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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  • Samagya Banskota Headshot

    Samagya Banskota

    Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
    Precision genome editing technologies can potentially treat the root causes of several genetic diseases by making precise and targeted edits to the DNA. However, safe and effective delivery methods are needed to translate this potential into a therapeutic reality. My lab’s research interests lie in the intersection of synthetic biology, protein engineering, drug delivery, and […]
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    Cynthia A. Bradham

    Associate Professor of Biology
    Our research is focused on understanding secondary (dorsal-ventral) axis specification and skeletal patterning in the sea urchin. We are interested in producing a systems-level description for these processes. Sea urchin, a non-chordate deuterostome, is an ideal model organism for systems-level developmental studies. Genomic analysis has revealed that sea urchins share the diversity of signaling and […]
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    Christopher Chen

    Professor, Biomedical Engineering, and Materials Science Engineering, College of Engineering Director, Biological Design Center
    One of the world’s leading experts on regenerative medicine, Chen investigates tissue engineering and mechanobiology, which combines engineering and biology to study how physical forces and changes in cell or tissue mechanics affect development, physiology, and disease. In particular, Chen is studying the cooperation between adhesive, mechanical, and biochemical signaling in the regulation of angiogenesis […]
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    Brian Cleary

    Assistant Professor of Computing and Data Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Biology, and Bioinformatics
    Our group works at the interface of the limits of algorithmic learning and the limits of biological experimentation in pursuit of the organizing principles of molecular, cellular and tissue processes. A central vision of the lab is to study cellular pathways and tissue biology at scales that appear impossible to achieve, but which in fact […]
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    Douglas Densmore

    Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Materials Science Engineering, College of Engineering
    A computer engineer, Densmore’s research focuses on the development of tools for the specification, design, and assembly of synthetic biological systems, drawing upon his experience with embedded system-level design and electronic design automation. He is also the director of the Cross-disciplinary Integration of Design Automation Research group at the University, where his research team develops computational and […]
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    Mary Dunlop

    Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
    The Dunlop Lab uses approaches from Synthetic Biology and Systems Biology to quantitatively understand and engineer cellular processes. We are especially interested in how microbes use feedback, and also in engineering novel feedback loops. We use both experimental and theoretical approaches to study these complex biological systems.  
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    Jeroen Eyckmans

    Research Assistant Professor
    Prof. Eyckmans’s research program aims to understands the mechanical and biochemical mechanisms that drive tissue repair (scarring) versus tissue regeneration in response to injury. Through an interdisciplinary approach combining microfabrication, nanotechnology and molecular biology, his group develops novel biomimetic models to study wound closure and extracellular matrix remodeling of soft (skin, tendon, ligament) and mineralized […]
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    Juan Fuxman Bass

    Associate Professor of Biology
    Our lab studies the mechanisms controlling the expression of immune genes. Transcriptional regulation plays a fundamental role in proper immune development and homeostasis as well as in mounting immune responses against pathogens. Indeed, mutations in the regulatory regions of immune genes such as cytokines, receptors and signaling molecules have been associated with multiple pathologies including […]
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    Alexander Green

    Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
    The Green lab applies the principles of self-assembly to develop new techniques for programming and probing biology. We use in silico tools to design RNA molecules from scratch that respond to stimuli and execute biomolecular programs in living cells. We engineer nucleic acids that sense and amplify molecular cues to develop diagnostic assays that are […]