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William Shih's laboratory focuses on programmable self-assembly of biomolecular systems, with an emphasis on molecular robotics. The lab explores a variety of challenges associated with harnessing these systems, which operate within fundamental thermal fluctuations and diffusion constraints. By utilizing DNA as a model system, the Shih laboratory investigates the foundations of this emergent discipline, aiming to develop technologies that have far-reaching applications in research, diagnostics, therapeutics, and environmental sensing. The work in his lab anticipates the practical implementation of these systems for atomically precise fabrication, molecular information storage, and processing.
Administered by the Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS).