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February 2024<\/strong> \u2014 We attended the Biophysical Society meeting in Philadelphia, PA. Laura presented \u201cMacromolecular crowders: influencers of DNA structure and topology\u201d at <\/span>The Fluid versus Gel Nature of the Genome Symposium<\/em>. Jin presented a poster titled \u201cReciprocating RNAP batters through roadblocks\u201d on February 12, 2024. David delivered a selected oral presentation on \u201cpreferred states in single DNA molecules in crowded solutions\u201d during the <\/span>DNA Structure and Dynamics<\/em> platform on February 14, 2024.<\/span>
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February 2024<\/strong> \u2014 Jin and Wesley presented their work at the Biophysics seminar series, College of Science, Clemson University.<\/p>\n

August 2023<\/strong> \u2014 Jin gave a talk about his work \u201cReciprocating RNAP Batters through Roadblocks<\/a>\u201c at the 2023 IPOLS conference.<\/p>\n

March 31, 2023<\/strong> \u2014 Allison received the Highest Honors for her thesis! Congratulations, Allison!<\/p>\n

March 31, 2023<\/strong> \u2014 Ayanna was selected to give a talk about her PhD work at the Annual Yale Bouchet Conference on Diversity and Graduate Education at Yale University!<\/p>\n

March 20, 2023<\/strong> \u2014 Jin received the Excellence in Graduate Research Award 2023!<\/p>\n

February 20, 2023<\/strong> \u2014 Jin presented our study on repetitive transcription at the Biophysical Society Meeting (Platform-734) in San Diego.<\/p>\n

January 21, 2023<\/strong> \u2014 Laura talks at CUWiP in Auburn.<\/p>\n

January 6, 2023<\/strong> \u2014 David and Laura presented our work at the Single Molecule Biophysics conference at the Center for Physics in Aspen.<\/p>\n

September 20, 2022<\/strong> \u2014 Jin\u2019s manuscript \u201cA Thermodynamic Model of Bacterial Transcription\u201d is accepted by PRE<\/p>\n

July 12, 2022<\/strong> \u2014 Laura lectured at the International School of Physics \u201cEnrico Fermi\u201d.<\/p>\n

June 2022<\/strong> \u2014 The American Institute of Physics Society of Physics Students selected Allison to go to the Physics Congress in Washington DC (October 6-8).<\/p>\n

June 2022<\/strong> \u2014 Allison Cartee receives a summer fellowship from the American Society of Physicists in Medicine to join Dr. Sgouros\u2019 research group at Johns Hopkins.<\/p>\n

April 20, 2022<\/strong> \u2014 Laura gave a talk in The Living Histories series!<\/p>\n

April 1, 2022<\/strong> \u2014 Anna successfully defended her thesis and received high honors!<\/p>\n

March 2, 2022<\/strong> \u2014 Yue presented a talk \u201cProteins mediating different DNA topologies block RNAP elongation with different efficiency\u201d at BPS! Laura, David and Jin also presented three posters at BPS!<\/p>\n

February 17, 2022<\/strong> \u2014 Wenxuan & Yan\u2019s paper on \u201cPositive supercoiling favors transcription elongation through lac repressor-mediated DNA loops\u201d has been published by Nucleic Acids Research. DOI: 10.1063\/10.0006622<\/a><\/p>\n

December 3, 2021<\/strong> \u2014 Wenxuan successfully defended her PhD dissertation and is now Dr. Xu! Congratulations, Wenxuan!<\/p>\n

October 20, 2021<\/strong> \u2014 Our review on \u201cSingle-molecule insights into torsion and roadblocks in bacterial transcript elongation\u201d has been published on journal \u201ctranscription,\u201d check that out!<\/p>\n

October 19, 2021<\/strong> \u2014 Our article in the Journal of Applied Physics was featured in SciLight! DOI: 10.1063\/10.0006622<\/a><\/p>\n

October 18, 2021<\/strong> \u2014 Allison Published an article \u201cA Physical Perspective on Molecular Biology\u201d on Science News. Congratulations, Allison! Find the article here!<\/a><\/p>\n

April 20, 2022<\/strong> \u2014 Laura gave a talk in The Living Histories series! Find the talk here!<\/a><\/p>\n

