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Scaling biomanufacturing is often constrained by how efficiently gases move through liquids—FluxBio, a Harvard startup out of the lab of Jarad Mason in the Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology at Harvard, found a solution by re-engineering the liquid, not the machine. The microporous water technology received critical early support from the Blavatnik Biomedical Accelerator to advance while in the lab and ultimately form the basis for FluxBio.

A research team led by Christina Woo, professor of chemistry and chemical biology, in collaboration with a team of scientists at pharmaceutical company GSK and Scripps Research Institute, discovered a hidden binding pocket on the protein cereblon. The discovery of the allosteric cereblon binder could uncover a new area of cereblon biology to explore for cancer drugs.

Drawing inspiration from how organisms regulate temperature using liquids—such as perspiration and blood vessel constriction—researchers at SEAS are developing a liquid-based screen that adheres to windows and controls how much heat and light pass through.