The M.J. Murdock Diagnostics Foundry for Translational Research is now live. More information can be found here: https://eih.uw.edu/murdock
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 »
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.
Ben Sullivan has led the development of an integrated paper microfluidic device that purifies nucleic acids from whole blood using on-chip digestion and isotachophoretic nucleic acid purfification. Read more at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1570023220313702
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 »
Alicia Gim and Yonas Meshesha were awarded a Washington Research Foundation fellowships for their research projects focusing on the RESTRICT assay for objective measurement of antiretroviral drug adherence. Congratulations Alicia and Yonas!
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 »
Andrew Bender defended his PhD thesis titled Sample Preparation for Point-of-Care Nucleic Acid Amplification Testing of Bloodborne Viruses. Congratulations Dr Bender!
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Posner named the Richard and Victoria Harrington Professor for Engineering Innovation in Health
Jonathan Posner was recently named Mechanical Engineerings Richard and Victoria Harrington Professor for Engineering Innovation in Health. He directs the Engineering Innovation in Health (EIH) program for the UW. Entering its eighth year, EIH has become a rallying point for connecting health care experts with problem-solving engineering students and faculty.
Arif Abdullah joined our lab as a postdoctoral scholar. He will work on on Soft MEMS Tactile Sensors. This project focuses on the development of an instrumented hand for inspection and handling of sensitive devices such as explosives. This project will enable next-generation tactile sensing and interaction of objects, both visible and hidden, for robot… Read more »