Lab News Archive

Collins Lab @ Whitman College

3.20.17 Perry Awards announced

Congratulations to Madeleine Duncan and Alexandra Stanley for being awarded Louis B. Perry Summer Research Fellowships!  The funding will go to support  summer research toward the synthesis of epoxyquinoid natural products.

1.20.17 Collins Lab grows

Sophomores Madeleine Duncan and Alexandra Stanley have joined the group.  Learn about them here.

5.31.16 Bioreactors arrive!

The lab welcomes its newest arrivals, a pair of Bioengineering RALF reactors.  These reactors provide the ability to grow high-density cell cultures for preparative-scale biotransformations!  

5.22.16 COMMENCEMENT 2016

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4.11.16 Perry Awards announced

Sophomores Deepraj Pawar, Brad Kline, and Sammuel Erickson were granted Louis B. Perry Summer Research Awards.  The awards will support summer research on the chemoenzymatic synthesis of epoxyquinoid natural products.  Congratulations Deepraj, Brad, and Sam!

2.15.16 First cultures up an running

The lab is officially up and running with the first small cultures.  Senior Isaac Sappington is picture here next to Haus (the orbital shaker).

8.26.15 Ready to move in! 

With construction complete on Hall of Science 222 we have started to move in.  Contact Prof. Collins if you are interested in research opportunities this Fall!

7.1.15 Collins Lab under construction

The soon-to-be Collins lab (Hall of Science 222) is under construction.  Walls are going up and the beginnings of a lab are taking shape.  Stay tuned for updates!

Collins Lab @ Amherst College

5.25.14 - Graduation 2014

Collins Lab thesis student Chris Gerry graduated summa cum laude. In the Fall Chris will begin his graduate studies at Harvard.  Good luck Chris! 

4.26.14 - Thesis student chris gerry presents at the connecticut valley ACS undergraduate symposium

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(from left) Prof. Jon Collins, Chris Gerry '14, Prof. Sheila Jaswal, Prof. Nick Ball, Jacob Witten '14, Conner Reilly '16, Xiao Xiao '16
Chris Gerry '14 gave a talk on his thesis work at the University of Massachusetts - Amherst.  Chris was joined by fellow Amherst Students Jacob Witten '14 (Jaswal Lab), Conner Reilly '16 (Ball Lab), and Xiao Xiao '16 (Ball Lab) who also presented their work.