News & Awards

News:

1. NanoInk GEMSEC Workshop - GEMSEC hosted a workshop that highlighted the most recent applications and protocols relating to deposition of biomaterials by dip-pen lithography (July 2010)
   

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2. Research Experience for Teachers - GEMSEC co-sponsored and organized a week-long workshop for high school teachers to help them develop materials science-related lesson plans (July 2010)
   

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3. Materials Camp for High School Students - GEMSEC co-sponsored and organized a week-long hands on summer day camp which introduced students to the field of Materials Science (July 2010)
   

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4. NUE-UNIQUE - GEMSEC hosted a week-long nano-science instrumentation workshop for undergraduates (June 2010)
   

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5. Paws on Science - GEMSEC took part in the Pacific Science Center's exhibit showcasing the research done at the University of Washington for the general public, (April 2010)
   

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6. Molecular Biomimetics & Bionanotechnology IV Workshop - Annual GEMSEC workshop in Friday Harbor, WA (August 2009)
   

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7. KBCS Radio Interview - Sarikaya and his group were interviewed, on Molecular Biomimetics by KBCS One World Report, (November 2009)
   

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8. R&D Magazine - Nanoparticles enable brain tumor painting by Miqin Zhang (August 2009)
   

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9. ACS NanoInterview - Sarikaya was interviewed, along with Zhenan Bao of Stanford University, on Molecular Recognition by ACS Nano Episode 13, (June 2009)
   

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10. 12^th Undergraduate Research Symposium - Four GEMSEC students presented their work (May 2009)
    

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11. GEMSEC is organizing a Symposium at the 237^th ACS National Meeting and Exposition, Salt Lake City, UTAH, (March 22-26, 2009) Symposium, a part of the Nanoscience Theme, is titled Genetically-Designed Molecular Materials, organized by Candan Tamerler and Mehmet Sarikaya.
    

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12. NPR Interview - Sarikaya was interviewed, along with Janine Benyus, the author of highly acclaimed book "Biomimicry", on Biomimetics by Steve Scher on the Weekday Program (Dec 17, 2008)
    

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13. GEMSEC-Sponsored Symposium at MRS Fall Mtg, Boston, MA, (Dec. 1-5, 2008)
    Symposium Y: Biomineral Interfaces - From Experiment to Theory, organized by John S. Evans (NYU and GEMSEC Investigator)
    

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14. Prototype "bionic" contact lens developed in Prof. Babak Parviz's Lab has been named one of 50 Best Inventions of 2008 by Time Magazine (Dec 2008)
    

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15. Prof. Ram Samudrala's automated approach for analysing protein function is highlighted by the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR). (Oct 2008)
    

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16. Prof. Francois Baneyx's group has been awarded the highly competitive Grand Challenge Exploration Grant to develop new types of vaccines for infectious diseases, along with four other UW grantees. (Oct 2008)
    

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17. Tamerler and Sarikaya are the Guest Editors of MRS Bulletin, titled: "Molecular Biomimetics", (May 2008).
    

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18. Prof. Christine Luscombe's group has been awarded the DOE "Solar America Initiative" Grant (Nov 2007)
    

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19. Prof. David Ginger is one of the 2007 Sloan Research Fellowship Award Winners from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (Feb 2007)
    

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20. The Washington Research Foundation's 25th annual report showcases Prof. Ram Samudrala's work on therapeutic discovery. (Jan 2007)
    

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Awards:

1. Karen Hinkley wins the 2009 Kishor M. Kulkarni Distinguished High School Teacher Award
   

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2. Prof. Christine Luscombe wins DARPA Young Faculty Award for her research on organic photovoltaic devices
   

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3. Prof. David Ginger receives ACS Unilever Award at Colloid and Surface Science Symposium (June 2008)
   

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4. Prof. David Ginger is named a Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar (May 2007)
   

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5. Prof. Alex Jen receives Faculty Innovator for Research Award from the College of Engineering, University of Washington, (2007)

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6. Prof. Alex Jen receives Changjiang Endowed Chair Professorship, Ministry of Education, China (2007)
   
   
   
7. Prof. David Ginger receives a Cottrell Scholar Award from the Research Corporation (June 2006)
   

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8. Prof. David Ginger receives the NSF CAREER award (Jan 2005)
   

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9. Prof. Younan Xia - Winner of 2005 Leo Hendrik Baekeland Award

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10. Prof. David Ginger - Winner of the 2004 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers Award
    

    Photo: The White House press release