News

March 22, 2023

Our 2022 Soft Matter paper on using high-throughput microscopy to study phase separating coacervates has been selected by the Editorial Board as a 2022 highlight!  Congratulations, team!

March 8, 2023

Congratulations to Younghoon Kwon, a finalist for the inaugural Emerging Soft Matter Excellence Award, which was presented by the Division of Soft Matter Physics at the American Physical Society March Meeting in Las Vegas

March 6, 2023

Lab members present at the annual American Physical Society March Meeting in Las Vegas, NV

February 19, 2023

Younghoon Kwon and Professor Valentine present at the Annual Adhesion Society Meeting in Orlando, FL

February 12, 2023

Yongkui Tang received the Heeger Fellowship Award!  Congratulations!

January 20, 2023

The Valentine Lab was excited to host Prof. Keng-hui Lin from the Institute of Physics within the Academia Sinica in Taipei, Taiwan for a visit to UC Santa Barbara.  Keng-hui's research spans a number of biological and soft material systems, and she is developing cutting-edge methods and materials for biomaterials science research.

January 12, 2023

Prof. Valentine chairs the planning committee for the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) Workshop on Biohybrid Materials and Technologies for Today and Tomorrow, held January 12-13, 2023.  

December 1, 2022

Contributions of the Valentine Lab and other marine biomaterials researchers on campus are highlighted in the UCSB Convergence magazine this Fall.  

November 4, 2022

Congratulations to Caidric, who won first prize for his presentation at the Fall 2022 BASF-CARA review.

November 2, 2022

Professor Valentine presents: Force sensing and regulation in biological systems – from cells and tissues to bioinspired solutions