We are developing chemical tools to address fundamental problems in biology and human health. Click on the links below to learn more about our research program and take a look at our publications. If you are interested in applying some of our methodologies in your research, feel free to request any materials.
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Synthetic chemistry is the enabling technology for all projects in the lab. We are developing new synthetic methodologies and are synthesizing molecules with new architecture and new function.
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The discovery of new molecules that inhibit or activate specific biological pathways is a major research topic in the lab. Our microRNA inhibitors have implications in cancer and viral infections.
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We are genetically re-wiring cellular circuitry in order to give proteins and organisms new functions. Our main approach is the expansion of the genetic code with unnatural amino acids.
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Light enables the regulation of biological processes with high spatial and temporal resolution, and we are engineering light-responsive nucleic acids and proteins for optobiological studies.
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