♦ May 30, 2025: We received 'notice of award' for NSF Grant #2505948 "Self-Assembly of Collagen Triple Helices into Higher Order Structures"! We are super excited to use this to pursue our work related to peptide structure and conformation in large collagen and collagen-like assemblies!

♦ May 30, 2025: Congratulations to Arghadip for passing his qualifying exam and advancing to candidacy!

♦ May 22, 2025: Congratulations to Danielle for passing her qualifying exam and advancing to candidacy!

♦ May 12, 2025: Congratulations to Kianna for passing her qualifying exam and advancing to candidacy!

♦ Apr 29, 2025: Congratulations to Danielle and Arghadip for winning the Harry B. Weiser Teaching Award!

Apr 4, 2025: Joe successfully defended his thesis - Congratulations Dr. Swain!! (PhD #31)

♦ Nov 29, 2024: Congratulations to Tracy for the publication of her paper in ACS Central Science!

♦ Nov 29, 2024: Congratulations to Tracy for the publication of her paper in Nature Communications!

♦ Nov 26, 2024: Very excited to welcome Yuxuan Liu to the Hartgerink research group!

♦ Jul 15, 2024: Congratulations to Carson for the publication of his paper in Nature Chemistry!

♦ May 20, 2024: In collaboration with Profs. Ball and McHugh our SynthX Seed Grant, "Peptide Hydrogels for Controlled Release of Small Molecules and Biologics" was funded!

Apr 24, 2024: Congratulations to Adam for the acceptance of his paper in ACS Nano!

Apr 23, 2024: Congratulations to Tomi, Kamisi and Simona for winning Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships!

Apr 23, 2024: Jeff won Rice University's Presidential Mentoring Award!

Apr 10, 2024: Tracy successfully defended her thesis - Congratulations Dr. Yu!! (PhD #30)

Apr 4, 2024: Congratulations to Gabe and Maria who both won NSF GRFP fellowships!!

Apr 3, 2024: Carson successfully defended his thesis - Congratulations Dr. Cole!! (PhD #29)

Mar 27, 2024: Adam successfully defended his thesis - Congratulations Dr. Farsheed!! (PhD #28)

♦ Mar 14, 2024: Congratulations to Carson on the acceptance of his manuscript to Nature Chemistry!

♦ Mar 6, 2024: Brett successfully defended his thesis - Congratulations Dr. Pogostin!! (PhD #27)

♦ Jan 30, 2024: Congratulations to Viri on the acceptance of her manuscript to ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering!

♦ Oct 4, 2023: Viri successfully defended her thesis - Congratulations Dr. Leyva-Aranda!! (PhD #26)

♦ Aug 25, 2023: Congratulations to Joe on the acceptance of his manuscript to Biomacromolecules!

♦ Aug 15, 2023: Congratulations to Brett for winning an NIH F99/K00 Award!! Incredible!!

♦ Apr 27, 2023: Congratulations to Joe for winning both the Weiser Teaching award and the Weiser Leadership award!

♦ Apr 27, 2023: Congratulations to Tracy for winning the Weiser Research award!

♦ Apr 18, 2023: Caroline successfully defended her thesis - Congratulations Dr. Peterson!! (PhD #25)

♦ Apr 10, 2023: Our Welch Foundation Research Proposal, "A Combined Computational–Synthetic Approach to Nanostructured Assemblies" was funded!

♦ Apr 3, 2023: Jeff won the School of Natural Science Excellence in Graduate Mentoring Award and Provost's Award for Outstanding Doctoral Advisor!

♦ Feb 9, 2023: Congratulation to Tracy for the acceptance of her manuscript at J. Am. Chem. Soc.!

♦ Jan 2, 2023: Congratulation to Adam for the acceptance of his manuscript at Advanced Materials!

♦ Dec 13, 2022: Congratulation to Brett for the acceptance of his manuscript at Bioconjugate Chemistry!

♦ Sept 29, 2022: Congratulations to Dr. Edwin Lai for successfully defending his Ph.D. thesis!! (PhD#24)

♦ Sept 27, 2022: Congratulations to Carson for the acceptance of his manuscript at Biomacromolecules!

♦ Sept 6, 2022: Congratulations to Edwin for landing a job at AltPep!

♦ Aug 31, 2022: Congratulations to Brett for the acceptance of his manuscript at Biomaterials Science!

♦ Aug 1, 2022: Congratulations to Maria Hancu for scoring an almost unbelievable 100% on her MCAT!

♦ Apr 11, 2022: Congratulations to Joe Swain for passing his Qualifying Exam!

♦ Apr 8, 2022: Congratulations to Dr. Sarah Hulgan for successfully defending her PhD thesis!! (PhD #23)

♦ Apr 7, 2022: Edwin Lai (and many others!) manuscript on sciatic nerve regeneration was accepted for publication in ACS Applied Bio Materials!

♦ April 4, 2022: Caroline & Maia's manuscript on covalent capture of GFOGER was accepted for publication in Biomacromolecules!

♦ April 4, 2022: Congratulations to Joe for winning an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship! Congratulations to Maia for honorable mention!

♦ March 31, 2022: Our NSF proposal to study the structure of collagen bundles was recommended for funding!

♦ February 24, 2022: Sarah's review on collagen triple helices was accepted for publication in Biomacromolecules!

♦ February 14, 2022: Tracy's manuscript on a minimal protecting group strategy for covalent capture of triple helices was accepted for publication in Chemical Science!

♦ July 1, 2021: Our collaborative R01 grant with Drs. Young (PI) and Sikora was funded by the NIH!

♦ March 31, 2021: Doug's manuscript on amide-π interactions in collagen was accepted for publication in Biomacromolecules!

♦ March 23, 2021: Congratulations to Carson Cole and Adam Farsheed for winning NSF Graduate Research Fellowships!!!

♦ March 17, 2021: Congratulations to Dr. Douglas Walker for successfully defending his PhD thesis!! (PhD #22)

♦ October 27, 2020: Doug, Sarah & Carolines's manuscript on predicting collagen triple helix stability accepted for publication in Nature Chemistry!

♦ September 17, 2020: Tania & Carlo's manuscript on peripheral nerve regeneration accepted for publication in Biomaterials!

♦ July 29, 2020: Sarah's manuscript on covalent capture of triple helices accepted for publication in Biomacromolecules!

♦ May 26, 2020: Lab partially reopened for research.

♦ April 20, 2020: Nicole successfully defends her Ph.D. thesis! Congratulations Dr. Moringo!! (PhD #21)

♦ April 15, 2020: David successfully defends his Ph.D. thesis! Congratulations Dr. Leach!! (PhD #20)

♦ April 10, 2020: Caroline passed her qualifying exam!

♦ April 9, 2020: Tania successfully defends her Ph.D. thesis! Congratulations Dr. Lopez-Silva!! (PhD #19)

♦ April 3, 2020: Viri passed her qualifying exam!

♦ March 20, 2020: Lab shut down for COVID19.