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.
Congratulations to Zoey Meng on her contributions to a newly published collaborative paper with the Thayumanavan lab!
"Programmable Chemical Switch based on Triggerable Michael Acceptors," J. Zhuang, B. Zhao, X. Meng, J.D. Schiffman, S.L. Perry, R. Vachet, S. Thayumanavan, Chemical Science, (2020), (in press). [PDF]
Congratulations to Elizabeth Voke on being awarded a second Commonwealth Honors College Research Grant to support her thesis work!
Congratulations to Hansen Tjo on being awarded a Commonwealth Honors College Research Grant to support his thesis research!
Congratulations to Josh McGee on being awarded a Commonwealth Honors College Fellowship for Spring 2020!
Check out the College of Engineering news highlight about Josh McGee's first place win at the AIChE Annual Meeting Undergraduate Poster Contest!
Congratulations to Zoey Meng on winning 2nd place in the Life Science Graduate Research Symposium student research talk competition!
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