Biotherapeutics

This research area focuses on the interface between cell engineering and biomaterial engineering. We are interested in developing novel nanomaterials for vaccines, applying synthetic biology tools to engineer cells for therapeutic applications, and expressing effective proteins for therapeutic interests.

Areas of interest

Synthetic Biology
Precision Medicine Engineering
Bionanotechnology for Vaccine Development
Drug Delivery
Tissue Engineering
Biosensors and Diagnostics Development
Protein Engineering

Faculty

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Anna Duraj-Thatte , bio
Assistant Professor: Engineered Living Materials, Synthetic Biology, Biomaterials, Therapeutics
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Ryan Senger , bio
Associate Professor: Metabolic engineering, systems biology, synthetic biology
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Wujin Sun , bio
Assistant Professor: Cell and biomaterial engineering, drug delivery systems, tissue engineering, precision medicine
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Clay Wright , bio
Assistant Professor: Plant Synthetic Biology
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Chenming (Mike) Zhang , bio
Professor and Turner Faculty Fellow: Nanovaccines, Protein Expression, Protein Purification, Vaccine development, Nanotechnology, Biotechnology