63f53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li data-start=\"646\" data-end=\"1062\">February 21\u201325, 2026: Biophysical Society:<br>\u2022 Ritika Gupta presented a flash talk titled <strong>ParBS condensates generate force for bacterial chromosome segregation<\/strong>&nbsp;in the Protein-Nucleic Acid Interaction II session on February 24 at 10:05 am (Room 207\/208).<br>\u2022 Ritika Gupta also presented a poster (B120) in the Protein-Nucleic Acid Interaction II session on February 25 at 10:30 am (Exhibit Halls ABC).<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 17px\" data-start=\"646\" data-end=\"1062\">We are thrilled to announce that&nbsp;<b>Ritika Gupta<\/b>&nbsp;has been selected as one of the 10 finalists for the prestigious&nbsp;<b>Biophysical Society (BPS) Art of Science Image Contest<\/b>. <a href=\"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/finzi-dunlap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/01\/thumbnail_image.png\">The image is about how liquid nuclear condensates sense and restructure chromatin<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"646\" data-end=\"1062\"><strong>June 9-13, 2026:<\/strong> Laura&nbsp;was invited&nbsp; to talk at&nbsp;<i>The 2nd Next Gen. Conversation<\/i>, Louisiana Tech University.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"646\" data-end=\"1062\"><strong data-start=\"793\" data-end=\"815\">February 24, 2026:<\/strong> Laura was invited to give a talk in the NSF-funded Center for Theoretical Biophysics (CTBP), Rice University.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 17px\" data-start=\"2630\" data-end=\"2881\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold\" data-start=\"2630\" data-end=\"2676\">February 21-25, 2026: Biophysical Society:<\/span><br data-start=\"2676\" data-end=\"2679\">\u2022 Ritika Gupta was selected for a talk at BPS 2026 in the Protein-Nucleic Acid Interaction platform on February 24<span style=\"font-size: 12.75px;line-height: 0;position: relative;vertical-align: baseline;top: -0.5em\">th&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2630\" data-end=\"2881\"><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold\" data-start=\"2630\" data-end=\"2676\">February, 2026: <\/span>Laura and David will present a talk and a poster, respectively, at the Single-Molecule Biophysics meeting in Les Houches, France<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 17px\" data-start=\"646\" data-end=\"1062\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold\" data-start=\"646\" data-end=\"670\">January 11\u201315, 2026:<\/span>&nbsp;Laura and David will attend the FASEB conference on Phase Transitions in Cellular Signaling and Disease, Melbourne, FL.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1064\" data-end=\"1493\"><strong data-start=\"1064\" data-end=\"1084\">October 9, 2025:<\/strong> Ritika presented at the Clemson University Biophysics Seminar Series.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1064\" data-end=\"1493\"><strong data-start=\"1157\" data-end=\"1180\">September 30, 2025:<\/strong> Laura was invited to present in the Clemson University Genetics and Biochemistry Club.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1064\" data-end=\"1493\"><strong data-start=\"1270\" data-end=\"1292\">September 8, 2025:<\/strong> Laura was invited to present in the Clemson University Advances in Human Genetics talk series.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1064\" data-end=\"1493\"><strong data-start=\"1390\" data-end=\"1410\">August 28, 2025:<\/strong> Laura was invited to present in the Clemson University Chemistry Seminar Series.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1495\" data-end=\"1694\"><strong data-start=\"1495\" data-end=\"1515\">August 19, 2025:<\/strong> Catherine presented her research at SIRPA 2025.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1495\" data-end=\"1694\"><strong data-start=\"1566\" data-end=\"1586\">August 19, 2025:<\/strong> Wesley, Catherine, and Azad presented their PhD research at the Clemson University SIRPA meeting.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1696\" data-end=\"1798\"><strong data-start=\"1696\" data-end=\"1713\">May 16, 2025:<\/strong> Suleyman presented his work at the Institute for Human Genetics Symposium.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1800\" data-end=\"2028\"><strong data-start=\"1800\" data-end=\"1815\">April 2025:<\/strong> Suleyman won the Illumina PIPseq Single Cell Prep Kit prize at the Single Cell, Revolutionized: Introducing Illumina Single Cell Prep event hosted by the Clemson University Genomics and Bioinformatics Facility.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2030\" data-end=\"2213\"><strong data-start=\"2030\" data-end=\"2049\">April 22, 2025:<\/strong> Ritika and Narendar presented their research at the CU Postdoctoral Symposium on condensates and DNA phase transitions.