Single-Molecule & Single-Cell Nanometric Biophysics
Our lab works at the interface among physics, nanotechnology, material science, and biology. We are curiosity and discovery driven. Our current research interest lies in experimentally and/or computationally gaining physics-oriented understanding of (a) the interactions of living systems (e.g., bacteria, fungi) with nano/micro-scale structures and physical agents and (b) the physical properties of biological systems (e.g., motion/diffusion, mechanical properties). We are also interested in developing new physics-based technologies and tools that are applicable to biological systems.
Recent News
06/2017
Jack Jiang’s paper (“Robust nonparametric quantification of clustering density of molecules in single-molecule localization microscopy”, co-authored by Sai Divya and our collaborators) is formally accepted by PLOS ONE.
04/2017
Congratulations to Austin Brown, Collin Brown and Tiffany Marcelle in our lab for winning several physics scholarships.
03/2017
Our paper “Spatial distribution of high copy number plasmids in bacteria” is now published in Plasmids.
06/2016
Our paper “Quantitative localization microscopy in combination with DNA smFISH reveals new features of the organization of high-copy number plasmids in bacteria” is formally accepted by Biophysical Journal.