- December 2020, Congrats to Levi for successfully defending his Ph.D.!
- Sepatember 2020, Our research on genetic encoding of sulfotyrosine in mammalian cells is accepted for publication by Nature Communications. Congrats to the team!
- May 2020, Levi completed his Ph.D. candidacy exam. Congratulations!
- May 2020, Dr. Niu’s collaborative research with Dr. Berkowitz (Chemistry) and Dr. Wilson (Biochemistry) was funded by the National Science Foundation.
- March 2020, Our group’s manuscript on Direct Adipic Acid Biosynthesis from Lignin-derived Aromatics was accepted by Metabolic Engineering.
- November 2019, the iGEM team's Seek and Destroy project on eliminating MRSA infection was awarded with a Silver Medal. Great job! https://2019.igem.org/Team:UNebraska-Lincoln
- July 2019, Howard successfully defended his Master’s thesis. Congratulations!
- May 2019, Levi was awarded with Milton E. Mohr Fellowship. Congratulations Levi!
- November 2018, the iGEM team’s project on bioproduction of 7-epi-sesquithujene for the early detection emerald ash borer was awarded with a Silver Medal. Great job! http://2018.igem.org/Team:UNebraska-Lincoln
- September 2018, Dr. Niu’s research project on engineering Carboxylic Acid Reductase was funded by National Science Foundation.
- April 2018, Josh was awarded with the prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Congratulations Josh!
- December 2017, Xinyuan He joined the Niu lab as a Ph.D. candidate. Welcome, Xinyuan!
- October 2017, the iGEM team’s project on reducing rumen methane production in cattle was awarded with a Gold Medal. Great job! http://2017.igem.org/Team:UNebraska-Lincoln
- September 2017, Joshua Mueller joined the Niu lab as a Ph.D. candidate. Welcome, Josh!
- March 2017, Dr. Niu’s collaborative research with Dr. Guo (Chemistry) and Dr. Li (Virology) on synthetic biology approach to develop live-attenuated HIV vaccine was featured in Nebraska Today. https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/onoff-switch-brings-researchers-a-step-closer-to-hiv-vaccine/
- January 2017, Dr. Niu’s research on bioconversion of lignin-derived aromatics was funded by the Nebraska Center for Energy Science Research.
- October 2016, the first iGEM team of UNL is awarded with a Silver medal in the Giant Jamboree. Go “Knockout Nitrate”! http://2016.igem.org/Team:UNebraska-Lincoln
- September 2016, Howard Willett joined the Niu lab as a Ph.D. candidate. Welcome, Howard!
- June 2016, Dr. Niu’s research project on engineering bacterial microcompartment as nanoreactors was funded by Layman Award.
- January 2016, Dr. Niu and collaborators started the first iGEM team from the State of Nebraska. Welcome, UNL iGEMers!
- September 2015, Levi Kramer joined the Niu lab as a Ph.D. candidate. Welcome, Levi!
- September 2015, Dr. Niu starts her research lab in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at University of Nebraska-Lincoln.