Current Research

Physical and Chemical Properties of Nanowires
Eric Aston | Chemical & Materials Science Engineering
Nanowires are made from all kinds of pure and mixed materials for an array of new and future applications
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Engineered Nanomaterials for Medical Applications
Daniel Choi | Chemical & Materials Science Engineering
A practical reason for the study of nanostructures is the ever present drive towards smaller sizes in the electronics industry.
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Nanomaterials for Gene Knock-down
Rod Hill | Animal and Veterinary Science
Nanomaterials have the capacity to bind multiple biomolecules.
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Nanomaterials for Biological Research
David McIlroy | Physics
Our group focuses on the development of bio-friendly nanomaterials that can be utilized in cell biology research and biosensing.
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Bioorganic Chemistry
Patrick Hrdlicka | Chemistry
Several diseases are triggered by pathogenic proteins, which are encoded by DNA.
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Computational Studies of Nanomaterials
Marty Ytreberg | Physics
The Ytreberg group is interested in two broad research areas: (i) Developing new computational and theoretical techniques for physics and biophysics; and (ii) Using computer simulation to understand properties of, and interactions between, biomolecules and nanomaterials, typically via interdisciplinary activities.
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Nanomaterials for Nucleic Acid Sensing
James Nagler | Biological Sciences
Sciences Biological sciences currently use microarrays to address scientific questions and provide diagnostic information regarding genomics.
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Nanomaterials for Gene Knockdown In Vivo
Deborah Stenkamp | Biological Sciences
The zebrafish is an outstanding model system for the study of the developmental genetics of organogenesis and cell differentiation.
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