Faculty Labs and Research

The Wang Lab seeks to advance our understanding of chloroplast function using the model unicellular microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. The research in Wang lab aims to provide new targets for bioengineering crops, algae, and other photosynthetic organisms to improve their photosynthesis efficiency and enhance their resistance to environmental stresses while improving yields and sustainability. Wang lab…

Our group combines chemistry and biology to investigate the molecular machines responsible for building and maintaining the bacterial cell envelope. We focus on essential, conserved protein complexes for which antibiotics have yet been developed. A long-term goal of our research is to design precision, mechanism-based inhibitors targeting these proteins to combat multidrug-resistant infections.

The Davidi lab investigates stress adaptation mechanisms in extremophilic algae to develop solutions for global food security and ecosystem health by understanding and enhancing resilience in photosynthetic organisms.

The Wang Lab develops mammalian synthetic biology tools to advance anti-cancer cellular therapy, regenerative medicine, and microfluidic human organ models.

The Moore Bone Lab utilizes novel investigative tools to understand how bones and teeth develop, grow, maintain, and repair. Our goal is to inspire treatments that form mineralized tissue when and where it is needed in patients of all ages. Our approaches involve characterizing cell-intrinsic behavior and tissue niche factors that influence stem/progenitor cell activity,…