Biotechnology

Eric T. Ahrens
The Ahrens laboratory develops unique molecular and cellular MRI probes to visualize gene expression and immune cell trafficking in vivo.

Bruce Armitage
As part of the Molecular Biosensors and Imaging Center (MBIC), the Armitage group is developing fluorescent biosensors for detecting nucleic acid and protein targets inside of cells or in biological samples.

Peter B. Berget
The Berget group is customizing single-chain antibody fragments (scFvs) that react with small molecule haptens. Through this "protein engineering" they are exploring the use of these scFvs as "biosensors" for specific reactions and pathways in mammalian cells.

Chien Ho
The Ho laboratory is interested in hemoglobin therapeutics and the design of novel recombinant hemoglobins as potential hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers; they also develop novel non-invasive MRI-based methodology to detect graft rejection following solid organ transplantation in animal models.

Jonathan Jarvik
The Jarvik laboratory is developing tools that provide for rapid delivery and expression of naturally regulated genes that express reporter-tagged proteins in mammalian cells.

Frederick Lanni
In the Lanni laboratory, timelapse and optical-sectioning microscopy are used for the study of cytoskeletal organization.

Aaron P. Mitchell
The Mitchell laboratory is developing new methodology to detect eukaryotic protein-protein interactions.

Alan Waggoner
Research in the Waggoner group focuses on the development of fluorescence-based detection systems for biology and biotechnology. These include fluorescent probes and imaging microscopes for studying protein and nucleic acid regulatory pathways in living cells and tissues.

Nathan Urban
The Urban laboratory is working on the development of novel techniques for electrical and optical recording from single neurons and populations of neurons in vivo and in vitro.