April 1, 2022<\/strong> \u2014 Anna successfully defended her thesis and received high honors!<\/p>\n

March 2, 2022<\/strong> \u2014 Yue presented a talk \u201cProteins mediating different DNA topologies block RNAP elongation with different efficiency\u201d at BPS! Laura, David, and Jin also presented three posters at BPS!<\/p>\n

February 17, 2022<\/strong> \u2014 Wenxuan & Yan\u2019s paper on \u201cPositive supercoiling favors transcription elongation through lac repressor-mediated DNA loops\u201d has been published by Nucleic Acids Research. DOI: 10.1063\/10.0006622<\/a><\/p>\n

December 3, 2021<\/strong> \u2014 Wenxuan successfully defended her PhD dissertation and is now Dr. Xu! Congratulations, Wenxuan!<\/p>\n

December 2, 2021<\/strong> \u2014 Come and join Wenxuan\u2019s Ph.D. defense: \u201cSupercoiling and Protein-mediated loops in Bacterial Transcription\u201d. Time: December 3, 2021, 2 to 4 p.m., Eastern Time (US and Canada). Zoom invitation: https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/3015714681?pwd=eGhIaUorMTRJK25scW9DaFlHM3lEdz09, Meeting ID: 301 571 4681, Passcode: 3TMTK6, Looking forward to your \u201ckind\u201d advice!<\/p>\n

October 29, 2021<\/strong> \u2014 Laura will be the keynote speaker at the Nanoscopy 2.0 workshop co-organized by the Nikon Imaging Center and the Italian Institute of Technology on November 29, 2021<\/p>\n

October 20, 2021<\/strong> \u2014 Our review on \u201cSingle-molecule insights into torsion and roadblocks in bacterial transcript elongation\u201d has been published in the journal \u201ctranscription\u201d, check that out!<\/p>\n

October 19, 2021<\/strong> \u2014 Our article in the Journal of Applied Physics was featured in SciLight! DOI: 10.1063\/10.0006622<\/a><\/p>\n

October 18, 2021<\/strong> \u2014 Allison Published an article \u201cA Physical Perspective on Molecular Biology\u201d on Science News. Congratulations, Allison! Find the article here!<\/a><\/p>\n

October 16, 2021<\/strong> \u2014 Alex and Yan\u2019s paper is posted on BioRxiv: MS ID#: BIORXIV\/2021\/464438, TITLE: Ionic strength modulates HU protein-induced DNA supercoiling.<\/p>\n

October 13, 2021<\/strong> \u2014 Joe & Josh\u2019s review on \u201cForce spectroscopy with electromagnetic tweezers\u201d has been published in Journal of Applied Physics. Congratulations, Joe, and Josh!<\/p>\n

July13, 2021<\/strong> \u2014 Wenxuan\u2019s review on \u201cEnergetics of twisted DNA topologies\u201d has been published in Boiphysical Journal. Congratulations, Wenxuan!<\/p>\n

May 3, 2021<\/strong> \u2014 Laura receives URC grant!<\/p>\n

April 5, 2021<\/strong> \u2014 Gustavo successfully defended his Honors Thesis!Congratulations Gustavo!<\/p>\n

April 1, 2021<\/strong> \u2014 Sam successfully defended his Honors Thesis!Congratulations Sam!<\/p>\n

March 31, 2021<\/strong> \u2014 Stefano successfully defended his Honors Thesis!Congratulations Stefano!<\/p>\n

March 2, 2021<\/strong> \u2014 Wenxuan and Yan\u2019s paper on transcription through lac repressor-mediated loops is posted on BioRxiv: MS ID#: BIORXIV\/2021\/433568, TITLE: Transcription elongation through lac repressor-mediated DNA loops. Yan and Wenxuan\u2019s paper on the deterministic effect of DNA supercoiling on protein-mediated looping is posted on BioRxiv: MS ID#: BIORXIV\/2021\/432970, TITLE: Negative DNA supercoiling tunes protein-mediated looping. <\/span>Qing and David\u2019s paper on the torsional properties of DAP DNA is published in BioRxiv: MS ID#: BIORXIV\/2021\/432629, TITLE: Nanomechanics of negatively supercoiled diaminopurine-substituted DNA.<\/span><\/p>\n

