Josh Leonard
@TheLeonardLab
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News, Views, and Happenings. We're @NorthwesternU, @NuSynBio, @NorthwesternEng, @CLP_Institute. Opinions (and nearly all puns) are my own.
Evanston, IL
Joined June 2011
RT @GraceKC: Can we use RNA to insert kilobases of DNA into the human genome, opening up a new way to engineer cells or treat disease?. Exc….
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RT @francesarnold: My opening comments at #LINO25. Let's make sure others enjoy and understand the benefits of science. .
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RT @ProfTomEllis: We're hiring for 2 postdocs to work in our lab in London on the newly announced Wellcome Trust SynHG project. If you know….
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RT @ceronifranci: Please RT and share! We have up to two PhD positions available in my group for entry in fall 2026, applications expected….
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RT @ProfTomEllis: Annalise Zouein's main PhD research paper is published today in Trends in Biotech. @TrendsinBiotech Building and using re….
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RT @ceronifranci: 'Transcription factor binding arrays as tools for mammalian engineering' led by the great @AnnaliseZouein is finally acce….
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RT @ElowitzLab: Synthetic biology could enable new types of programmable therapeutics. Our new preprint introduces synthetic protein circui….
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RT @MichaelCJewett: Recombinant protein production remains more art than science. How can we "solve" the protein expression bottleneck? As….
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RT @chofski: For those of you interested in the convergence of AI and Engineering Biology, keep the 15–16 Jan 2026 free. Next “AI, Engineer….
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RT @stergachislab: Plasmid-based reporter assays are the bedrock of regulatory genomics. But a basic question has gone unanswered for decad….
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RT @NorthwesternEng: Professor Linsey Seitz has been selected as one of the 19 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholars for 2025. Seitz will use th….
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RT @bioRxiv_synbio: Design of overlapping genes using deep generative models of protein sequences #biorxiv_synbio.
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RT @mikhailshapiro: A big step forward for biomolecular ultrasound! 🔊.Congrats @bgheiles, @DMarescalab at @tudelft and collaborators! #gasv….
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Congrats to all the other new inductees, including outstanding innovator, friend, and collaborator @jrivnay, and thanks to @NorthwesternEng for this nice piece.
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I am honored to be elected a fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (@aimbe ) joining a group of outstanding individuals who work tirelessy to advocate for effective science policy that benefits all of society.
Professors Joshua Leonard and Jonathan Rivnay are part of AIMBE’s College of Fellows Class of 2025, among the highest professional distinctions accorded to medical and biological engineers. Congrats!.
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RT @santimillef: Out today! LIDAR, a new class of synthetic receptors expanding the cell engineering toolbox. We demonstrate orthogonal sen….
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RT @ginaelnesr: Protein function often depends on protein dynamics. To design proteins that function like natural ones, how do we predict t….
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RT @GallowayLabMIT: Today at @CellSystemsCP we report in back-to-back papers (!) led by @nbwang22 on how cell state potentiates the influen….
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RT @cshperspectives: Big news: we are setting up a new non-profit organization to run bioRxiv and medRxiv. It's called openRxiv [no it's n….
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