Department of Biomedical Engineering
Synthetic Biological Systems Laboratory
Engineering
living
medicines.
We use synthetic biology to program microbes to sense, respond, and treat disease—advancing a new era of cooperative therapies.
Explore our researchfor Human Health
Our lab engineers living systems that can sense their environment, compute biological information, and deliver therapeutic functions. We combine synthetic biology, microbial engineering, and quantitative approaches to develop next-generation cancer therapies, living diagnostics, and programmable biological systems.
Living
Medicines
Engineered bacteria that selectively colonize tumors and deliver therapeutic payloads.
Synthetic
Biology
Programmable genetic circuits that allow cells to sense, compute, and respond.
Cooperative
Therapies
Bacteria working with immune cells, oncolytic viruses, nanoparticles, and other therapeutic modalities.
Biological
Dynamics
Microscopy, sequencing, and computational approaches to understand and control living systems.