Bioengineering Initiative

  • The New Frontier

    PBI researchers are developing the tools and technologies that will enable scientists to interface with living matter at every scale.
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  • Life's Organizing Principles

    Our core approach combines fundamental inquiry with novel technologies in a powerful positive-feedback cycle at the interface of biological structure and information.
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  • A Culture of Innovation

    Where we tear down, rebuild and hybridize concepts. Where a diversity of identities promotes a diversity of thought, and the crosstalk spurs the action.
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News
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Celeste Nelson wins NIH Director’s Pioneer Award

Bioengineer Celeste Nelson, who explores the architecture of animal tissues and organs, has won a Director's Pioneer Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), recognizing her major contributions to the field of tissue engineering.

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Brangwynne wins the Breakthrough Prize for revolutionary view of living cells

Princeton bioengineer Clifford Brangwynne has won the 2023 Breakthrough Prize for Life Sciences, recognizing his contributions to the study of living cells. Brangwynne’s research has changed how scientists understand cellular organization by linking biology with materials science and engineering, leading to foundational insights about cell functions and suggesting new ways to treat diseases such as cancer, ALS and Alzheimer’s.

We're Growing Fast

PBI has opportunities at several levels, including for junior and senior faculty positions, staff positions, and postdoctoral and undergraduate research positions.

How to Join Us
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Who We Are
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Our Vision
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Events List

BioE Colloquium
Location
Louis A. Simpson International Building Room B60B

Speakers

  • Sofia Quinodoz
    Postdoc, Brangwynne Lab
    Building genomic tools to map the functions of condensates in the cell
  • Samuel Eastman
    Postdoc, Conway Lab
    Parallel plant-microbe engineering for persistence in the root microbiome: Repurposing the mechanisms of nature's bioengineer
BioE Colloquium
BioE Highlight Seminar
Location
TBD

Speaker

Michael Baym, Harvard University
TBD
BioE Colloquium
Location
Louis A. Simpson International Building Room B60B

Speakers

  • Liyuan Zhu
    Postdoc, Toettcher Lab
    A generalizable screening platform for engineering light-switchable proteins
  • Ting Jiang
    Postdoc, Conway Lab
    TBD
BioE Colloquium
BioE Highlight Seminar
Location
TBD

Speaker

Polly Fordyce, Stanford University
TBD