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Catherine Chia awarded the UW Presidential Freshman Medal

The UW President selects one student from each class based on their GPAs, rigor of classes, numbers of Honors courses and interdisciplinary research in the honors track.  This year, Catherine Chia was awarded the Freshman Medal.  Catherine Chia studies biochemistry, neuroscience and anthropology and conducts research in our lab on the development of a point-of-care… Read more »

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Two Postdoctoral Scholar Positions Available

We are recruiting two postdoctoral scholars to work on projects developing drug adherence assays ( https://engineering.academickeys.com/seeker_job_display.php?dothis=display&job%5BIDX%5D=150862&override=1) and soft robotic tactile sensors (https://engineering.academickeys.com/seeker_job_display.php?dothis=display&job[IDX]=151345). These positions are available immediately. Please email Jonathan Posner ( jposner[a]uw.edu ) with your interest.

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Postdoctoral Scholar Position Opening: Rapid enzymatic assay for monitoring antiretroviral drug levels

The University of Washington (UW) in Seattle, Washington seeks to fill a full-time postdoctoral research associate position. The proposed position focuses on the development and translation to clinical care of a near-patient assay for measuring antiretroviral drug concentrations indicative of long-term adherence to HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). The successful candidate will work in the Posner… Read more »

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Sullivan and Posner team up with regional first responders on mask decontamination

Thanks to a unique and innovative Washington partnership, first responders have a new tool for the pandemic. Stations across the region have begun receiving University of Washington-designed, locally manufactured systems to decontaminate the high-demand face masks needed to protect them from COVID-19 while carrying out their essential duties. See the entire story here. Ben Sullivan… Read more »

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David awarded NSF GRFP Honorable Mention!

David Juergens was awarded an Honorable Mention selection in the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program. Among over 12,000 highly competitive applicants, David was selected as a top tier student with enormous potential to become a scientific leader and advocate. Congrats!

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Open Position: Postdoctoral Scholar in Soft MEMS Tactile Sensors

The University of Washington in Seattle, Washington seeks to fill a full-time post-doctoral research associate position. The position focuses on the development of soft MEMS tactile sensing skin using liquid metal strain gauges that can sense both dynamic normal and shear forces  for increasing the perceptual abilities of robotic manipulators in highly sensitive environments. The… Read more »