David Baker wins Breakthrough Award

Dubbed “The Oscars of Science,” Baker’s award recognizes stellar achievements in building protein molecules from scratch to perform vital functions  Read More

Lexi Walls wins UW Distinguished Dissertation Award

As Lexi Walls completed her doctorate in biochemistry in December of 2019, a still nameless virus was just beginning to spread in Wuhan, China. Her work would soon prove critical in helping scientists understand and research treatments for COVID-19  Read More

We are proud to recognize the following faculty and trainees for their recent accomplishments:

  • Suzanne Hoppins, Promotion to Associate Professor, July 1
  • David Veesler, Promotion to Associate Professor, July 1 & Amgen Young Investigator Award
  • Matthew McCallum – Veesler Lab, Canadian Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) postdoctoral fellowship
  • Kelly Hvorecny – Kollman Lab, NIH NRSA fellowship
  • Samantha Zepeda – Veesler Lab, NIH Molecular Biophysics Training Grant
  • Jennifer Bocanegra – Hoppins Lab, NSF GRFP
  • Chloe Adams – King Lab, Molecular Biology Training Grant
  • Kaitlyn Rutter – Brockerhoff Lab, Vision Training Grant
  • Shannon Hu – Kwon lab, Biochemistry Undergraduate Research Award
  • Kevin Nie – Kollman Lab, Biochemistry Undergraduate Research Award
  • Deanna Mische – Klevit lab, Biochemistry Undergraduate Research Award
  • Miriam Al-Saedy – Klevit lab, Biochemistry Undergraduate Research Award
  • Marie Bauer – Davis lab, Biochemistry Undergraduate Research Award
  • Chris Kelley – Ruohola-Baker lab, Biochemistry Undergraduate Research Award
  • Aaron Shuozhi Liu – Ruohola-Baker lab, Biochemistry Undergraduate Research Award
  • Rose Fields – King lab, Biochemistry Undergraduate Research Award
  • Priscilla Kwong, Fulbright Scholar
  • Catherine Pham, Fulbright Scholar
  • Karen Zhang, Goldwater Scholar