January 11, 2021<\/strong> \u2014 Jin\u2019s review on \u201cBasic mechanisms and kinetics of pause-interspersed transcript elongation\u201d has been published in Nucleic Acids Research. Congratulations, Jin!<\/p>\n

December 1, 2020<\/strong> \u2014 Joe received the Highest Honors from the Thesis committee, Congratulations Joe!!!!<\/p>\n

November 29, 2020<\/strong> \u2014 Joe Piccolo will be defending his Honors Thesis this Tuesday, December 1, 2020, 4:00 pm EST. His thesis Title: \u201cElectromagnetic Tweezer Development: Improving Single-Molecule Techniques for the Study of DNA Mechanics and Gene Transcription\u201d. We are all cheering for you Joe!<\/p>\n

November 9, 2020<\/strong> \u2014 Welcome postdoctoral fellow Eugeniu Ostrofet!<\/p>\n

September 1, 2020<\/strong> \u2014 Welcome postdoctoral fellow Yue Lu! Yue comes from the lab of Prof. Piero Bianco at U. Buffalo where he was studying DNA replication. June 10, 2020 \u2014 On June 10, 2020, we will #ShutDownAcademia, #ShutDownSTEM, and #Strike4BlackLives. <\/span>#ShutDownSTEM <\/span>https:\/\/www.shutdownstem.com\/<\/a> #APS statement <\/span>https:\/\/www.aps.org\/publications\/apsnews\/updates\/racism.cfm<\/a> #BPS statement <\/span>https:\/\/www.biophysics.org\/blog\/biophysical-society-statement-supporting-black-lives-matter-and-ending-the-cycle-of-violence<\/a> #AAAS statement <\/span>https:\/\/www.aaas.org\/news\/aaas-ceo-statement-shutdownstem-and-black-lives-matter\/<\/a><\/p>\n

May 27, 2020<\/strong> \u2014 Zixing (Betty) Zheng received Highest Honors! Her Honors Thesis is entitled, \u201cNanomechanics of Diaminopurine and inosine-substituted DNA\u201d.<\/p>\n

November 7, 2019<\/strong> \u2014 Laura was recognized for her excellent teaching by the Gamma Chapter of Georgia, Phi Beta, and Kappa Society both in the Spring and Fall of 2018: a rare distinction!<\/p>\n

September 20, 2019<\/strong> \u2014 Laura received an NSF MRI award to acquire a C-Trap microscope by Lumicks. The microscope will combine a dual optical trap, a 3-color confocal fluorescence detection system, and a microfluidic chamber. C-Trap will be part of the facility placed in the Physics department, and available to users. Co-PIs on the award are Guy Benian (Pathology), Yonggang Ke (BME), Renhao Li (Pediatrics), and Khalid Salaita (Chemistry). For more information about C-Trap check out this link<\/a><\/p>\n

August 29 \u2014 September 1, 2019<\/strong> \u2014 Laura and Wenxuan presented our work at the Single Molecular Force Spectroscopy (SMFS) Workshop at Duke University<\/p>\n

August 16, 2019<\/strong> \u2014 Our lab was awarded funding from the NSF for the acquisition of a C-trap microscope (MRI)<\/p>\n

April 3, 2019<\/strong> \u2014 Leon Tare and Gustavo Borjas received a \u201cSummer Undergraduate Research at Emory\u201d (SURE) fellowship and an \u201cInitiative for Maximizing Student Development\u201d (IMSD) fellowship, respectively, to continue their research projects during the summer. Congratulations Leon and Gustavo!<\/p>\n

March 5, 2019<\/strong> \u2014 Yan Yan gave a platform talk at the annual Biophysical Society meeting in Baltimore, entitled \u201cSupercoiling Makes Protein-mediated Looping of DNA Tethers Deterministic\u201d. For more information check out the abstract<\/a> (DOI: 10.1016\/j.bpj.2018.11.1732). Dan Kovari and Wenxuan Xu also gave poster presentations at the meeting. You can find Dan\u2019s abstract here<\/a> (DOI: 10.1016\/j.bpj.2018.11.2309), and Wenxuan\u2019s here<\/a> (DOI: 10.1016\/j.bpj.2018.11.1164).<\/p>\n

