Huimin Zhao’s research develops and applies synthetic biology, machine learning, and laboratory automation tools to engineer functionally improved or novel proteins, pathways, and genomes for biotechnological and biomedical applications. Zhao investigates the...
Pedron Haba has worked on establishing in vitro platforms for evaluating microenvironmental pressures impacting brain tumor growth and evolution. These efforts concentrate on the development of 3D hydrogel platforms as well as microfluidic forming technologies to...
Hee-Sun Han’s lab develops novel technologies integrating diverse chemical and physical principles to study intact, fully assembled biological systems with single cell/molecule resolution, at high throughput while retaining the spatial or environmental...
Deborah Leckband’s research group, The Biological Interfaces Group, uses surface modification, micro-patterning, and materials synthesis to precisely manipulate cell microenvironments. These powerful tools control concentration profiles of soluble factors...
Diwakar Shukla’s research group develops and employs computational chemistry approaches to decipher the mechanisms of regulation of protein function, which play a critical role in governing cellular and organismal behavior. Shukla’s group develops computational and...
Ying Diao’s research pursues the fundamental understanding and control of multiscale molecular assembly processes to achieve manufacturing of electronical materials, energy devices, and therapeutic processes. Her goal is to use solution printing to make advanced...
Hyunjoon (Joon) Kong’s lab is developing advanced biomaterials that can be used to address problems in biology and medicine. The Kong lab conducts research that aims to better understand the roles of an extracellular matrix and bio-transports on cancer...
