Research in the Perry laboratory utilizes self-assembly, molecular design, and microfluidic technologies to generate biomimetic microenvironments to study and enable the implementation of biomolecules to address real-world challenges. Individually, microfluidics represents an enabling technology for high throughput analyses such as the time-resolved structural analysis of enzyme dynamics, while control over molecular interactions in self-assembling polyelectrolyte systems can be used to examine the interplay between biomolecules and the environment. Together, these capabilities can be coupled to generate artificial organelles for use in applications ranging from biochemistry to bioenergetics, biocatalysis, and biomedicine. Furthermore, this work has tremendous pedagogical potential to inspire students to work at the intersection of chemistry, biology, and engineering.
Prof. Perry has been named an Adjunct Faculty member of the Department of Polymer Science & Engineering.
Congratulations to Hansen Tjo, who was accepted into the Materials Research REU Program at Columbia University!
Congratulations to Elizabeth Voke, who was accepted into the Amgen Scholars Summer Research Program at UC Berkeley!
Prof. Perry visited her alma mater to present seminar on Molecular Engineering of Polyelectrolyte Complex Materials.
Prof. Perry spoke as part of an invited focus session on Using Polymer Sequence to Control Material Properties at the APS March Meeting.
Yalin Liu gave a fantastic talk at the APS March Meeting on Polymer Chemistry and the Effect on the Linear Viscoelasticity on Polyelectrolyte Complexes.
Congratulations to Shuo Sui on winning a poster prize at the 2019 BioXFEL Conference in San Diego, CA!
Congratulations to Robin Zollner! Robin will be joining Boeing in Charleston, SC as a Materials, Process, and Physics Engineer. Good luck in your future endeavors!
Looking forward to Whitney Blocher McTigue's upcoming seminar on Complex Coacervation as a Novel Method for Thermal Stabilization of Biomacromolecules in the Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences at UMass, Wednesday 1/30 at 4pm in 221 ISB!
Congratulations to Kush Basu! After working in the Perry lab for nearly four years, Kush will be joining Saint-Gobain as a Research Associate. Good luck in your future endeavors!
A review article by Prof. Perry was just published online!
S.L. Perry, "Phase Separation: Bridging Polymer Physics and Biology," Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science, (2019), 39, 86-97. [PDF]
Very excited about our new grant with Prof. Rachel Walker from the Oncology Nursing Society to create a point-of-care device for the detection of chemotherapeutics!
Congratulations to Sarthak Saha on the recent publication of his review article on Keratin from his time as a Master's student!
S. Saha, M. Arshad, M. Zubair, A. Ullah, "Keratin as a Biopolymer," in S. Sharma, A. Kumar (eds.) Springer Series on Polymer and Composite Materials, (2019). [PDF]
Josh McGee and Devin Rafferty will be participating in internships with Covestro this summer!
Congratulations to Abbie Cabral on being awarded a Commonwealth Honors College Research Assistant Fellowship!
Congratulations to Josh McGee on being awarded a Commonwealth Honors College Research Assistant Fellowship!
Congratulations to Hansen Tjo on being awarded a Commonwealth Honors College Research Assistant Fellowship!
Congratulations to Matt Labbe on being awarded a Commonwealth Honors College Research Assistant Fellowship!
Congratulations to Devin Rafferty on being awarded a Commonwealth Honors College Research Assistant Fellowship!
Congratulations to Bryan Chua on being awarded a Commonwealth Honors College Honors Research Grant in support of his thesis research!
Prof. Perry visited our collaborator, Prof. Caryn Heldt at Michigan Tech, gave a guest lecture, and presented a seminar on Molecular Engineering of Polyelectrolyte Complex Materials as part of the Chemical Engineering Grain Processing Seminar Series.
Prof. Perry visited Prof. Vinh Nguyen, as well as Perry lab alumnus Xi "Ryan" Hao at Virginia Tech, and gave a seminar as part of their Soft Matter and Biological Physics Seminar Series.
