Department of Chemistry News


February 27, 2015

Recent work by Jesse Zalatan featured on the cover of Cell

Assistant Professor Jesse Zalatan and co-workers at UCSF have developed a method to encode complex, synthetic transcriptional regulatory programs using the CRISPR-Cas system.


January 22, 2015

Brandi Cossairt wins Seattle AWIS 2015 Award for Early Career Achievement

Assistant Professor Brandi Cossairt has been awarded the 2015 Award for Early Career Achievement from the Seattle chapter of the Association for Women in Science.


Boydston research group has back-to-back papers highlighted in C&E News

Research by Assistant Professor AJ Boydston and his group has been featured in two recent articles in Chemical & Engineering News.


December 18, 2014

Matthew Bush receives 2014 Eli Lilly Young Investigator Award in Analytical Chemistry

Assistant Professor Matthew F. Bush has been selected to receive the 2014 Eli Lilly and Company Young Investigator Award in Analytical Chemistry.


December 5, 2014

AJ Boydston wins NSF CAREER Award

Assistant Professor AJ Boydston has received a CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development) Award from the National Science Foundation.


November 20, 2014

Department ranks 10th nationally for research spending

According to the most recent (2012) National Science Foundation Survey of Higher Education Research and Development, the University of Washington Department of Chemistry is ranked 10th nationally for overall research and development spending in chemistry.


October 30, 2014

UW Chemistry Graduate Program ranked #1 by students

A recent survey of graduate students in chemistry ranked the University of Washington as having the Top Chemistry Graduate School based on 15 ranking categories relevant to students, such as academic competitiveness, career support, financial aid, and quality of network.


September 23, 2014

Multi-disciplinary approach to understanding Botulinum toxin

Research Associate Professor Werner Kaminsky contributed to a research project recently highlighted in Nature.


June 4, 2014

Sam Jenekhe receives the 2014 AIChE Charles M. A. Stine Award

Sam Jenekhe, Professor of Chemistry and Boeing-Martin Professor of Chemical Engineering, is the 2014 recipient of the Charles M. A. Stine Award from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).


Benjamin Van Kuiken wins College of Arts and Science Dean’s Graduate Medal

Congratulations to Benjamin Van Kuiken for his accomplishments earning the College of Arts and Science Dean’s Graduate Medal in Natural Sciences.



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