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​​Latest Lab News

NSF Invests in ExFAB, Biofoundry for Extreme & Exceptional Fungi, Archaea, and Bacteria
Prof. O'Malley wins Allan P. Colburn Award
Prof. O'Malley wins AIChE Division 15 Early Career Award
Prof. O'Malley elected AIMBE Fellow
Prof. O'Malley wins 2020 ASM Early Career Award
O'Malley Lab Featured on NPR's Science Friday
Prof. O'Malley named 2017 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar
Prof. O'Malley interviewed by the BBC
Prof. O'Malley wins PECASE
Manuscript published in Science​
O'Malley named 2016 Colburn Lecturer
Manuscript published in ACS-Chemical Biology
Prof. O'Malley wins NSF-CAREER Award
Prof. O'Malley named by MIT Tech Review as one of the 35 Top Innovators Under 35
Prof. O'Malley named Hellman Fellow
O'Malley Lab awarded CNSI Challenge Grant, and a CRCC Grant
Manuscript published in Biotechnology and Bioengineering
Prof. O'Malley gives plenary talk at DOE Genomic Science Program Grantee Meeting
Manuscript published in Current Opinion in Biotechnology
The Why Files  highlights O'Malley lab research
Prof. O'Malley awarded grant from the American Heart Association
Nikki wins ACS-Eli Lilly Travel Award
O'Malley lab presents at AIChE meeting in San Francisco
Jen wins Best Poster Award for the 2nd Year in a Row!
Prof. O'Malley wins DOE Early Career Award
O'Malley Lab is featured in the LA Times, Smithsonian Magazine, Discovery News, and Huffingtonpost

Welcome!

The O'Malley Lab engineers protein synthesis, microbial communities, and cellular behavior for environmental and biomedical applications.
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The O'Malley group (2016). Front row (left to right): Monica Rieth, Candice Swift, Justin Yoo, Andres Parra, Michelle O'Malley, Jennifer Guerrero, Susanna Sepalla, Nikki Schonenbach, Sean Gilmore. Back row: Zach Cogan, Samantha Lee, Kevin Solomon, John Henske, Charles Haitjema, Igor Podolsky, St. Elmo Wilken, Nick Peng, Jess Hauk, Randy DeGroot.
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Prof. O'Malley was named by President Obama as one of the recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)! Read the White House press release here.
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​Our group's manuscript, "Early-branching anaerobic gut fungi possess a large, comprehensive array of biomass-degrading enzymes" was published in Science! You can read it here.
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The O'Malley group (2015). Front row (left to right) Charlotte Abrahamson, R. Andres Parra Sperberg, Sean Gilmore, Michelle O'Malley, Monica Rieth, Nikki Schonenbach, Susanna Seppala. Back row: Justin Yoo, Kevin Solomon, John Henske, Charles Haitjema. (not pictured: Jen Guerrero, Jessie Sexton, Wen-Kang Chou)
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The O'Malley group at Goleta Beach (2013). Front row (left to right) Jen Guerrero, Nikki Schonenbach, Michelle O'Malley, Meredith Green, Jessica O'Day, Elisa Ovadia, Brian Owens. Back row: John Henske, Kevin Solomon, Charles Haitjema, Josie Tressel.