Bioengineering Center
Photonic Biosystems and Technologies
Photonic Biosystems and Technologies (PBT) synthesizes novel classes of nanomaterials with unique chemical and optical properties. We aim to apply these materials towards the development of unconventional approaches to biological imaging and sensing.
Photonic Biosystems and Technologies (PBT) synthesizes novel classes of nanomaterials with unique chemical and optical properties. We aim to apply these materials towards the development of unconventional approaches to biological imaging and sensing.
About our Research
The most compelling characteristic of nanoscale materials is the emergence of different physical phenomena upon the shrinking of dimensions. We are interested in exploiting these unique properties of the nanoscopic world to develop a new toolkit that will help us understand, and perhaps ultimately control, biological systems.
We are a diverse team of researchers asking interdisciplinary questions, and engaging in multidisciplinary approaches, in the hopes of achieving transdisciplinary outcomes (transcending disciplines).
Our Approach
Creative combinations of engineered nanomaterials and nano-optical detection allow us to develop new platforms for measuring, and potentially controlling, biological processes in previously unexplored ways.
Deputy Head / Senior Scientist, PBT
Senior Scientist, PBT
Ph.D. Student, PBT
Ph.D. Student, PBT
Ph.D. Student, PBT
Ph.D. Student, PBT
Ph.D. Student, PBT
Postdoc, PBT
Recent Publications
Liu, Y. ; Ma, R. ; Navab, N. ; Cui, J. ; Peng, T.
CURVFUSE: Field-Curvature-Aware Multi-Focus Fusion for Bioluminescence Imaging.Ma, R. ; Santino, L.M. ; Chobola, T. ; Armbrust, N. ; Geilenkeuser, J. ; Sukumaran, S. ; Jing, Z. ; Levkina, A. ; Ridderbeek, K. ; Peng, T. ; Truong, D.J.J. ; Doll, S. ; Westmeyer, G.G. ; Cui, J.
A telescopic microscope equipped with a quanta image sensor for live-cell bioluminescence imaging.Zhou, J. ; Ridderbeek, K. ; Zou, P. ; Naden, A.B. ; Gaussmann, S. ; Song, F. ; Falter-Braun, P. ; Kay, E.R. ; Sattler, M. ; Cui, J.
Modular nanoparticle platform for solution-phase optical sensing of protein-protein interactions.Cocina, A. ; Brechbühler, R. ; Vonk, S.J.W. ; Cui, J. ; Rossinelli, A.A. ; Rojo, H. ; Rabouw, F.T. ; Norris, D.J.
Nanophotonic approach to study excited-state dynamics in semiconductor nanocrystals.Contact