Welcome to the Synthetic BioSystems Design Lab

Our research is primarily centered around Synthetic Biology, a fast growing discipline at the interface of biology, chemistry and engineering with expanding disruptive applications in diverse areas. Our interests include both foundational and applied synthetic biology with focus on three synergistic research themes, i.e. synthetic biology enabling technologies, genetic circuit design, and applications in biotechnology and biomedicine.

We take a bottom-up engineering approach to design synthetic biological systems using characterized modular biological parts and devices. We develop new enabling tools for synthetic biology, and build customized genetic circuits for the sensing and computing of multiple cellular and environmental signals, with applications ranging from biosensing, biomanufacturing to biotherapies.