Designing proteins for optical reading and writing of biology
Michael Lin - Professor of Neurobiology and of Bioengineering
Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
Dr. Lin's lab applies biochemical and engineering principles to the development of protein-based tools for imaging and control of biochemical processes.
Stanford Bio-X Seed Grants
Interdisciplinary Initiatives Program Seed Grant: Decoding dendritic computation for natural and artificial intelligence
Interdisciplinary Initiatives Program Round 12 - 2024
Interdisciplinary Initiatives Program Seed Grant: Shining a light on brain cancer: Discovering effective therapeutics via bioluminescent pharmacodynamics
Interdisciplinary Initiatives Program Round 12 - 2024
Interdisciplinary Initiatives Program Seed Grant: Evaluating therapies for pediatric brain tumors by noninvasive imaging of signal transduction in the brain
Interdisciplinary Initiatives Program Round 10 - 2020
Other Stanford Bio-X Supported Research
Michael Westberg: Orthogonal Optogenetic Control of Synapse Signaling
Fellow - Michael Westberg - 2018
Research News
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