Students in the News
UW Bioengineering students excel in research, leadership and service. Read on to learn how our students are inventing the future of medicine.
New endowed scholarship established in honor of revered BioE administrator
This year, an anonymous UW Bioengineering alumna generously donated the required funding to establish a new endowed scholarship in honor of Kelli Jayn Nichols. Nichols served the BioE department from October 2000, until her retirement in June 2016 as Director of Academic Services.
Ph.D. student Charles Roco advances single-cell RNA sequencing with NIH, Fred Hutch grants
With Split-Pool Ligation-based Transcriptome sequencing, or SPLiT-seq, Charles Roco aims to address the affordability, accessibility and scalability of current single-cell RNA sequencing techniques.
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.
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.
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.
Fall 2017 Scholarship & Fellowship Roundup
The following students have received local, national and international scholarships and fellowships for the 2017-18 academic year: Undergraduate Levinson Emerging Scholar The Levinson Emerging Scholar Program supports talented and highly motivated juniors and seniors pursuing [...]