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Anthony's preprint on building mesoporous peptide frameworks is available on ChemRxiv!
Read it here!
Anthony successfully defends his Ph.D.! He is the first Ph.D. student to graduate from the Merg lab. Congrats Dr. Perez!
Kunle wins People's Choice award at the UC Grad Slam Finals! Way to represent UCM!
Anthony and Andre attend Spring MRS Meeting in Seattle. Anthony wins best poster award!! Great Job Anthony!
Kunle wins UC Merced's Grad Slam competition! He will represent UCM at the Grad Slam finals in Sacramento! Way to go Kunle!
Kunle and Andre present research at the Peptide Materials GRC in Pomona, CA! Wonderful conference! Can't wait for the next one!
Mobin joins the Merg lab! Welcome Mobin!!
Merg lab is looking for new graduate students to join! Please reach out to Prof. Merg if you are interested!
Priority application deadline is Dec. 1st for prospective students interested in UC Merced!
Anthony's paper on Coiled Coil Peptide Tiles (CCPTs) is published in JACS! Congrats Anthony and Kunle!
Read it here!!
Group hike at Yosemite! Sentinel Dome and Glacier Point at Sunset!
Kunle passes his qualifying exam with flying colors! Congrats Kunle on this important milestone!
New Preprint out on ChemRxiv! Check out Anthony's work on Coiled Coil Peptide Tiles (CCPTs)!
Click here!
Yumie's last day in the Merg lab! We will miss you! All the best with your Ph.D. studies at UCSD!
Alisa joins the lab as an undergraduate researcher! Welcome to the group, Alisa!
The Merg lab welcomes Amanda to the group! She is a new Ph.D. student working on coiled coil peptides!
Andre and Anthony attend AACG-West Conference at Fallen Leaf! Anthony wins "best poster" award!! Great Job Anthony!
Yumie will be embarking on her graduate school career in the Bioengineering Ph.D. program at UCSD! Congrats Yumie!
Merg lab visits Golden Valley High School to promote STEM careers! In and Out afterwards!
Merg lab visits Atwater High School to encourage high school students to a career in STEM! Great job Kunle and Yumie!
Andre receives the 2023 Outstanding Project SEED Mentor Award!