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Independently curated · UnclaimedGang Bao Research Group
Rice UniversityGang Bao · Foyt Family Professor of Bioengineering
How can precise nucleases and nanoparticles be combined to correct disease-causing genes in patient cells? The Laboratory of Biomolecular Engineering & Nanomedicine develops gene correction techniques using CRISPR/Cas9 systems, TALENs and ZFNs to achieve precise and controlled genome editing. The group engineers superparamagnetic nanoparticle probes, quantum dot bioconjugates, activatable molecular probes and molecular beacons for sensitive multimodality molecular imaging and molecular detection. Researchers design and validate nanoprobe and nanodevice platforms, perform bioconjugation and cellular delivery, and optimize sensitivity and signal-to-background for cellular and in vivo imaging. Ongoing projects include targeted drug/gene delivery and gene targeting approaches for single-gene disorders and cancer.
Jonathan (Joff) Silberg Research Group
Rice UniversityJonathan (Joff) Silberg · Stewart Memorial Professor of BioSciences
How can synthetic biology tools reveal microbial behaviors in opaque soils and sediments? The Silberg Lab uses bottom-up synthetic biology to design cellular programs and new genetic outputs for environmental studies, including development of gas reporters to monitor gene expression in non-transparent materials. The group builds synthetic electron transport pathways and studies small protein electron carriers such as ferredoxins to map electron flux and enable bioelectronic devices. Researchers construct combinatorial protein libraries via transposon mutagenesis, apply selections and deep sequencing, and analyze protein tolerance to fragmentations and circular permutations. Work targets applications in bioelectronics, ecology, agriculture and information storage.
Independently curated · UnclaimedNaomi J. Halas Research Group
Rice UniversityNaomi J. Halas · University Professor and Stanley C. Moore Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
How does nanoparticle morphology control optical response and enable applications across sensing, medicine, and energy? The Halas Research Group designs and fabricates optically responsive metal nanoscale structures to control plasmonic resonances through structural control in colloidal synthesis. The group studies coupled plasmonic systems and characterizes their optical properties to pursue applications in biosensing, optoelectronics, and plasmonic photocatalysis. Researchers develop photocatalyst particles and prototype light-based chemical reactors for ambient-temperature ammonia cracking and methane reforming using particles invented in the laboratory. The laboratory pursues photothermal nanoparticle approaches to ultralocalized cancer therapies and solar steam generation for water treatment.
Independently curated · UnclaimedOmid Veiseh Research Group
Rice UniversityOmid Veiseh · Professor of Bioengineering
How can engineered biomaterials control host immune responses to enable long-term function of implanted therapeutic devices? The group develops implantable multi-scale devices and biomaterials for cell transplantation, localized controlled drug release, continuous sensing, and tissue regeneration. They combine nano-, micro-, and macro-scale fabrication with molecular engineering and cellular and molecular biology methods to tune geometry, porosity, mechanical stiffness, and surface chemistry of materials. Researchers apply synthetic biology and immunoengineering to build cell-based platforms for real-time and feedback-regulated production of biologics. The team develops tools to non-invasively track cellular and biomolecular activity in vivo to assess host responses and device performance.
Scott Rixner Research Group
Rice UniversityScott Rixner · Professor of Computer Science
What system designs reduce costly memory transfers between CPUs and accelerators? His research group studies memory systems, virtualization, operating systems and computer architecture, focusing on hardware-software co-design to improve memory and networking performance. The group develops memory access scheduling and superpage management policies and evaluates mechanisms to eliminate redundant memory transfers for accelerators. Researchers implement FPGA accelerators for workloads such as genome variant calling and measure end-to-end performance improvements using hardware prototypes and system software. Work includes building policies for dynamic scaling of virtual machine memory reservations and practical virtualization techniques.
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