by RLE at MIT | Nov 14, 2014 | RLE Recent Papers
Fahim Farzadfard, Timothy K. Lu DOI: 10.1126/science.1256272 Abstract: Cellular memory is crucial to many natural biological processes and sophisticated synthetic biology applications. Existing cellular memories rely on epigenetic switches or recombinases, which...
by RLE at MIT | Sep 21, 2014 | News Links
New adhesives based on mussel proteins could be useful for naval or medical applications. « more » Related Links: Engineered proteins stick like glue — even in water (MIT News) Professor Timothy K. Lu Synthetic...
by RLE at MIT | Sep 21, 2014 | News Links
Two new technologies could enable novel strategies for combating drug-resistant bacteria. « more » Related Links: Battling superbugs (MIT News) Enhanced killing of antibiotic-resistant bacteria enabled by massively parallel combinatorial genetics (PNAS)...
by RLE at MIT | Jul 14, 2014 | RLE Recent Papers
Allen A. Cheng, Huiming Ding, and Timothy K. Lu doi: 10.1073/pnas.1400093111 Abstract: New therapeutic strategies are needed to treat infections caused by drug-resistant bacteria, which constitute a major growing threat to human health. Here, we use a...
by RLE at MIT | Mar 24, 2014 | RLE Recent Papers
Allen Y. Chen, Zhengtao Deng, Amanda N. Billings, Urartu O. S. Seker, Michelle Y. Lu, Robert J. Citorik, Bijan Zakeri & Timothy K. Lu doi:10.1038/nmat3912 Abstract: Many natural biological systems—such as biofilms, shells and skeletal tissues—are able to...
