Engineering Biology Objectives & Technical Achievements
Develop targeted delivery of gene therapies to specific tissues and cells.
Engineering DNA | Biomolecular Engineering | Host Engineering | Data Science |
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Rapid and cost-efficient synthesis of genetic circuits. Efficient DNA editing in mitochondria. |
Non-immunogenic macromolecules and vesicles to deliver therapeutic DNA, RNA, and proteins to cells and tissues. |
Increase the payload size for DNA delivery vectors by at least ten-fold. Produce optimal epigenetic imprinting patterns in induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) and artificially-differentiated cells. |
Generate models to predict efficiency of DNA/RNA delivery based on the structure of the payload and features of the target cell or tissue. |
Regulate, control, and maintain gene therapies.
Engineering DNA | Biomolecular Engineering | Host Engineering | Data Science |
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Rapid and cost efficient synthesis of genetic circuits. |
Circuits that enable temporal control of gene therapy localization and activation. |
Prevent immune system from reacting to or eliminating gene therapy. |
Develop predictive models to determine optimal maintenance/scheduling of gene therapies. Automation to rapidly design, build, and test circuit designs in mammalian cells. |