Synthetic biology for bioengineering the next-generation biomolecules

Developing synthetic antibodies to bind difficult-to-target key molecules involved in diverse diseases

Bioengineering T cell receptor mimetics to target virus-infected and cancer cells

Reprogramming natural killer and T cells by advanced genetic circuits

Building mRNA vaccines to deliver stabilized immunogens and improve vaccine presentation to the immune system


MHC-Class I complex expression on T cells (green)

Technology development

Detection of human T cells presenting an HIV-1 peptide on  their MHC-class I complexes (red). Recognition is mediated by synthetic virus-like particles that display a bioengineered antibody (ScFv)

Herschhorn et al. J. Immunology 2010