Nucleic Acids and Bioengineering
ASU students construct complex self-assembling nanostructures based on DNA molecular origami, and assemble protein-DNA hybrid molecules as building blocks for complex materials and nanodevices with applications in medicine, biology, and energy.
Structure, function and evolution of ribonucleoprotein complexes, RNA-protein interactions, telomerase biogenesis and mechanism
Biophysical chemistry, photophysics, single-molecule fluorescence, DNA-protein dynamics
Protein- and peptide-DNA nanotechnology, organic bioconjugation chemistry, self-assembly, nano-machines and devices, materials for biology and medicine
Coarse-grained modeling of DNA and RNA with applications to DNA/RNA nanotechnology, RNA folding, Molecular simulations to study properties of DNA and RNA in vivo and in vitro, Applications of statistical physics modeling to complex systems
Design and assembly of biologically inspired nanomaterials, DNA nanostructures, nanoelectronics, biomolecular imaging