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Cancer & Physical Sciences Members

The Cancer & Physical Sciences Program unites fundamental chemistry, physical sciences and bioengineering groups that focus on developing cancer-relevant therapeutic and diagnostic agents using nano-scale materials and physical sciences approaches.

Meade, Thomas

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Professor Meade Lab's research focuses on inorganic coordination chemistry for the study of molecular imaging of in vivo gene expression and intracellular messengers, transition metal enzyme inhibitor... [more]

Mirkin, Chad

Mirkin, Chad

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Prof. Mirkin has pioneered the use of nanoparticle-biomolecule conjugates as synthons in materials science and the development of many nanoparticle-based extra- and intracellular biodiagnostic and the... [more]

Mondragon, Alfonso

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Our laboratory is focused on understanding the relationship between atomic structure and biological function of important proteins and nucleic acids. Traditionally most structural work has been focuse... [more]

Motter, Adilson

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My research focuses on the computational modeling of complex biological networks and systems and involves close collaboration with experimental cell biology and oncology researchers. This research com... [more]

Mrksich, Milan

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My group’s interests overlap chemistry, biology and engineering, with an emphasis on the design and synthesis of materials that are biologically active and in applications of the materials to releva... [more]