2010 Biophysics Graduates

Dissertation Title: Studies of the Resonant Interaction of Photons with Surface Plasmons and Sub-Wavelength Apertures in Metallo-Dielectric Structures PhD Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Antoine M. van Oijen, Dept. of Biological Chemistry and Molecular...

Dissertation Title: Wireless Recording of Neural Activity in the Visual Cortex of a Freely Moving Rat PhD Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Markus Meister, Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Biology

Dissertation Title: Multiplex Automated Genome Engineering (MAGE) for the Optimization of Metabolic Pathways, Construction of New Genetic Codes, and Evolution of Synthetic Organisms PhD Dissertation Advisor: Dr. George M. Church, Dept. of Genetics...

Dissertation Title: 1H NMR Spectroscopic Analysis of Colon Adenocarcinoma Metabolites PhD Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Julia Y. Wang, Dept. of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

We use methods in molecular biology, immunology, and structural biology to study host-pathogen interactions, with the goal of informing strategies aimed at treating or preventing infection.

Several enveloped RNA viruses cause human viral hemorrhagic fevers...