Catching up on posts…we have new updates to announce. New members of the group have joined, including postdocs, Derek Aspacio, Gordon Rix, and Miguel Alcantar (starting Feb); and PhD students, Yutong “Lexi” Yu and Alireza Tanoori. Also, new papers – see publications! We also wish Theresa Loveless well on her new position as a professor at Rice; Alon Wellner well on his new position as Co-founder and Director of Biology at Aureka Biotechnologies; Ria Deshpande well on her new position at Synthex, and Courtney Carlson well on her new position at Gingko Bioworks!