Biotechnology

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

Peter B. Berget
The Berget laboratory is designing new molecular modules for CD-tagging retroviral vectors.  The researchers are creating a series of vectors with loxP sequences in the middle of guest exons and synthesizing mini-guest exons based on the FlAsH biarsenical tagging peptide sequence ...CysCysProGlyCysCys... (Adams, Campbell et al. 2002).  They are also preparing new vectors based on HIV and SIV retroviruses.

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

Frederick Lanni
Timelapse and optical-sectioning microscopy.

Alan Waggoner

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.