Posts Tagged ‘research’
Marriott lab finds uses for bioluminescent protein
Professor Gerard Marriott’s lab has found amazing applications for a new type of genetically encoded fluorescent protein that is found in a symbiont populating the light organ of the ponyfish. The uniquely low mass and long fluorescence lifetime of the protein make it potentially useful as a biosensor to carry out rapid, quantitative and proteome-wide analyses of specific protein interactions, or to screen for drugs designed to disrupt a specific protein complex in a living cell.
Read MoreMurthy Lab develops transcription factor delivery system
Researchers in Professor Niren Murthy’s lab have developed a way to efficiently deliver therapeutic transcription factors in living cells.
Read MoreSchaffer talks gene therapy delivery
Professor David Schaffer explains his directed evolution approach to solving the Delivery Problem in gene therapy.
Read MoreLee and Murthy fight drug-resistant microbes
Professors Luke Lee and Niren Murthy are leading a team, with Dr. Riley of the School of Public Health, to develop tools to quickly spot and identify drug-resistant pathogens. Their project will receive $5.8 million over five years from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) as part of the agency’s effort to develop diagnostics to rapidly detect antimicrobial-resistant bacteria.
Read MoreHealy designs heart-on-a-chip
Researchers in Professor Kevin Healy’s lab have taken a major step toward fast, accurate drug-toxicity testing with a sophisticated organ-on-a-chip using live, beating heart tissue.
Read MoreGreener blue jeans with Dueber Lab
Learn about work by Professor John Dueber, 2014-15 Bakar Fellow, on synthetic biological indigo dyes.
Read MoreCapstone team going to Clinton Global Initiative University
The senior capstone design team of Asad Akbany, Kasper Kuo, Nicholas Leung, and Karen Cheng has been selected to attend the 2015 Clinton Global Initiative University in Florida this March.
Read MoreLee creates graphene nanopores with optical antennas
Professor Luke Lee, collaborating with Professor of Physics Alex Zettl, have created the world’s first graphene nanopores that feature a “built-in” optical antenna. This addition could significantly speed up nanopore sequencing of DNA.
Read MoreSynthetic biology could be boon to space travel
Research from Professor Adam Arkin and postdoc Amor Menezes shows that genetically engineered microbes could help make manned missions to Mars, the moon and other planets more practical. This is the cover story for this month’s Journal of the Royal Society Interface.
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