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2026 Annual Lab Olympics III
This year, we're honored to keep our trophy as the Olympic champs in the epic showdown known as the Nelson vs. Golder Lab Olympics! We snagged the win with a whopping 11-point lead! Goooo Nelson Lab! This Year's MVP is Moto—3 Gold and 1 Silver! Big high-fives to all the winners, and a huge shout-out to everyone who joined the fun! We're already plotting our victory dance for next year!
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2025 Annual Lab Olympics II
This year, in the epic showdown known as the Annual Nelson VS Golder Lab Olympics, we managed to snag a shiny trophy! Our lab is now the proud home of the Olympics cup, a glorious reminder that we are indeed the champions!! We're already dreaming of another victory dance in 2026! Amy kicked off the Olympics by paying her respects to Dr. Nelson's portrait. Ana Paula was the maestro of our musical chaos. 🎧 The torch ceremony kicked off with Brian's trusty lighter, proving once
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MRS Best Poster Winners in the Chat!
Last week at the Materials Research Society 2024 Spring Conference, Ana Paula Kitos Vasconcelos & LeAnn Le presented their research and...
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Nelson vs. Golder Lab Olympics!
In a daring and honorable defeat, the Nelson Lab takes on the Golder Lab in the first (and now annual) Lab Olympics of 2024. The Nelson...
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Welcome back Ana Paula from the Land Down Under!
Our PhD student Ana Paula Kitos Vasconcelos recently traveled to Australia as a PELICANS (Plastic in the Environment, Leaders and...
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Congratulations Dr. Altin-Yavusarslan!
Congratulations to Dr. Gokce Altin Yavusarslan on her wonderful defense! We are so proud of you and wish you the best on your...
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Check out our recent paper about 3D-printable ionic liquids!
Congratulations Fang, Jenn, Eva, Julian, Vy and Naroa! Read to learn more about our development of 3D-printed stretchable ionic liquid...
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Gokce Altin Yavuzarslan is received 2023 MolE Scientific Achievement Award!
Congratulations Gokce!
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Jitkanya Wong is awarded the Niels H Anderson Prize for best organic thesis!
We are proud of you Jenn!
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Check our recent paper about Gene expression dynamics in input-responsive engineered living materia
Congratulations to Gokce and Jenn on their recent research paper published on Materials Today Bio! In this collaborative work with...
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The Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium
Eng Kwa attended The Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium UW Seattle campus in Mary Gates Hall in May 2023! Eng is working under PhD...
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Check our recent paper about Additive Manufacturing of Engineered Living Materials with Bio-Augment
Congratulations to Gokce on her recent research paper published on Advanced Functional Materials! In this collaborative work with the...
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Autonomous Engineered Living Materials for the Construction and Repair of Outdoor Built Environments
Our recent research project is an interdisciplinary, NSF-funded research Project involving five research labs which are Nelson Lab from...
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Introduce a Girl to Green Technology
We are happy to attended Introduce a Gril to Technology outreach event which hosted by UW Women in Chemical Engineering. In this event,...
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Check our recent paper about Triplet Fusion Upconversion for Photocuring 3D-Printed Networks
Congratulations Jenn, Naroa, Nathan, and Gokce on their publication on Advanced Materials! In this collaborative study, as Nelson Lab, we...
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Congratulations to Dr. Wong!
We are happy to announce that Jitkanya (Jenn) Wong has successfully defended her thesis! We are proud of Jitkanya, she made successful...
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Congratulations to Gokce Altın-Yavuzarslan!
Congratulations to Gokce Altin-Yavuzarslan for her poster award at Gordon Research Conference Additive Manufacturing of Soft Materials,...
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Nelson Lab attended the GRC Additive Manufacturing of Soft Materials in Summer 2022
We are happy to meet with excellent scientists from all over the world and discuss science and technology for a week.
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Congratulations to Nathan Ballinger!
Nathan Ballinger was awarded the top student in Physical Chemistry for the 2021-22 academic year!
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Check our recent paper about 3D printed protein-based materials with Tough and Mechanically Function
Congratulations Patrick, Gokce, Cem, Benjaporn, and Cameron on their publication at ACS Applied Material Interfaces!...
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