We study how cells adapt at the molecular level, focusing on the process of translation of cellular genetic information into protein molecules. Our analyses extend from the near-instantaneous cellular responses to environmental stress to the multi-million-year evolutionary divergence of species.

Our research concentrates on massive assembly of proteins and RNA in response to changes in the cellular environment. We exploit our biological discoveries by engineering self-assembling molecules to do useful work.

Our collaborative paper with the Sosnick lab has been accepted in principle at PNAS! Congratulations to the whole team.

Posted 31 Jan 2024 by Allan

Jared finished his postdoc with us and has started his lab at Texas A&M as an assistant professor. Congratulations Prof. Bard!

Posted 01 Jan 2024 by Allan

Our preprint on evolutionary conservation of biomolecular condensation is up on bioRxiv!

Posted 30 Jul 2023 by Allan

Hendrik successfully defended his thesis! Congratulations, Dr. Glauninger, for your discoveries in stress-triggered RNA clustering and protein condensation!

Posted 19 Jul 2023 by Allan