At the Biodesign Institute, we strive to:

  • Prevent and cure disease
  • Overcome the pain and limitations of injury
  • Renew and sustain our environment
  • Secure a safer world

Center for Applied NanoBioscience

Center Director: Frederic Zenhausern

Developing ways to diagnose disease, monitor health, and create flexible electronics by merging new technology with genomics and molecular biology.

Center for BioOptical Nanotechnology

Center Director: Neal Woodbury

Using biological systems as models for producing energy and sensors, and advancing personalized medicine by creating molecules merged with modern optics and electronics.

Center for Bioelectronics and Biotechnology

Center Director: Joseph Wang

Developing specialized sensor technology to manage diabetes and other diseases, improve food safety and detect chemicals or other hazards in the environment.

Center for BioEnergetics

Center Directors: Sidney Hecht and Guy Miller

Focused on human energy impairment diseases caused by defects in the cells’ mitochondria.

Center for Ecogenomics

Center Director: Deirdre Meldrum

Developing tools, sensors and systems to detect and analyze differences between healthy and diseased cells as well as to identify genetic traits that enable certain microorganisms to adapt to harsh environments.

Center for Environmental Biotechnology

Center Director: Bruce Rittmann

Minimizing pollution and depletion of natural resources using microbiological systems and renewable energy resources.

Center for Evolutionary Functional Genomics

Center Director: Sudhir Kumar

Understanding how the genes and genomes of humans and other organisms change over time to help pinpoint the origins of disease.

Center for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology

Center Director:
Roy Curtiss

Combating infectious diseases through innovative and effective vaccine development using plant, bacterial and viral delivery methods.

Center for Innovations in Medicine

Center Director: Stephen A. Johnston

Exploring ways to detect illness before symptoms appear and developing systems for detecting, treating, and preventing cancer.

Center for Single Molecule Biophysics

Center Director: Stuart Lindsay

Using nanotechnology to study the physical processes on which life is based so that diseases can be accurately diagnosed and better treatments can be developed.

Research Centers at the Biodesign Institute

Center for Applied NanoBioscience
Center for Bioelectronics and Biosensors
Center for BioEnergetics
Center for BioOptical Nanotechnology
Center for Ecogenomics
Center for Environmental Biotechnology
Center for Evolutionary Functional Genomics
Center for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology
Center for Innovations in Medicine
Center for Single Molecule Biophysics



Training Opportunities

Kid's video: Get into Science

Green Initiatives

PhD Program in Biological Design

Resources

  • Glossary
  • History
  • Career Tracks