The Precision Biosystems Laboratory is focused on fundamental engineering advancements, the development of miniaturized, high-throughput robotic instrumentation, and the application of the two to advance biomolecular science. Our research program is in the emerging bio-nano field—at the intersection of bioMEMS, machine design, neuroengineering, genetics, optics, and manufacturing. In the past five years, the instruments developed in the laboratory have led to the genesis of a new field of intracellular, in vivo robotics for neuroscience, a virus detector that has 10 to 100 times throughput improvement over pre-existing technologies, a device for personalizing drug dosage to prevent heart attacks, and a high throughput genome engineering technique. Fundamental advancements have been made in micro-fabrication, modeling flow of photons and fluids, and neuron identification within the living brain. These instruments, and the discoveries they enable, are unlocking new frontiers in neuroscience and genetic science.
WPI visits Georgia Tech!
CTO Adrienne Watson and Lead Product Engineer Xavier Acevedo…