Latest News

September 2025: Our group has been awarded an R15 grant by the National Institutes of Health!  This $457,000 grant will fund our research on developing tools to improve endolysin activity for the next three years.  A huge thanks to the students that laid the foundation for this work!

May 2025: Sophia Gonzalez (PIT '28) and Cassidy McIntyre (SCR '27) joined the group. Welcome to the team!

May 2025: Congrats to alumni Kaitlyn Hohl! She accepted a position to the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine. We look forward to seeing all the amazing things you'll do in the next stage of your career!

March 2025: Carah was awarded with the Barry Goldwater Scholarship! This highly competitive award recognizes students who intend to pursue research careers in STEM. Congrats, Carah!

March 2025: Claire and Amber presented their work at the National Meeting of the American Chemical Society in San Diego, CA. Great job representing the team!

April 2024: Congrats to Amber (Thomas Poon Endowed Student Internship Fund), Carah (Kimiko Oshida Research Award) and Claire (Stauffer Award) for receiving funding to conduct research during the summer!

April 2024: Alumni Marcell Simon committed to attending the Tri-Institutional PhD Program in Chemical Biology at Rockefeller University. We are excited to see all you accomplish at this new stage in your career!

March 2024: Chloë presented her work at the National Meeting of the American Chemical Society in New Orleans, LA. Great job representing the team!

December 2023: Sierra was elected as a new member of the 2024 Executive Committee for the American Chemical Society Division of Biological Chemistry (ACS DBC). She will serve on the Nominating Committee.

December 2023: Claire Nalebuff (SCR '25), Amber Mogg (PIT '26), Carah Allen (SCR '26), and Manya Sharma (SCR '27) joined the group. Welcome to the team!

November 2023: Carlos presented his work at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Scientists (ABRCMS). Great job representing the team, Carlos!

August 2023: Carlos presented at the UCI SoCal Undergraduate Research Symposium and won an Outstanding Poster Award for his presentation. His accomplishment was highlighted here. Congrats Carlos!

August 2023: Marcell presented his thesis work at the 266th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society in San Francisco, CA. Great job representing the team, Marcell!

May 2023: A hearty congrats to Marcell! He was awarded the ACS Division of Organic Chemistry Outstanding Senior Organic Chemistry Student award and the Best Thesis Award in Chemistry. 

April 2023: Kaitlyn and Marcell presented a poster at the 46th Annual West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research (WCBSUR) Conference. Great job representing the team!

March 2023: Chloë was awarded the Stauffer Award, while Carlos was awarded the Keck Summer Research Award! Congrats!

February 2023: Marcell was awarded the Cottrell Postbac Fellowship from the Research Corporation for Science Advancement. Starting this summer, he will be working in the Leconte lab in the Keck Science Department at the Claremont Colleges. Congrats Marcell!

January 2023: Professor Williams published work from her graduate career in ChemBioChem! This was a highly collaborative project between the Prescher lab (UC Irvine), Leconte lab (Keck Science Department at the Claremont Colleges), and the Mills lab (Arizona State). Congrats to everyone who helped bring this project across the finish line!

October 2022: Chloë (SCR '25) and Carlos (PIT '24) are the newest members of the Williams Lab. Welcome to the team!

April 2022: Marcell was awarded the Thomas Poon Endowed Student Internship Fund while Kaitlyn was awarded the Stauffer Award. Congrats to you both!

January 2022: A warm welcome to Kaitlyn (CMC '24) and Marcell (PIT '23) who have joined the Williams Lab!

July 2021: The Williams Lab joins the Keck Science Department at the Claremont Colleges!