Professor of Bioengineering, University of Maryland
My research focuses on using biology’s materials, mechanisms and lessons to fabricate high-performance soft matter that is cheap, safe and sustainable. In particular, my group focuses on building structure/function using stimuli-responsive biological polymers (especially polysaccharides), enzymes (especially tyrosinase and transglutaminase) and redox-active phenolics.
Using electricity, not molecules, to switch cells on and off
Jan 18, 2017 13:21 pm UTC| Science Nature
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