Congratulations to Arianna Avellan for winning the best poster award at the 46th Annual Adhesion Society Meeting in Orlando, FL! Her poster was entitled, “Mussel Inspired Nanoparticles for Mucosal Adhesion”. Awesome!
Category Archive: Lab News
Congratulations to Katerina Malollari on her exit seminar!
Katerina gave her exit seminar yesterday, where she presented a summary of her many research accomplishments on biological and bioinspired materials. The champagne bottle will join the others in the Messersmith Lab hall of fame!
Paper on Structure-Property Relationships of a Supramolecular Polymer Prodrug Published in PNAS!
DeFrates, J. Engstrom, N.A. Sarma, A. Umar, J. Shin, W. Xie, D. Pochan, A. Omar, P.B. Messersmith, “The influence of molecular design on structure-property relationships of a supramolecular polymer prodrug”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, e2208593119 (2022). LINK Congratulations to Kelsey, Joakim, Nivedina, Athiyya, Jisoo, Weiran, Darrin and Ahmad on their paper …
Congratulations to Kelsey DeFrates on being named a Siebel Scholar!
Congratulations to Kelsey DeFrates, who was named a 2023 Siebel Scholar! This is a prestigious honor given to only 83 students worldwide for their academic achievements and demonstrated leadership. Read all about it at the UC Berkeley website and also at the Siebel Foundation website. Congratulations Kelsey!
Congratulations to Sally, Peyman and Katerina on Their Graduation!
Congratulations to Sally, Peyman and Katerina for their PhD graduation! The ceremony held on May 18 included graduates from 2020, 2021 and 2022. A special treat was the Sally was the student speaker! Sally works at AbbVie, Peyman at Rivian and Katerina at Amazon. Congratulations to all and good luck!
New York Times article about the Glycera jaw paper published this week in Matter
The New York times published a story today about the Glycera jaw paper from the Waite group published this week in Matter. Katerina and Peyman did a portion of the study in our lab and are coauthors on the paper. “These Bloodworms Grow Copper Fangs and Have Bad Attitudes” Scientists figured out the biochemical process …
Congratulations to Katerina and Peyman on the publication of their coauthored paper in Matter
In a collaboration with the Waite group at UC Santa Barbara, Katerina and Peyman conducted single molecule force spectroscopy experiments that probed the interactions of metal ions with a structural protein found in the jaws of bloodworms. Link to the paper.
Congratulations to Arianna Avellan for being awarded a GEM Fellowship!
GEM Fellows are provided practical engineering summer work experiences through an employer sponsor and a portable academic year fellowship of tuition, fees, and a stipend which may be used at any participating GEM Member University where the GEM Fellow is admitted. Arianna is sponsored by Applied Materials and will spend the summer as an intern …
Congratulations to Cynthia Perez for passing her PhD qualifying exam!
Way to go Cynthia!
Congratulations to postdoc Subhajit Pal for being selected to attend the 71st Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting!
Subhajit was selected for the 71st Lindau Nobel Laureate meeting this year from June 26 to the 2nd of July. He was nominated by the Swiss Chemical Society for producing one of the top 6 best theses in natural science in Switzerland. Congrats!