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Preventing Stress-Induced Greying of Hair
Loss of hair pigmentation has long been associated with stress; however, stress-related changes at the level of the somatic cell have only recently been elucidated. The hair follicle consists of two stem cell populations: epithelial-derived hair…
Investigators
- Ya-Chieh Hsu
- Bing Zhang
Guiding electrons in graphene with a carbon nanotube
Researchers from Philip Kim’s lab at Harvard have developed a device that creates a mono-mode electronic waveguide in graphene using a carbon nanotube as a gate. The nanotube and graphene are separated by nanometers and are coupled such that they…
Investigators
- Philip Kim
- Austin Cheng
- Jean-Damien Pillet
Wearables to Monitor Strength Training
The ability to track and monitor one’s own exercise routine is fundamental to assessing overall fitness and supporting a healthy lifestyle. While conventional fitness wearables typically capture metrics relating to cardio output, researchers in the…
Investigators
- Conor Walsh
Continuous Evolution (PACE) of Botulinum Neurotoxins with Reprogrammed Substrate Specificity for Intracellular Protease Therapy
Biomacromolecule-based therapies are of keen interest to the pharmaceutical industry because macromolecules engage in highly specific interactions in biological systems compared to traditional small molecules. Despite their success, macromolecular…
Investigators
- David Liu
Nanophotonic quantum memory for quantum key distribution
Quantum networks have the potential to unlock significant advancements in secure communications. Such networks require nodes which perform quantum processing on a small register of interconnected qubits with long coherence times. Harvard reseachers…
Investigators
- Mikhail Lukin
- Marko Loncar
- Denis Sukachev
- Christian Nguyen
- Bartholomeus Machielse
- David Levonian
- Ralf Riedinger
- Mihir Bhaskar
Red Blood Cell-Hitchhiking for Targeted Drug Delivery
Drug delivery utilizing nanocarriers (NCs) as a targeted approach has been actively pursued; however, even with the use of different affinity moieties such as antibodies to improve targeting and reduce off-target toxicity, NCs are predominately…
Investigators
- Samir Mitragotri
Novel Biochemical and Computational Approaches to Increase Mass Spectrometry Sensitivity
Mass spectrometry (MS) has become the leading protein identification technique. Current mass spectrometry methods rely on tandem MS/MS detection, where a prepared peptide digestion sample is injected into the mass spectrometer and analyzed by its…
Investigators
- Marc Kirschner
- Mingjie Dai
New Raman Microscopy Technique Accelerates Digital Pathology
Current methods for pathological diagnosis of diseases require laborious and costly sample processing steps and provide inherently qualitative information. Moreover, batch to batch variations in staining intensity results in highly variable images,…
Investigators
- Marc Kirschner
- Seungeun Oh
DNA Destruction Through Novel and Adaptable Enzymes
Bacteria in mixed populations compete for resources and have several strategies on surviving and dominating other bacterial species. One method employs the injection of lethal effectors into adjacent cells. These effectors can disrupt cell membranes…
Investigators
- Karine Gibbs
Inhibiting Microbial Metabolism of Levodopa to Increase Availability in the CNS
Parkinson’s disease (PD) impacts 10 million people globally, with 60,000 Americans newly diagnosed every year. Levodopa remains the gold standard treatment for PD, despite limitations including side effects and peripheral metabolism. Current…
Investigators
- Emily Balskus