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King Lab @kinglabipd.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Glycosylation has remained outside the reach of biomolecular design, but with new all-atom methods we are now able to control the types of glycans displayed on our de novo proteins.

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King Lab @kinglabipd.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Last week, Grace Hendricks successfully defended her dissertation and earned her PhD!

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King Lab @kinglabipd.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

🚨 new paper alert 🚨 Here we demonstrate increased anti-RBS neutralizing responses elicited by stabilized influenza H5 immunogens: bit.ly/4u8UxJl

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King Lab @kinglabipd.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Yesterday Dane Zambrano successfully defended her thesis on hybrid lipid-protein nanoparticles! Excellent work Dr. Dane!!

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King Lab @kinglabipd.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

🚨 new paper alert 🚨 Here, we show how recently developed ML tools can be leveraged to design self-assembling protein nanoparticle immunogens in the absence of experimentally determined structures of the oligomeric building blocks. Read more @pnas.org: doi.org/10.1073/pnas....

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King Lab @kinglabipd.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Couldn't have asked for a lovelier day to break ground in our new lab downtown! 🌞

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King Lab @kinglabipd.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

@uwproteindesign.bsky.social Thanks to Aia, Syed, Dixie, and James for joining us this summer as Rosetta Commons Undergraduate Researchers! We loved working with you these past 10 weeks and wish you the best as you head back home!

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King Lab @kinglabipd.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

🚨 new paper alert 🚨 Here, we present a method for designing protein nanoparticles with two unique faces that can bring together distinct biological targets at controlled distances! This project was led by Dr. Sanela Rankovic is out now in Nature Materials: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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King Lab @kinglabipd.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Congrats on graduating Priya! After working in the lab for 3 years on vaccine adjuvants targeting the CD40 signaling pathway in germinal centers, she earned a Distinguished Researcher in Biochemistry award! Now she's off to work on flu vaccine research at NIAID’s Vaccine Research Center.

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King Lab @kinglabipd.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

There's a new doctor in town, Cameron Criswell defended her PhD thesis last week! 🥳 Congratulations on all your hard work Dr. Criswell!

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King Lab @kinglabipd.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Our very own Grace Hendricks gave an excellent talk about her work on mRNA-launched nanoparticles at the Keystone Symposium on Vaccinology in Washington, DC today!

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King Lab @kinglabipd.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

On Monday the lab celebrated "Cinco de Cara" in honor of Dr. Cara Chao successfully defending her PhD thesis! 🥂 In addition to making MERS vaccines, Cara is a beloved member of the lab who often shares tasty baked goods and infectious laughter. Congratulations!

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King Lab @kinglabipd.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Enjoying the cherry blossoms and blue skies in Seattle today 🌞

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