It’s all
about dynamics !!!
The kinetics of transformations, or the rates of changes and the routes in which they occur, provide crucial view at the factors that govern all natural phenomena. Living organisms provide some of the most astonishing examples of non-equilibrium systems with pronouncedly complex dynamics. Therefore, biological systems present indispensible learning paradigms for advancing science and engineering. Expanding the time scales, along with broadening the temporal and spatial dynamic ranges, manifests the universality of such paradigms and of their applicability outside of the field of biology.
What do we
do ?
Fundamental and advanced concepts of physical organic chemistry and biophysics, along with various synthetic, fabrication and analytical techniques, allow us to address important scientific and engineering questions at a broad range of spatial and temporal scales: i.e., from sub-nanometer to hundreds of micrometers, and from femtoseconds to minutes.
The members of our group continuously expand their analytical and synthetic skills in order to carry the cross-disciplinary research at the interface between basic science and applied engineering.
Our
current research interests
Charge transfer and biological inspiration
We take ideas from Nature and employ them as a means for controlling the dynamics of charge transfer.
Dynamic biosensing
We explore the dynamics of fluorescence staining as an unprecedented source of information about the phenotype of microorganisms.
Microfluidics
Print-and-peel (PAP) fabrication techniques, developed in our lab, allow for facile and expedient prototyping of microdevices, providing venues for broadening the accessibility to microfluidics technology.Biofunctional interfaces
We use multistep surface-chemistry procedure, along with enzymatic kinetics, to ensure the preservation of the structural and functional integrity of globular proteins when covalently attached to surfaces.
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