Ellen Sletten’s group, in collaboration with scientists in Germany, develops new imaging probes and technologies to allow for real-time multicolor imaging.  These combined technological advances provide simultaneous visualization of multiple biological structures in different colors at video speeds and has promise for applications in non-invasive and intraoperative diagnostics. Professor Ellen Sletten (pictured above) joined the faculty […]

Graduate students Musibau Francis Jimoh (Kaner lab) and Rachel Knapp (Garg lab) are featured in video with alum Dr Jeffrey Vinokur (PhD ’17 Bowie lab). Jimoh and Knapp are interviewed about their research in the latest episode of Vinokur’s educational streaming platform for K-8 schools, Generation Genius. The episode titled “How to be a Scientist […]

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation selects Professor Keriann Backus as one of 20 recipients of the 2020 Packard Fellowships for Science and Engineering.   In being selected as one of the nation’s most innovative early-career scientists and engineers, each Fellow will receive $875,000 over five years to pursue their research. Packard fellowships enable the nation’s […]

Technology created by Professor Sri Kosuri’s UCLA-founded startup company Octant leads to the development of a faster and cheaper COVID-19 testing technique. Kosuri, an associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry, is co-founder and CEO of Octant, which created the technology on which the testing technique, called SwabSeq, is based. He was recently interviewed on Fox Business […]

Professor Hosea Nelson has been named as a recipient of the prestigious 2020 Eli Lilly Grantee Award for Organic Chemistry.  The Eli Lilly Grantee program was established in 1965 to support emerging young leaders in organic chemistry and is the longest running grant program in the pharmaceutical industry. The award comes with a two-year, $100,000 […]

Professor Juli Feigon discusses her telomerase research with science journalist Robyn Williams on “The Science Show”.  The Australian Broadcasting Corp’s award winning “The Science Show” is considered by many to be the world’s best science broadcast program.  In the seven-minute interview, which is part of a program titled “Three Exceptional Women”, Feigon discusses her important […]

Pierce College professor Benny Ng (BS ’03, MS ’09, PhD ’10 Tolbert group) features rapper Snoop Dogg in viral video encouraging students to read class syllabus. The video has racked up over 10 million views and was featured on the celebrity gossip website TMZ. Dr. Benny Ng is currently a Professor of Chemistry at Los Angeles […]

Graduate student Mackenzie Anderson ‘17 (Kaner group) is selected for prestigious 2020 NWRI-SCSC Fellowship. Anderson was selected for the Fellowship to support her graduate research project “Toward Deterministic Membrane Design Using Thin-Film Liftoff.”  The Fellowship carries with it an award of $10,000.  Anderson is conducting research in Professor Richard Kaner‘s laboratory where she is studying novel chemically […]