January 11, 2019<\/strong> \u2014 Laura and David presented our work at the Single-molecule biophysics Meeting in Aspen<\/p>\n

June 8, 2018<\/strong> – Zsuzsanna defended her PhD thesis at Semmelweis University. Congratulations Dr. Voros!!<\/p>\n

April 13, 2018<\/strong> \u2014 Joe Piccolo from Emory at Oxford was awarded a SURE fellowship to do research in our lab this summer. Congratulations Joe!<\/p>\n

April 13, 2018<\/strong> \u2014 Dimitris Ntaras from Princeton University was awarded a grant by the Office of Undergraduate Research Student-Initiated Internship Program (OURSIP) at Princeton to join our lab this summer. Congratulations Dimitris!<\/p>\n

April 3, 2018<\/strong> – Geethika Malla and Crissy Hendrickson defended their Honors Thesis and they both obtained Highest Honors. Congratulations Geethika and Crissy!!!<\/p>\n

March 10, 2018<\/strong> \u2014 Yan\u2019s work, Protein-Mediated Loops in Supercoiled DNA Create Large Topological Domains, has been published in Nucleic Acids Research. Congratulations, Yan!<\/p>\n

March 2, 2018<\/strong> \u2014 Yan successfully defended her PhD dissertation and is now Dr. Yan!<\/p>\n

February 17-21, 2018<\/strong> \u2014 Laura was invited to speak at the Biophysical Society Meeting in San Francisco (2\/17 \u2014 2\/21). The symposium \u201cDNA Supercoiling\u201d will be co-chaired by her and Sara Harris from the University of Leeds, UK. See BPS<\/a> for more details.<\/p>\n

January 22, 2018<\/strong> – Yan\u2019s work, Protein-mediated looping of DNA under tension requires supercoiling, has been published in Nucleic Acids Research. Congretulations, Yan!<\/p>\n

July 16-22, 2017<\/strong> \u2014 Yan Yan attended the 2017 CPLC Summer School at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on July 16-22, 2017.<\/p>\n

April 6-9, 2017<\/strong> – Laura has organized the first annual Southeastern Single Molecule Biophysics Networking Meeting, to be held at Amicalola Falls Lodge in Georgia\u2019s Chattahoochee National Forrest. For more information see the meeting website: www.southeastsm.org.<\/a><\/p>\n

April 6-9, 2017<\/strong> \u2014 Laura has organized the first annual Southeastern Single Molecule Biophysics Networking Meeting, to be held at Amicalola Falls Lodge in Georgia\u2019s Chattahoochee National Forrest. For more information see the meeting website: www.southeastsm.org. <\/a><\/p>\n

February 13, 2017<\/strong> \u2014 Yan Yan gave a platform talk at the annual Biophysical Society meeting in New Orleans, entitled \u201cProtein-mediated Loopts in Supercoiled DNA Create Large Topological Domains\u201d. For more information check out the abstract<\/a> (DOI:10.1016\/j.bpj.2016.11.938). Dan Kovari and Zsuzsanna V\u00f6r\u00f6s also gave poster presentations at the meeting. You can find Dan\u2019s abstract <\/span>here<\/a> (DOI: 10.1016\/j.bpj.2016.11.421), and Zsuzsanna\u2019s <\/span>here<\/a> (DOI: 10.1016\/j.bpj.2016.11.1169).<\/span><\/p>\n

Spring 2016<\/strong> \u2014 Laura is editing a Special Issue of Biophysics Reviews entitled \u201cDNA supercoiling, protein interactions and genetic function. The Issue will appear in early September and will contain contributions by Travers and Muskhelishvili; Levens, Baranello and Kouzine; Corless and Gilbert; Ordu, Lusser and Dekker; Ma and Wang; Dorman; Seol & Neuman; Higgins; Fenfei Leng; Laura Finzi and David Dunlap; Perez and Olson; Harris, Noy, and Sutthibutpong. Read Laura\u2019s editorial and David and Laura\u2019s review!<\/span><\/p>\n

July 2-8-2016<\/strong> \u2014 Yan will participate in the Gordon conference on Single-molecule approaches to Biology in Hong Kong and present a poster entitled \u201cProtein-mediated DNA looping traps surprisingly large topological domains.<\/p>\n

