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Congratulations to Nitinun Varongchayakul, who won MSE's and the Dean's Master's Thesis Awards for “Direct Observation of Amyloid Nucleation under Nanomechanical Stretching"! More information here and here.

Spinning Engineered Silk Into Tiny Designs—With A Microscope
Seog group member Sara Johnson is investigating how an atomic force microscope (AFM) can be used to grow and weave threads of silk-elastin-like peptide polymers (SELPs) into specific patterns or shapes. More »

Ellen Williams Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship
An Ellen Williams Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship has been awarded to Seog Group member Dr. Young Koan Ko. The award will help support research on peptide molecule self-assembly. More »

Seog Research Wins NSF CAREER Award
Novel methods will explain peptide and nanofiber behavior at molecular level. More »

Plasma for Disinfection Study Wins DOE Grant
Oehrlein, Seog will be first to characterize effects on biological molecules at molecular level. More »

Karcz Takes 2nd In Dean's M.S. Thesis Competition
Graduate student recognized for work with optical tweezers. More »

Seog Lab Installs Optical Mini-Tweezers
Molecular Mechanics Laboratory to use high resolution force spectroscopy for nanomedicine and nanobiotechnology research.  More »

Russ Wins Goldwater Scholarship
Bioengineering sophomore receives premier award for undergraduates. More »

Seog Joins Faculty
Professor to hold joint appointment with BioE, MSE.  More »