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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 [...]

11/7: Prof. Mildred Dresselhaus to Present Inaugural Clean Energy Institute Lecture

October 31, 2013

Please join the Clean Energy Institute as Professor Mildred Dresselhaus presents its inaugural interdisciplinary seminar: Perspectives on Our Energy Future Providing clean energy to the inhabitants of our planet is a major challenge to future generations. This talk will give my perspectives on this challenge in general terms and on how nanoscience and new nano-materials [...]

New UW-Pacific NW National Lab computing-research institute holds first public workshop | UW News

October 25, 2013

Northwest Institute for Advanced Computing Day Wednesday, Oct. 30, 9 a.m. 5 p.m. Husky Union Building, room 145 Free; registration required New UW-Pacific NW National Lab computing-research institute holds first public workshop October 25, 2013Michelle Ma The University of Washington and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory on Oct. 30 will hold their first public workshop [...]

Clean Energy Institute announces new graduate fellowships for 2014

October 24, 2013

The UW Clean Energy Institute (CEI) announces two new graduate fellowship opportunities. The mission of the CEI Fellowship program is to catalyze clean energy research that is related to solar energy conversion (Sun-to-Electricity and Sun-to-Chemicals), electrical energy storage (Electricity-to-Chemicals/Materials/Other), and electrical systems and the grid (Electricity Distribution). Some specific goals of the program are to: [...]

Seelig/Klavins team develops programming language to build synthetic DNA

October 14, 2013

From UW Today: UW engineers invent programming language to build synthetic DNA Michelle Ma Similar to using Python or Java to write code for a computer, chemists soon could be able to use a structured set of instructions to "program" how DNA molecules interact in a test tube or cell. A team led [...]

Klavins, Seelig Receive NSF Expeditions in Computing Award

September 23, 2013

MolES faculty Georg Seelig (Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering) and Eric Klavins (Electrical Engineering) were awarded $2 million as part of a multi-investigator team investigating "Molecular Programming Architectures, Abstractions, Algorithms and Applications" as part of the National Science Foundation’s Expeditions in Computing program. The team, led by by Professor Erik Winfree of the California [...]

Six MolES Faculty Named to State Academy of Sciences

September 13, 2013

Six distinguished faculty members from the Molecular Engineering & Sciences Institute, including its director, Patrick Stayton, were named to the Washington State Academy of Sciences. This group includes: Charles Campbell (Chemistry) David Castner (Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering) Samson Jenekhe (Chemical Engineering) Patrick Stayton (Bioengineering) Minoru Taya (Mechanical Engineering) Paul Yager (Bioengineering) Membership in the Washington State [...]