March 1, 2016<\/strong> \u2014 Yan wins the 2016 Student Research Achievement Award from the Biophysical Society. Congratulations, Yan!<\/p>\n

February 23, 2016<\/strong> \u2014 Presented at Biophysical Society Meeting<\/p>\n

Jan 1, 2016<\/strong> \u2014 Yan receives the Education Committee Travel Award from the Biophysical Society to attend the Biophysical Society 60th annual meeting in Los Angeles. Congratulations, Yan!<\/p>\n

June 10, 2015<\/strong> \u2014 Finzi Lab Visitors: Matteo Cristofalo, from the Mantegazza lab at the Universita di Milano Bicocca, Italy, is visiting for a month.<\/span><\/p>\n

September 30, 2015<\/strong> \u2014 Gyrase negative supercoil publication: Monica, Qing, and Chandler\u2019s work \u201cE. coli gyrase fails to negatively supercoil diaminopurine-substituted DNA\u201d was accepted for publication in \u201cJMB\u201d. Congratulations!<\/span><\/p>\n

September 20, 2015<\/strong> \u2014 RNA Polymerase I presentation<\/p>\n

February 11, 2015<\/strong> \u2014 Suleyman presented his work, \u201cA single molecule perspective of elongation by RNA polymerase I,\u201d in the \u201cRNA Replication and Transcription\u201d Platform at the 59th Biophysics Society Annual Meeting.<\/p>\n

February 7, 2015<\/strong> \u2014 Laura successfully chaired the \u201cNanoscale Biophysics\u201d Subgroup at the 59th Biophysics Society Annual Meeting.<\/p>\n

October 27, 2014<\/strong> \u2014 Suleyman successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis. Congratulations, Dr. Ucuncuoglu!<\/p>\n

October 2014<\/strong> \u2014 Yue\u2019s work, \u201cDNA supercoiling: a regulatory signal for the lambda repressor,\u201d was accepted for publication in \u201cPNAS.\u201d Congratulations, Yue!<\/p>\n

October 2014<\/strong> \u2014 Yan\u2019s work, \u201cQuantitation of interactions between two DNA loops demonstrates loop-domain insulation in E. coli cells,\u201d was accepted for publication in \u201cPNAS.\u201d Congratulations, Yan!<\/p>\n

March 26, 2014<\/strong> \u2014 Yue successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis. Congratulations, Dr. Ding!<\/p>\n

October 2013<\/strong> \u2014 Yue Ding was portrayed while describing her research in the poster advertising the 59th Biophysical Society meeting, to be held in Baltimore next year. Great work, Yue!<\/p>\n

October 18, 2013<\/strong> \u2014 Yue presented her work from the ORDER program on interdisciplinary studies at the 43rd Annual Conference of the International Society for Exploring Teaching and Learning (ISETL). Ning\u2019s work, \u201cPurification of Bacteriophage Lambda Repressor,\u201d was accepted for publication in \u201cProtein Expression and Purification.\u201d <\/span>Diane received a Burroughs Welcome Fund traveling award. Congratulations, Diane!<\/span><\/p>\n

May 13, 2013<\/strong> \u2014 Hamin successfully defended his undergraduate thesis with high honors and graduated. Congratulations, Hamin! Job well done!<\/p>\n

March 23, 2013<\/strong> \u2014 Laura gave a talk at the \u201cAtlanta Science Tavern.\u201d The address was Manuel\u2019s Tavern, located at 602 N. Highland Ave NE, Atlanta, GA.<\/p>\n

January 11, 2013<\/strong> \u2014 Laura presented the lab\u2019s work, \u201cEssentials of An Epigenetic Switch,\u201d at the 7th biennial workshop on Single Molecule Biophysics (SMB) at the Aspen Center for Physics.<\/p>\n

February 3\u20136, 2013<\/strong> \u2014 Posters from the group were presented at the 2013 Biophysical Society Annual Meeting: Yue (1343-Pos\/B235), Monica (842-Pos\/B611), and Sandip (895-Pos\/B664).<\/p>\n

September 10, 2012<\/strong> \u2014 Laura presented the lab\u2019s work at the Emory University Emeritus College, Luce Center.<\/p>\n

