Clifford Brangwynne

June K. Wu '92 Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering; Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Bioengineering; Director, Omenn-Darling Bioengineering Institute.

Website: https://softlivingmatter.princeton.edu/

Office: E-Quad, A313

Phone: 609-258-4528

Research interests: RNA and protein organization in living cells, Biomolecular Condensates, Gene Expression, Aggregation Diseases, Engineered Cells and Organelles.

News

  • false color microscope image of a cell nucleus with chromosomes highlighted.

    Researchers bend DNA strands with light, revealing a new way to study the genome

  • Cliff Brangwynne at podium

    University dedicates Omenn-Darling Bioengineering Institute at Venture Forward event

  • Portrait of researcher in lab near microscope.

    The materials scientist who upended cell biology

  • Linnea Lemma

    Bioengineering postdoc Linnea Lemma selected for prestigious fellowship

  • Jose Avalos, Chris Gonzalez, Tess Kichuk in wearing lab coats looking at Petri dish in lab

    New bioengineering Ph.D. program harnesses ‘uniquely collaborative’ community

  • Microscope image showing dozens of green fluorescent droplets of varying sizes on a black background.

    Overlooked parts of proteins revealed as critical to fundamental functions of life

Affiliations

  • Professor and student work together in lab setting.

    Chemical and Biological Engineering

  • Bioengineering Initiative

  • Six people in lab looking toward camera.

    Omenn-Darling Bioengineering Institute

  • Thomas Lab

    Molecular Biology

  • Researchers, dressed in white suits, work in "clean room" lab under yellow light.

    Princeton Materials Institute