Combining Chemistry, Synthetic Biology, and Molecular Evolution to Uncover New Catalysts and Therapeutics

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A Diverse and Collaborative Group

Our passionate team of scientists and engineers represents unique backgrounds, areas of expertise, and global perspectives. We’re unified by our shared vision of making breakthroughs to improve humanity’s quality of life and establish strategies to address pressing problems in sustainability and medicine

Addressing Pressing Problems To Safeguard Our Collective Future

We distill global problems down to molecular events that, if addressed, would have a considerable and positive impact on our planet. We apply our extensive repertoire of research approaches to target and affect those molecular events.

Addressing Climate Change

Using Synthetic Biology Strategies

Discovering Next-Generation Antibiotics

For Personalized Medicines

Creating Artificial Enzymes

For Sustainable Biomanufacturing

Transforming Precision Medicine

With Rapid Therapeutics Development

Recent Publications

Natural and Engineered Precision Antibiotics in the Context of Resistance
Johnston, CW, Badran AH.
Current Opinion in Chemical Biology 2022 — PDF

Multiplex Suppression of Quadruplet Codons via tRNA Directed Evolution
DeBenedictis E*, Carver GD*, Chung C, Söll D, Badran AH.
Nature Communications 2021 PDF / SI
Highlighted at The Scripps Research Institute and Phys.Org.