• Vongani VM. Muthambi and Nonhlanhla Mbenenge of the University of the Witwatersrand, and Nuttada Panpradist

Nuttada Panpradist presents OLA-SIMPLE HIV drug resistance test in South Africa

UW BioE Ph.D. candidate Nuttada Panpradist recently traveled to South Africa to present at the XXVI Internal Workshop on HIV Drug Resistance and Treatment Strategies. The workshop, held Nov. 6-8, invited 200 delegates from around the world to discuss the causes, spread and burden of HIV drug resistance in low- and middle-income countries.

  • Students working on toy adaptation

HuskyADAPT: Toying with Accessibility

BioE students seek to increase access to accessible play through toy adaptation for children with disabilities, and foster knowledge of the benefit inclusive design can have on communities.

  • Yeast agglutination

Ph.D. grad David Younger aims to improve drug safety with synthetic sex in yeast

Beyond its humble role in baking bread and brewing beer, yeast has helped scientists establish modern understanding of cell biology and genetics. And now, yeast may lead the way to safer drugs. A team of UW synthetic biologist led by BioE Ph.D. grad David Younger has reprogrammed yeast's mating habits to create a sophisticated drug testing platform.

  • Ryan Nagao, UW Bioengineering senior fellow

Senior fellows Ryan Nagao and Mary Wallingford receive NIH K99/R00 grants

Dr. Nagao pursues development of a framework for studying renal vascular disease by creating a model of the renal microvasculature environment. Dr. Wallingford investigates placental phosphate transport, a phenomenon essential to cellular energetics, growth and bone biology.