Areas of Research

Fine Particles In Bio And Medical Research

Synthesis of uniform dispersed metallic nanoparticles for possible bio-applications (D. Goia)
Study of nanoparticle transport (G.Ahmadi)
Investigation of slow drug interaction and release from nanoporous colloids (I. Sokolov)
Nano-abrasives for Dental Polishing (I.Sokolov)
Study of adhesion of bio-related particulates (Cetin Cetinkaya)

Nano tools for studying biological systems

Aging of Human Cells (Sokolov, Woodworth)
Epithelial Cancers: cervical and skin cancers in vitro. Study with AFM to develop a simple non-specific cancer marker (Sokolov, Woodworth)
Advanced bio-imaging (Melman, Sokolov)

Biomolecular engineering

Smart Biomaterials

Bio-computing (E.Katz, V. Privman)
Materials with built-in logic (E,.Katz, Minko)

Advanced Biosensors

Single Molecular Continuously Monitoring ImmunoSensor (Sokolov, Katz)
Microencapsulation techniques, bioremediation, and biosensors. (S. Andreesku)
Sensors with built-it logic (E.Katz, S. Minko)
Ion Channel Pharmacology (E.Moczydlowski)
Nanosensors for neurons (Charlie Robinson, S. Andreesku)