Annie is interested in combining my interests in biomedical engineering and social justice to improve health care for all. Specifically, she is interested in designing equitable diagnostics, preventive measures, and treatments for infectious diseases. As an undergraduate, Annie explored different ways to meet societal needs through research, from genome and epigenome-wide association studies to analyze asthma health disparities, to developing translational theranostics involving dynamic immune modulating materials. She received her B.S.E. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Michigan.
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Eshwa is excited to utilize computational approaches to accelerate the discovery of new treatments. She has worked on stem cell research, protein engineering, and therapeutic discovery. She has a B.S. in Bioengineering and Materials Science Engineering, UC Berkeley. Read More
Melissa is interested in synthetic biology, genetic engineering, and HTP technology development. As an undergrad, she worked with halophiles. After graduating, I worked to improve HTP covid-19 sequencing, as well as protein engineering in yeast. She has a BS in Biochemistry from UC San Diego. Read More
Jordan is interested in researching novel drug-delivery methods and vaccine components, mainly targeting infectious diseases. She aims to develop more accessible, effective, and safe vaccine technologies. She has conducted immune engineering research that has contributed to developing a more effective, universal flu vaccine by investigating the structure and binding of influenza antibodies and has a B.A. degree in Engineering Sciences and a B.Eng. degree in Biochemical Engineering Dartmouth College. Read More
Alex is a graduate student in David Baker’s lab as well as a trainee in the University of Washington’s medical scientist training program. He aims to utilize de novo protein design to elucidate the underpinnings of complex biological mechanisms. He holds a B.S. in Quantitative Biology and an M.S. in Quantitative and Computational Biology from the University of Southern California Read More
Professor and Vice Dean of Research and Graduate Education, UW School of Medicine, Sakiyama-Elbert’s own research focuses on developing new bioactive materials to drive tissue regeneration and cell transplant survival after nervous system injuries. Her lab at UW BioE continues her work developing techniques to promote functional recovery after spinal cord injury and treat peripheral nerve damage. Her team develops methods to prompt stem cells to give rise to the various neural cells needed for spinal cord regeneration, optimizes cell populations for transplantation, and designs materials for controlled growth factor and drug delivery. Read More
The Heath lab has been developing new biomolecular engineered library technologies for the high throughput capture and analysis of antigen-paired CD8+ and CD4+ T cell receptors. (Foy, Nature 2023; Puig-Saus, Nature 2023; Chour; CommBio 2023) We are currently using these molecular engineered libraries to identify T cell receptors in projects that are supporting clinically deployed TCR-engineered T cell cancer immunotherapies, as well as fundamental biological studies, using spleen organoids, of the development of adaptive immunity following various vaccination treatments. these biomolecular engineering and immunology projects are accompanied by state-of-the-art computational biology algorithm development and application. Read More
Research in my laboratory focuses on the development of novel methods to answer fundamental questions in biology & medicine. Much of biology & medicine is technology limited in that leaps in knowledge follow closely on the heels of new discoveries and inventions in the physical and engineering sciences; consequently, interdisciplinary groups which bridge these different disciplines are playing increasingly important roles in biomedical research. My lab has developed partnerships with other investigators in the areas of biology, medicine, chemistry, physics, and engineering to design, fabricate, test, and utilize new tools for biomedical and clinical research. Read More
Arielle’s passion lies in engineering therapeutics, particularly targeting chronic diseases. During her undergraduate years, she dedicated her research to the field of cardiac tissue engineering. Following graduation, she delved into the realm of neuropharmacology research. Recognizing her potential, she was honored with an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Her academic journey culminated in a B.S. in bioengineering from UC San Diego. Read More
Patrick is a graduate student in Dr. Patrick Stayton’s lab. He is developing polymeric drug delivery platforms, with a particular interest in delivery systems that target specific tissues or cell types. This research will improve the stability and delivery efficiency of drug cargo, as well as reduce off-target effects. In his previous work, Patrick investigated the impact of intermolecular interactions between drugs and polymers on their loading, as well as drug release from polymer scaffolds. Patrick received his B.E. in Chemical Engineering from Vanderbilt University. Read More