BioNano activities

Cell Biophysics & Physical Biology

• Membrane Mechanics at the Endoplasmic Reticulum
• Golgi Membrane Morphology and Dynamics
• Nano-Mechano-Biology on living cell membranes
• Dynamic nanolandscape of immune receptors
• Super-resolution imaging of intracellular transport
• Super-resolution imaging of nuclear organization
• Super-resolution imaging of synaptic organization
• Colocalization of RecA and CheW proteins at Salmonella enterica
• Combining Array Tomography (AT) and STED for studying Alzheimer’s diseases
• Dissecting protein trafficking in retinal neurodegeneration

Development of nano-tools for quantitative bio-imaging

• Advanced photonic antennas for cellular nano-imaging and spectroscopy
• Quantitative strategies for SR and single molecule dynamics
• Development of quantitative, high spatiotemporal resolution imaging methods

Plasmonics for Biology and NanoMedicine

• Plasmonics in Biology
• Plasmon-based targeted Hypertermia

Ultra-sensitive bio-sensing and bio-nanodevices

• Quantum-enhanced on-chip interference microscopy (QMIC)
• Photonic antennas for ultra-sensitive biomolecular detection
• Plasmonic lab-on-a-chip
• Antimicrobial transparent surfaces
• Detection of multiple Sepsis biomarkers
• Image cytometer using CMOS

Theory of Complex Systems

• Microscopic models of random walks

Quantum Biology

• Quantum Biology