Five universities team up to program biological cells to design futuristic materials
Michael Rust, PhD, is working with a team of researchers who are designing and creating next-generation materials inspired and empowered by biological cells.
Studying individual cells to fight disease: single-cell RNA sequencing
Researchers at UChicago are developing cutting-edge techniques to study gene expression in thousands of individual cells at a time, seeking to answer questions about biology and disease. Understanding how our bodies translate the genetic code provided by our DNA...
It’s Getting Hot in Here!
From flying a drone on mars to developing mRNA vaccines, scientific understanding and modern medicine have made incredible progress. However, when it comes to biology, some of the most basic questions remain hotly debated. For example, how do cells sense temperature?