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2215\" data-end=\"2628\"><strong data-start=\"2215\" data-end=\"2237\">March 16\u201321, 2025:<\/strong> Laura presented an invited talk at the APS Global Summit in Anaheim, California: \u201cMAR L-72 DNA Mechanics and Gene Expression,\u201d Wednesday, March 18, Malibu, Level 4.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2215\" data-end=\"2628\"><strong data-start=\"2405\" data-end=\"2423\">March 5, 2025:<\/strong> Laura successfully chaired the search for an experimental biophysicist to expand the biophysics group in the Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Medical Biophysics Program at Clemson University.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2630\" data-end=\"2881\"><strong data-start=\"2630\" data-end=\"2676\">February 15\u201319, 2025: Biophysical Meeting:<\/strong><br data-start=\"2676\" data-end=\"2679\">\u2022 Narendar Kolimi presented a poster titled \u201cThe Effect of Macromolecular Crowding on DNA under Tension.\u201d<br data-start=\"2784\" data-end=\"2787\">\u2022 Suleyman Ucuncuoglu presented a poster titled \u201cAssay transcription with quantitative PCR.\u201d<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2883\" data-end=\"2986\"><strong data-start=\"2883\" data-end=\"2908\">February 21\u201322, 2025:<\/strong> Ritika, Wesley, Catherine, and Azad gave a lab tour and presented a poster.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2988\" data-end=\"3328\"><strong data-start=\"2988\" data-end=\"3011\">January 5\u201310, 2025:<\/strong> David and Laura presented at the 12th biannual Single-Molecule Biophysics winter conference at the Aspen Center for Physics.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2988\" data-end=\"3328\"><strong data-start=\"3139\" data-end=\"3161\">March 16\u201321, 2025:<\/strong> Laura has been invited to speak at the APS Global Summit 2025.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2988\" data-end=\"3328\"><strong data-start=\"3227\" data-end=\"3249\">March 16\u201321, 2025:<\/strong> Jin Qian was also invited to present his work at the APS Global Summit 2025.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"3330\" data-end=\"3917\"><strong data-start=\"3330\" data-end=\"3352\">November 21, 2024:<\/strong> Hosted Ian Spille from the University of Illinois Chicago.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"3330\" data-end=\"3917\"><strong data-start=\"3414\" data-end=\"3436\">November 20, 2024:<\/strong> Wesley, Narendar, David, and Laura attended the \u201cABZ\u201d conference on DNA.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"3330\" data-end=\"3917\"><strong data-start=\"3512\" data-end=\"3537\">November 13\u201316, 2024:<\/strong> Ritika attended ABRCMS in Pittsburgh and visited Dr. Childers&#8217; lab at the University of Pittsburgh.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"3330\" data-end=\"3917\"><strong data-start=\"3640\" data-end=\"3662\">November 14, 2024:<\/strong> Laura participated in the Clemson University Women\u2019s Roundtable panel in Greenville.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"3330\" data-end=\"3917\"><strong data-start=\"3750\" data-end=\"3771\">November 7, 2024:<\/strong> Hosted Michael Poirier from Ohio State University.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"3330\" data-end=\"3917\"><strong data-start=\"3825\" data-end=\"3846\">November 6, 2024:<\/strong> David was invited to speak in the TORC international seminar series.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"3919\" data-end=\"4458\"><strong data-start=\"3919\" data-end=\"3951\">October 31\u2013November 3, 2024:<\/strong> David and Laura presented at the Mountain Lake Transcription Meeting, Pembroke, Virginia.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"3919\" data-end=\"4458\"><strong data-start=\"4044\" data-end=\"4065\">October 31, 2024:<\/strong> Laura received the investiture as the Dr. Waenard and Sheila M. Miller Endowed Chair in Medical Biophysics.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"3919\" data-end=\"4458\"><strong data-start=\"4176\" data-end=\"4200\">October 17\u201318, 2024:<\/strong> Laura was invited to speak at the Single Molecule Biophysics (SMBio) 2024 meeting in New York City.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"3919\" data-end=\"4458\"><strong data-start=\"4303\" data-end=\"4327\">October 17\u201318, 2024:<\/strong> Ritika and Suleyman also attended SMBio 2024.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"3919\" data-end=\"4458\"><strong data-start=\"4376\" data-end=\"4396\">August 18, 2024:<\/strong> Laura was invited to speak at the ACS fall meeting in Denve<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cc15989 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cc15989\" 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