As a building, the University of Washington's new molecular engineering lab is interesting in its own right — designed with cutting-edge features to make it energy efficient, and bright lab spaces with killer views of Mount Rainier and the Olympics.
But what really marks the newest building on the UW campus is the work going on inside, where scientists are designing proteins that could one day cure diseases, and clean technology materials that could make it easier to convert solar energy into electricity.
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For some of this work, researchers are even getting help from an unlikely source: thousands of nonscientists around the world who play an online game to create new proteins for disease detection and treatment.
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The four-story, $77 million Molecular Engineering & Sciences building opened this month, just south of Gerberding Hall. And unlike old labs of the past, which tended to be dark and isolating, this one is filled with sunlight and designed with collaborative spaces for scientists to work together across a range of disciplines.
It's home to the newly formed Molecular Engineering & Sciences Institute, which, rather than doing purely academic research, is aiming for discoveries that can lead to new technologies and new medicines.
"We want to try to do something really big," said Pat Stayton, professor of bioengineering and director of the institute. "We hope to generate a lot of knowledge."
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