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MolES Faculty Member Lara Gamble Receives 2014 Sherwood Award

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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 an area of interest to the ASSD."  Award recipients have between approximately 10 to 20 years' experience in a field of interest to the AVS ASSD and demonstrate sustained and outstanding scientific and technical contributions in research, engineering, technical advancement or academic education, and show potential for further advancement of that field.  Read More

MolES Announces Funding Opportunity: Faculty Partnership Grants

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MolESThe 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 one Faculty holding membership within MolES. The expectation is that this project will initiate new collaboration between two or more investigator with no prior funding together. Read More

Register now for the Molecular Engineering Showcase and Reception

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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 to technology. Speakers from the University of Washington and local biotech and clean tech companies will present their research in two parallel sessions.

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Showcase Speakers

Dennis Benjamin
Vice President, Experimental Therapeutics
Seattle Genetics

Daniel Chiu
Professor, Chemistry and Bioengineering
University of Washington

Lilo Pozzo
Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering
University of Washington

Jihui Yang
Professor, Materials Science & Engineering
University of Washington

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Two MolES Faculty Recognized for Innovative Research and Teaching Approaches

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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 for biotech applications.

Eric Klavins, associate professor of electrical engineering, and his colleagues aim to revolutionize how laboratory courses are taught. Students will learn to encode their experiments as computer programs and use advanced technology to automatically generate their lab notebooks. Read More

Matthew Bush Named Sloan Fellow

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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

News and Information

 

Matthew Bush, University of Washington assistant professor of chemistry, has been selected as one of 126 Sloan Research Fellows for 2014. The fellowships are given to early-career scientists and scholars whose achievements and potential identify them as rising stars, according to the announcement Feb. Read More

On-demand vaccines possible with engineered nanoparticles | UW TNews

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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 hope a new type of vaccine they have shown to work in mice will one day make it cheaper and easy to manufacture on-demand vaccines for humans. Read More

François Baneyx Elected to the AAAS

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Head shotFélicitation à 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 and inexpensive. He also designs proteins that can make and assemble inorganic structures for applications ranging from vaccine production to bio-sensing and next-generation electronics. Baneyx served as director of the UW's Center for Nanotechnology from 2005 to 2013. Read More

Environmental Innovation Challenge Cleantech Prototype Funding

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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 for impact.  We define cleantech innovation as any product, process or service that reduces waste, minimizes energy consumption, and contributes to a healthier planet. Re-use/recycling, water usage, energy generation, green consumer products, nanotechnology – all are ripe for innovation. Read More