Dr. Michelle A. O'Malley

UCSB to lead $22M NSF-funded center on exceptional microbes news.ucsb.edu/2024/021593/uc…

Congratulations to Dr. Michelle O’Malley at @ucsantabarbara for receiving a Supplemental Grant! @omalleylab @UCSBChE @UCSBBioE #DreyfusAwards

Exciting news: #UCSB professors Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis have been awarded the Nobel Prize in physics 🏆

⏰ Submit abstracts for #BIOT2026 New collaborative sessions w/ACS Divisions 💼 Patent Law, CHAL 📜 History of Biotech, HIST 💡 Commercialization, SCHB 💊 Toxicology, TOXI 👩‍🔬 Women in Biotech, WCC 👨‍🎓 Emerging Leaders, YCC na2.hubs.ly/y0Y7gw0

Know someone advancing microbial or biochemical tech? Nominate them for the Marvin J. Johnson Award by 8/15 🔗 na2.hubs.ly/y0F9QC0 #ACSBIOT #MicrobialTech #JohnsonAward #BiotechResearch

@united customer service is also just the worst. Attempting to place blame on me for buying the ticket to get home when it’s the only thing I could have done. Do better.

I get that weather happens. But communication also needs to happen. I would have made different choices earlier in the day that could have enabled me to sleep last night, instead of having nowhere to go (bc all hotels within 20 mi were booked).

Once again @united has failed its customers. Stuck overnight in Houston, after being in the airport for more than 14 hours until they finally canceled our flight with no notice. No hotels anywhere and a computer system that crashed to prevent rebooking.

🚨 9 months until #BIOT2026! 📍 Atlanta, GA | 📆 March 22–26, 2026 We’re locking in area coordinators + session chairs now for another cutting-edge biotech program. 📢 Abstracts & award info coming soon! #ACSBIOT #BIOTinAtlanta #AIinBiotech #Biotech

Professors and researchers at Chicago-area universities said federal funding cuts are leaving research projects unfinished. Julius Lucks, a chemical engineering professor at Northwestern, speaks on if another sector could fund university research. to.wttw.com/3Ygl3T8

Anyone who wants to call scientific research “wasteful spending” should have to get past Reviewer 2. Seriously, I wish people knew how hard we work for far less $ than could be made in industry, all because we care about helping society and mentoring the next generation.

The documentary "Out of Plain Sight" follows #UCSB's David Valentine and journalist Rosanna Xia as they uncover mass DDT dumping off the Southern California coast. The investigation sparked national outcry, and now, an award-winning film. 🎥 Full story: ow.ly/IrsG50Vg68N

DEADLINE THIS FRIDAY! Young professionals this award is for you! Solventum presents the Bioprocessing Research Excellence Award in Upstream & Downstream Processing. Submit yourself for consideration here: lnkd.in/eRDbZ7Xm

Did you know students have discounted membership rates? Become an ACS BIOT member to gain access to exclusive career planning tools, awards & fellowships. Plus access to our BIOT events. Check out your options at ACS.org/membership & more benefits at lnkd.in/eTWDxdW8

Fantastic talk by @hyphaltip at @ECFG17Dublin about population diversity and evolution of fungi in extreme environments #Rhodotorula @NSF #fungi #genomics #phenotype

Congratulations to our 2025 Van Lanen Distinguished Service Awardee, Todd Przybycien! Thank you for your sustained contributions to BIOT & MBTD including technical meeting programming, service as Awards Chair and Alternate Councilor & promotion of inclusion & student involvement.

DEADLINE EXTENDED to 3/14! Solventum presents the Bioprocessing Research Excellence Award in Upstream & Downstream Processing for any presenters in the first 10 years of their career. Winners will receive $5000 and a commemorative plaque. Submit here: lnkd.in/eRDbZ7Xm

Congratulations to @UCSBChE Professor M. Scott Shell for being elected a Fellow of the AIChE, @ChEnected! This honor recognizes his groundbreaking work in multiscale modeling, revolutionizing how scientists study complex molecular systems. 🧪🥼 ow.ly/gPIe50V741a

Congratulations to fifth-year PhD student Anukta Datta for being awarded the department’s prestigious Schlinger Fellowship for Excellence in Chemical Engineering Research for the 2024-‘25 academic year!🎉

Congratulations to our 2025 Marvin J. Johnson Awardee in Microbial & Biochemical Technology, Yi Tang from UCLA! We are excited to recognize his efforts in advancing the discovery and engineering of natural product biosynthesis, and the application of enzymes in biocatalysis.