August 23, 2012<\/strong> \u2014 Laura was interviewed by eScienceCommons for the lab\u2019s discovery on the role of non-specific protein binding in bacteriophage lambda repressor-mediated DNA looping. \u201cBiophysicists unravel secrets of the genetic switch.\u201d<\/p>\n

2<\/strong>012\u20132013<\/strong> \u2014 Diane and Yue received the Howard Hughes Medical Institute ORDER fellowship as teacher-scholars. They taught their research in an interdisciplinary undergraduate course with teaching fellows from other departments. Congratulations, Diane and Yue!<\/p>\n

April 11, 2012<\/strong> \u2014 Chandler successfully defended his undergraduate thesis with the highest honor. Congratulations, Chandler! Job well done!<\/p>\n

June 2012<\/strong> \u2014 Haowei left the lab to begin a postdoc position in Dr. Joshua N. Milstein\u2019s group at the Department of Physics, University of Toronto. Take care, Haowei!<\/p>\n

Summer 2012<\/strong> \u2014 Yoojin was awarded a Research Internship in Science and Engineering (RISE) and conducted research at the Institute of Experimental Physics at Ulm University, Germany. Congratulations, Yoojin!<\/p>\n

February 17, 2012<\/strong> \u2014 Monica received the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Curriculum Development Fellowship. Congratulations, Monica!<\/p>\n

December 15, 2011<\/strong> \u2014 For the Biophysical Journal, Laura interviewed the National Lecturer at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society, Prof. Steven Block from Stanford University. The podcast includes discussions on optical tweezers and Prof. Block\u2019s career insights.<\/p>\n

January 2012<\/strong> \u2014 Dr. Diane Wiener joined the lab. Welcome, Diane!<\/p>\n

2012<\/strong> \u2014 Sachin left the lab for an assistant professor position in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology \u2014 Gandhinagar, later joining UC-Merced as a faculty member. Congratulations, Dr. Goyal!<\/p>\n

September\/October 2011<\/strong> \u2014 Dr. Ning Gao and Dr. Monica Fern\u00e1ndez Sierra joined the lab. Welcome, Ning and Monica!<\/p>\n

October 5, 2011<\/strong> \u2014 Haowei successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis. Congratulations, Dr. Wang!<\/p>\n

June 28, 2011<\/strong> \u2014 Qing and Laura published undergraduate physics education material for CASES (Creating Active Student Engagement in the Sciences). \u201cIllusion.\u201d<\/p>\n

July 18\u201323, 2011<\/strong> \u2014 Qing attended the 2011 CPLC Summer School at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.<\/p>\n

June 20\u201330, 2011<\/strong> \u2014 Yue attended the 2011 GEM4 Summer School at Georgia Tech.<\/p>\n

May 25, 2011<\/strong> \u2014 Qing successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis. Congratulations, Dr. Shao!<\/p>\n

March 4, 2011<\/strong> \u2014 Laura was elected to the Biophysical Society Executive Board.<\/p>\n

March 7, 2011<\/strong> \u2014 Qing presented a platform talk at the Biophysical Society Meeting.<\/p>\n

March 6\u20137, 2011<\/strong> \u2014 Laura, David, Sachin, and Haowei presented posters at the Biophysical Society Meeting (375-POS, 404-POS, 373-POS, 1259-POS).<\/p>\n

February 2, 2011<\/strong> \u2014 Suleyman gave his rotation talk.<\/p>\n

January 13, 2011<\/strong> \u2014 Sachin and Laura were interviewed by eScienceCommons. \u201cUndersea Cables Add a Twist to DNA Research.\u201d<\/p>\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<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

News Archive February 2024 \u2014 We attended the Biophysical Society meeting in Philadelphia, PA. Laura presented \u201cMacromolecular crowders: influencers of DNA structure and topology\u201d at The Fluid versus Gel Nature of the Genome Symposium. Jin presented a poster titled \u201cReciprocating RNAP batters through roadblocks\u201d on February 12, 2024. David delivered a selected oral presentation on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"full-width-container","site-content-style":"unboxed","site-sidebar-style":"unboxed","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-391","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/finzi-dunlap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/finzi-dunlap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/finzi-dunlap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/finzi-dunlap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/finzi-dunlap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/finzi-dunlap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/391\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/finzi-dunlap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}