The Biological Design Center brings together expertise from across multiple disciplines and departments at Boston University—including biomedical engineering, electrical engineering, biology, physics, data science, and chemistry—to build a diverse, inclusive, and engaged community that conducts groundbreaking, collaborative research in biological design and sets the standards for education and training in synthetic biology and biotechnology. We are comprised of more than 20 faculty and approximately 160 graduate students/post-doctoral fellows.
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    Daniel Segre

    Professor of Biology, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Engineering
    We develop theoretical approaches and computational models for the study of complex biological networks. We are especially interested in the dynamics and evolution of metabolism, whose complex web of small-molecule transformations underlies fundamental aspects of biological organization, from energy transduction to cell-cell communication. In addition to helping understand how biological systems function and evolve, we […]
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    Trevor Siggers

    Associate Professor of Biology
    The goal of my laboratory’s research is a systems-level understanding of immune cell responses through integrative proteomic and genomic study of transcription factors (TFs). It is our vision that a biophysical understanding of TF function combined with genome-scale data will lead to quantitative models that can describe immune signaling in healthy and disease states. We have […]
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    Wilson Wong

    Associate Professor Biomedical Engineering
    Our ability to observe biological systems has advanced dramatically over the past decades. However, our ability to modulate and control biology, especially through genetic means, has been lagging.  Even with the recent developments in genome editing, we cannot still dynamically regulate cell functions, especially in complex living multicellular organisms such as mammals, with independent control […]
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    Zeba Wunderlich

    Associate Professor of Biology
    Regulatory DNA encodes the gene regulatory networks that are required for virtually every process in an animal, from development to immunity. The Wunderlich lab is interested in understanding how a gene regulatory network’s tasks influence its architecture, robustness, and evolvability. To probe these questions, we use two model systems: the Drosophila early embryonic patterning system […]
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    Rabia Yazicigil Kirby

    Associate Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Biomedical Engineering
    My team develops Cyber-Secure Biological Systems uniquely coupling genetically engineered biological systems with secure low-power integrated electronics for healthcare, environmental monitoring, and sustainable manufacturing