Samuel Oliveira | College of Engineering

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Programmable Bacteria: Building the Biocomputing Future

in *NEWS, *Research, Douglas Densmore, ECE - Bio-ECE and Digital Health, ECE Faculty, ECE Research, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Working across disciplines and institutions, a team of engineers is creating microscopic living devices to decontaminate drinking water.

Tagged: biocomputing, collaborative research, Doug Densmore, Douglas Densmore, microfluidics, NSF Grant, Samuel Oliveira, synthetic biology