Few fields of research hold such sweeping promise for improving lives as bioengineering, a deep strength at Princeton and one of our highest priorities for growth going forward.
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José Avalos (right) and his research team engineer microbes to address global challenges in renewable energy and sustainable manufacturing. (Photo by Sameer A. Khan/Fotobuddy)
Harnessing cellular power to meet global challenges
To combat the growth of antibiotic resistance, researchers in Mark Brynildsen’s lab are searching for precise treatments that kill bacterial pathogens by weakening their defenses against the body’s immune system. (Photo by David Kelly Crow)
Thwarting bacteria’s defenses as a way to fight infection
Proteins in a fruit fly embryo have been stained pink and photographed with a special microscope, enabling Stanislav Shvartsman’s team to trace in minute detail how the expression of pair-rule genes informs cell behavior as the insect develops. (Image courtesy of the researchers)
Solving the puzzle of life’s development
Clifford Brangwynne’s team has developed novel tools to examine and manipulate how proteins condense into specialized droplets, and is applying these approaches to uncover new aspects of gene regulation.
Droplets are key to cells’ dynamic activities
Photo of Celeste Nelson by Tori Repp/Fotobuddy
Nature reveals there’s more than one way to build a lung
Graduate student Kumar Mritunjay is among the researchers in the Sturm Lab developing microchips to follow the progression of cancer and investigate drug resistance.
‘Evolution acclerators’ show how some cancers evade treatment
