• Congrats Han!

    Congrats Han!

    Postdoc Han Raut Altae-Tran, PhD, has received a Life Sciences Research Foundation fellowship. He’s designing RNA-binding proteins to regulate key biological functions.

  • Targeted protein degradation through advanced protein design

    Targeted protein degradation through advanced protein design

    “We’ve created a new approach that uses simpler components, achieves greater precision, and can be applied to virtually any target molecule on the surface of cells.”

  • Design of noncanonical alpha helices

    Design of noncanonical alpha helices

    We’ve found new secondary structures by screening over 100 uncommon amino acids, unlocking fresh building blocks for molecular engineering.

  • Congrats Helen!

    Congrats Helen!

    Now a 2024 Curci PhD Fellow, grad student Helen Eisenach is using computational methods to advance vaccine development and drug delivery.

  • Morphing protein assemblies by design

    Morphing protein assemblies by design

    Inspired by dynamic molecules found in cells, these tiny objects change shape when exposed to effector molecules.

  • Congrats Jason!

    Congrats Jason!

    Postdoc Jason Zhang, PhD, has received a K99 award from the National Institutes of Health. He’s building tools to understand how cancer cells learn to resist drug treatments.

  • Designing synthetic smell receptors

    Designing synthetic smell receptors

    “When we started with this idea a few years ago, many people thought it was impossible.”

  • Congrats Shunzhi!

    Congrats Shunzhi!

    Postdoc Shunzhi Wang, PhD, has received a Burroughs Wellcome Fund career award. He’s designing new tools for drug delivery.