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NIH Approves Additional Funding for NESAC/BIO

January 2, 2015

The National ESCA and Surface Analysis Center for Biomedical Problems (NESAC/BIO) has received an additional five years of funding from the National Institutes of Health. [...]

PolyDrop’s Sky-high Solution

December 9, 2014

UW Chemical Engineering alum Volha Hrechka and her start up company is featured on the UW website home page the week of December 8, 2014. Hrechka's start up company PolyDrop is the result of her chemical engineering capstone project under the guidence of MolES faculty member Lilio Pozzo. [...]

David Castner Honored by UK Surface Analysis Forum

November 20, 2014

MolES faculty member and NESAC/BIO Director David Castner was recently awarded the 2014 RiviÃ¨re Prize from the UK Surface Analysis Forum. This award is presented to researchers whose work has had a major impact on other researchers in the field of surface analysis. In naming Castner the 2014 recipient, the UK Surface Analysis Forum cited [...]

Think Small for Big Impact: Molecular Engineering Ph.D.

November 18, 2014

Ph.D. Program in Molecular Engineering Offers Collaborative Environment Designed For Impact The University of Washington introduced a new graduate program in an emerging field of molecular science. Starting in fall of 2014, pioneering students began a path of study that nurtures and develops their professional identities as versatile thinkers in Molecular Engineering, while they earning [...]

MolES Faculty Honored with UW Innovation Awards

September 7, 2014

Two faculty members of the Molecular Engineering & Sciences Institute have received Innovation Awards, recently announced by the Office of the President. The awards honor mid-career researchers who are engaged in the medical, natural, social and engineering sciences. They also recognize faculty who foster new creative ways to foster student learning and active engagement. Among the [...]

MolES Researchers Craft Thinnest Possible Semiconductor

August 28, 2014

Faculty and student researchers at the UW Molecular Engineering & Sciences Institute are emerging as leaders in the fast-growing field of 2D materials. Physics professors David Cobden and Xiadong Xu study the characteristics of single sheets of atomically thin material. These single-layer materials, also known as monolayers, are flexible, and act as semiconductors with extraordinary electronic [...]

MolES Faculty among the World's Most Influential Researchers

July 16, 2014

Six faculty members of the Molecular Engineering & Sciences Institute are included on a list of the world's most influential scientific researchers of the last decade. The 2014 list of Highly Cited Researchers, developed by Thompson Reuters, includes research scientists whose published papers rank in the top 1% of citations for their respective fields. In [...]

Undergrad Students Explore Nanotechnology Research

July 3, 2014

Five students from different colleges throughout the U.S. are on the University of Washington campus this summer getting their first introduction to nanotech and molecular engineering research. As participants in the 2014 National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network Research Experience for Undergraduates (NNIN REU) Program, each member of the group is working on a specific research project [...]

MolES research lab collaboration leads to cancer fighting therapy

June 23, 2014

Results of collaborative research from the Institute for Protein Design, Stayton Lab and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center published in CELL magazine. It's been said that absence makes the heart grow fonder, but recent research at the University of Washington Molecular Engineering and Sciences Institute may prove that close proximity is the recipe for success. [...]

MolES Faculty Member Suzie Pun Earns Two Honors

June 13, 2014

UW Bioengineering Robert F. Rushmer Associate Professor Dr. Suzie Pun has received two awards. She is the 2014 recipient of the Controlled Release Society (CRS) Young Investigator Award and Biomaterials Science Lectureship. She was also named the inaugural recipient of the Biomaterials Science Lectureship award. The CRS Young Investigator award recognizes a society member who [...]

MolES Faculty Member Lara Gamble Receives 2014 Sherwood Award

June 11, 2014

Dr. Lara Gamble, NESAC/BIO associate director and UW research associate professor will be the 2014 recipient of the Peter M. A. Sherwood Mid-Career Professional Award from the AVS Applied Surface Science Division (ASSD). According to AVS, the award "recognizes achievements leading to exceptional progress in research and development made by professionals in their mid-career in [...]

MolES Announces Funding Opportunity: Faculty Partnership Grants

May 28, 2014

The Molecular Engineering & Sciences Institute announces biotech faculty partnership grants for 2014-2015. This is an opportunity to receive seed funding for new collaborations for up to $50K for research projects for a period of 1 year. ELIGIBILITY: – All investigators are required to be core faculty at the University of Washington, with at least [...]

Register now for the Molecular Engineering Showcase and Reception

May 12, 2014

Monday, May 19, 2014 // 2:30 – 6:00 PM // Husky Union Building (HUB) // Session schedule and locations Learn about discoveries being made in one of the nation’s premier centers for the study of molecular engineering and nanotechnology. Meet leaders in molecular engineering and hear about impacts across industries from health care to energy [...]

Two MolES Faculty Recognized for Innovative Research and Teaching Approaches

May 9, 2014

Congratulations to Molecular Engineering & Sciences members James Carothers and Eric Klavins who both received Innovation Awards from the University of Washington this week. James Carothers, assistant professor of chemical engineering, will create new approaches to produce renewable chemicals. He will address fundamental questions of cellular design, which will be used to redesign living systems [...]

UW Receives Major Foundation Grant to Support Research

March 24, 2014

The Washington Research Foundation has committed approximately $30 million to four programs at UW to support research and innovation. Among the recipients are the Institute for Protein Design and the Clean Energy Institute, both MolES-related research groups. Read more from Benjamin Romano at Xconomy… [...]

Matthew Bush Named Sloan Fellow

February 18, 2014

Congratulations to MolES faculty member and Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Matthew Bush, who was just selected as a 2014 Sloan Fellow. From UW Today: February 18, 2014 Chemistry's Matthew Bush named Sloan fellow Sandra Hines News and Information Matthew Bush, University of Washington assistant professor of chemistry, has been selected as one of [...]

MolES Building featured in College Planning & Management

January 9, 2014

Facility Focus: MolES The Molecular Engineering & Sciences Building was recognized for its ability to accommodate research growth and evolving interdisciplinary programs, and to fit into its campus setting in a recent article in College Planning & Management. Read the full article "º [...]

On-demand vaccines possible with engineered nanoparticles | UW TNews

January 9, 2014

Michelle Ma Vaccines combat diseases and protect populations from outbreaks, but the life-saving technology leaves room for improvement. Vaccines usually are made en masse in centralized locations far removed from where they will be used. They are expensive to ship and keep refrigerated and they tend to have short shelf lives. University of Washington engineers [...]

François Baneyx Elected to the AAAS

November 26, 2013

FÃ©licitation Ã François Baneyx, who was just named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Baneyx, professor of chemical engineering and of bioengineering and MolES faculty member, is honored for his contributions in biotechnology and biological nanotechnology. Baneyx studies protein folding and manipulates cellular pathways to make protein production simple, efficient [...]

Environmental Innovation Challenge Cleantech Prototype Funding

November 6, 2013

About the Environmental Innovation Challenge If you’ve got a passion for cleantech and the desire to make an impact, the UW Environmental Innovation Challenge is for you. In the EIC, interdisciplinary student teams define an environmental problem, design a solution, produce a prototype, and create a business summary that demonstrates market opportunity and the potential [...]