Natural photosynthesis channels energy with exquisite spatial control: light is harvested, excitations split into charges, and those charges are steered to the exact sites where chemistry happens. Our lab aims to emulate these core principles with novel...
The Shi Lab seeks to uncover molecular mechanisms that drive brain aging and neurodegenerative diseases. We specialize in decoding glycans—complex carbohydrates that decorate our cells and permeate our brain’s extracellular environment. Despite their...
The Raayai laboratory’s focus was on investigating the response of fluid flow to complex geometric boundaries such as textured surfaces and arrays of objects. Inspired by natural cases like ribs on shark scales and flight formation in pelicans, at the...
During their time at the Rowland Institute the Rayshubskiy lab worked at the interface between neuro-engineering and neurobiology using the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, as a model system: (1) They developed the fruit fly as a micro-robotics...
Our lab investigates how tissue-level architectures emerge from the material properties and spatial organization of subcellular structures. Currently, we are focusing on nuclear mechanics and positioning in the context of epithelial pseudostratification...
Our lab seeks to elucidate and control dynamic electrochemical processes at the nanoscale sites of complex electrodes that are critical to energy and environmental technologies. We are dedicated to advancing the applications and capabilities of cutting...
We study gene transfer agents (GTAs), a widespread but poorly understood mechanism of horizontal gene transfer. GTAs are bacterial-encoded virus-like entities that package random sections of the host genome for horizontal transfer to other cells in the...
While at the Rowland Institute, the El Baggari lab sought to understand and manipulate the properties of quantum materials, a broad class of compounds that exhibit superb electronic, magnetic and structural properties tied to the quantum-mechanical nature...
Christina Daly earned her PhD from The University of Texas at Austin studying the molecular and genetic pathways involved in temperature-dependent sex determination in reptiles, under Dr. David Crews. She continued pursuing her fascination with evo-devo...
While at the Rowland the Reece Lab was focused on utilising transient pressure pulses and kinetic modelling in order to understand the fundamental concepts that drive catalytic reactions on surfaces. The goal of their lab was to break down chemical...