Congratulations to Ryan!

Ryan presented his research in a talk for Physics Honors on Friday, March 30. Great job!

Welcome to Elsie!

Elsie Johnson joins the Sheets Research Group and will be working on our FRET projects. We are looking forward to working with her!

HongBok and Ryan present at the Biophysical Society Annual Meeting!

HongBok Lee and Ryan Leighton (and Erin) are presenting posters on their work with the macromolecular crowding sensors at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society!  This meeting will be held February 17-21 in San Francisco CA.  HongBok has received travel support from the Graduate School, SCSE, and the Department; and Ryan has received travel support from SCSE and the Department. We thank them for their support.

Congratulations to Alex and Ryan!

Alex Naughton and Ryan Leighton have been awarded UROPs that are allowing them to carry out research on ionic strength probes this semester. Congratulations!!

Welcome to Scarlet and Christin!!!

We would like to welcome Scarlet Hoffman and Christin Libal to the Sheets/Heikal groups!! We are looking forward to great results from you.

Welcome Kelsey!

We would like to welcome Kelsey Omariba to our group! She comes to us from Rogers MN! Welcome and may your gels work.

Erin named a 2017 SPIE Senior Member!

Erin has been selected as a Senior Member to SPIE (International Society for Optics and Photonics) for her achievements in integrated microscopy, spectroscopy, optical trapping and tracking platforms.  Senior members are members of distinction who are honored for their professional experience, their active involvement with the optics community and SPIE, and/or significant performance that sets them apart from their peers. 

Jake Schwarz and Hannah Leopold are our newest graduates!

Congratulations to Jake and Hannah for doing great jobs on their theses! We are busy writing up their beautiful results using FRET sensors to investigate macromolecular crowding.  Well done and good luck in the next stages in your careers!

Congratulations to our SURP students!

Alex Naughton and fellow Sheets/Heikal group members, Ntsang Anye, Ryan Leighton, and Deon Van Gorsel, presented their posters on Friday, August 4, 2017, at the SURP poster fair. Congratulations on their successful and productive summer in the Sheets and Heikal research groups!

Our first macromolecular crowding paper is out!

We just published our first macromolecular crowding paper, with many more to follow!  Congratulations to Megan Currie, Hannah Leopold, and Jake Schwarz for their hardwork and a job well-done!  Check it out: M Currie, H Leopold, J Schwarz, AJ Boersma, ED Sheets, and AA Heikal, “Fluorescence dynamics of a FRET probe designed for crowding studies.” Journal of Physical Chemistry B 121:5688–5698 (2017).