BioDiscovery Tools

RESEARCH PROJECTS:

• Arnold - Novel Thermostable, Highly Active Cellulases by Non-Continuous SCHEMA Recombination
• Buie - Microfluidic Selection and Screening of Clostridium spp. for Sustainable Forward Operating Bases
• Clegg, Hawker & Johnson - Instructive Biomaterials for Stem Cell Differentiation
• Doyle, P. - Microfluidic Synthesis and Properties of Cell-mimicking, Soft, Hydrogel Colloids
• Ismagilov - Synthetic Biology for Modular Production in Microbial Communities
• Israelachvili & Turner - Fabrication of Hierarchically Structured Devices for Adhesion, Mobile Sensors and Robotics Applications
• Meinhart & Moskovits - Microfluidic Raman Strategy for Rapid Cellular Identification and Classification
• O'Malley - Synthetic Cellulose-degrading Complexes for Biofuel Production
• Prather - Design and Assembly of Biological Routes towards Biofuels and Value-added Biochemicals
• Soh -Quantitative Screening of Aptamers via in vitro Display on Synthetic Particles
• Tirrell, D. - Dissecting the Behavior of Bacterial Biofilms with Non-Canonical Amino Acids

OBJECTIVES:
The ICB develops new tools and techniques that accelerate our ability to harness the advantages of biomolecular recognition, signal transduction, self-assembly, multi-functional materials and network structures. These tools broadly catalyze innovation while specifically addressing needs for biological detection, isolation and identification.

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