Biochemistry

Despite the wide diversity of life on Earth, there are only four letters in the genetic alphabet: A, T, C and G. These four molecular bases – adenine, thymine, cytosine and guanine-pair with each other using hydrogen bonds to form…

The immune system relies on antibodies that can recognize only a single protein. “We wanted to figure out methods to graft complete, intact electronic circuits onto colloidal particles”, explains Michael Strano, the Carbon C. Dubbs Professor of Chemical Engineering at…

Scientists at Rice University have developed synthetic protein switches to control the flow of electrons. We want to leverage that exquisite ability to build more elaborate biomolecules and use these to develop useful synthetic biology technologies. We have encountered stunning…