Williams Research Group

Lab outing and clean up to kick off the semester. Excited to have everyone back for a great year of research ahead in 2026!

We are thrilled to announce the addition of PhD students Jessica Lam and Zihan (Jessica) Wang to the Williams Research Group! Welcome to the lab Jessica and Zihan!

We are #hiring another Postdoc in protein-glycan engineering and immune modulation at Columbia! Core wet-lab experience required; familiarity with high-throughput screening or computational/ML-guided design is a plus. Apply or share: linkedin.com/jobs/view/4307…

Our latest review article is available online.

First lab meeting of the school year✅ Wishing everyone a great start to their fall semester from the Williams Research Group!

Congratulations to Jaewon Lim, one of our talented graduate research assistants currently working on engineering lectins for therapeutic applications, for his acceptance into the Advanced Masters Research (AMR) Specialization in Chemical Engineering at Columbia University!

Congratulations to Professor @Asher__Williams, recipient of the 2025 Janette and Armen Avanessians Diversity Award! Pictured with Dean Shih-Fu Chang, we're proud to celebrate her leadership in Columbia's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

Lab outing with our summer researchers!

@Xiaoman_Zhou we are currently interviewing candidates!

@WilliamsLabCU Is this job still avaliable?

We have another postdoc opportunity at the Williams Lab in NYC! We’re tackling protein engineering, glycan interactions, & therapeutic development. Skills: Synthetic biology, computational tools/molecular modeling. Learn more: apply.interfolio.com/161382 #Postdoc #ResearchCareers

End-of-year party with some members of the lab!

Today is a great day because @Asher__Williams and I finally got our tissue culture room 🎉😍😭🤩🎉 look at how excited the students are!!! Cell culture here we come 🧑🏽‍🔬🔬🧫

We are still looking for a postdoc to join our team! A background in synthetic biology & protein engineering is a plus. Please share/apply at the link below or email aw3571@columbia.edu. linkedin.com/jobs/view/3797…

Thank you for the warm welcome!

We are currently hiring a #postdoc interested in applying synthetic biology and protein engineering tools for therapeutic applications. Please check the job description link before applying, and share with any qualified candidates in your network! linkedin.com/jobs/view/3766…