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The Pruitt Lab studies how mechanics mediates biological signaling using microtechnologies for cellular mechanobiology and mechanical measurements.

What does the world look like with a bionic eye?

Human stem cell research; Molecular mechanisms of stem cell differentiation; Derivation of ocular cells from stem cells; Soft tissue regeneration.

The goal of our lab is to develop novel single-cell sequencing technologies to understand how variability in the epigenome regulates gene expression heterogeneity and cell fate decisions.

Research interests of our group are primarily experimental, and span both equilibrium and non-equilibrium phenomena.

Our research aims at developing bio-inspired strategies to control and sense fluid flows at small scales, combining fluid dynamics, soft matter and biology.

Combining theory and experimentation to understand how navigational decisions come about in terms of neural-circuit computation.

Active systems are assemblies of interacting entities that individually consume energy to generate motion and forces and collectively exhibit organized behaviors on scales much larger than that of the individuals.

Our research focuses on engineering genetic reporters for imaging what we think of as the "dark matter" of biology - living systems that cannot be readily imaged using existing reporter gene techniques.

Genetic engineering and synthetic biology of non-model microorganisms.

Modeling, simulation and data analytics of multiscale systems in biology and medicine.

In-vivo molecular measurements, anyone?

Saleh's research is focused on the molecular physics underlying biological systems, with particular experience in nucleic acids, protein/DNA interactions, biomolecular elasticity, and self-assembled biomolecular systems.

We're generally interested in how the brain works, at the level of neurons and synapses.

Engineering biomaterials to probe questions in mechanobiology.

We use ideas and concepts from physics, computer science, and mathematics to ask how embryos get in shape, and how organs function.

Theogarajan is interested in the marriage between materials, electronics and micro/nanofabrication as a means of developing new devices and tools for medical applications.

Haptics, Robotics, Tactile Sensing, Soft Electronics, Soft Robotics, Bioinspired Systems, Computational Acoustics

We use photo-switchable proteins from plants to understand and control complex cellular behaviors.

How does life perform computation?

Oversees department operations: Budget & Finance, Academic Personnel, Human Resources, Gifts, Procurement, Student Affairs.

Responsible for coordinating the Ph.D. Optional Bioengineering Emphasis and student affairs advising. Also responsible for student outreach, publicity, and seminar & travel coordination.