Ajo-Franklin Lab

Check out our new paper in @NatureComms on transforming conventional glucometer into a point-of-care biosensor for cancer therapeutics! This work was led by Dr. Rong Cai and @BiochemAndChill in collaboration with the Verduzco lab @RafRice @RvindrSaxena nature.com/articles/s4146…

Our brilliant graduate students, @EstherJ61579596 and Robyn, were celebrated at the Take the Cake Ceremony for winning competitive external fellowships! Esther is an awardee of the NSF INTERN program and Robyn won the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Huge congratulations! 🎉

Please RT! Dr. Caroline Ajo-Franklin’s at Rice University is looking to hire a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the field of bioelectrochemical sensing. Apply here: emdz.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat…

Please RT! Dr. Caroline Ajo-Franklin’s lab at Rice University is looking to hire a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the field of Engineered Living Materials. Apply here: emdz.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat…

This work provides an interdisciplinary framework on how to engineer field-deployable bioelectronic sensors. nature.com/articles/s4422…

Read our new Review Article on @natrevbioeng entitled “Microbial bioelectronic sensors for environmental monitoring” by @SiliangLi3, Xinyuan Zuo, Matt Carpenter, in collaboration with the @RafRice Lab!

Microbial bioelectronic sensors can monitor chemical pollution in the environment. In their new Review, Caroline Ajo-Franklin et al discuss how these sensors can be engineered to translate them from the lab to the field @RiceUniversity go.nature.com/4eiJ8xW

Keep an eye out for the next ELM Workshop to be held in Spring 2025!

We’re pleased to share the perspective article arising from the 2023 Engineered Living Materials Workshop! Entitled“Unlocking the societal potential of engineered living materials,” this work shares insights for moving the field of ELMs forward. cell.com/matter/fulltex…

Congratulations to @EstherJ61579596 for being awarded the NSF INTERN grant. This grant enables Esther to work at Solugen. The CAF lab is very supportive of our students taking on career development opportunities and are excited to hear what Esther learns! shorturl.at/NYq0g

The deadline for submission is December 25, 2024 and you can find out details here! mdpi.com/journal/sensor…

Dr. Rong Cai and Dr. Caroline Ajo-Franklin are guest editing a special issue of @Sensors_MDPI entitled Point-of-Care Biosensors: Design and Applications. Topics include molecular sensing machinery, detection methods, and integration of both into miniature or wearable devices.

Congrats to Esther and Biki on their preprints now up on bioRxiv! Details here: cafgroup.blogs.rice.edu/2024/06/06/new…

The work reveals that tuning the Elastin-like polypeptide length created significant changes in the structure and properties of the resulting material, facilitating material design for future applications. #ELM #Synbio #Microbiology

Check out the exciting work led by @EstherJ61579596 on uncovering sequence-structure-relationships in macroscopic de novo living materials! This work is a stepping stone in understanding the tunability of these materials and elucidate their design rules. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

An exciting discovery in microbial energy metabolism⚡ Join us as we explore the future of bioelectrocatalysis and bioelectronics! #Microbiology #Bioelectricity #Bioenergetics

A team led by the Ajo-Franklin group’s very own @Bacterioman99 has uncovered the mechanism through which E. coli utilizes redox shuttles for extracellular respiration and growth, showcasing the unexpected versatility of microbial metabolism biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh…

Rice synthetic biologists have found a way to piggyback on the glucose monitoring technology used in automated insulin dosing systems and make it universally applicable for the monitoring and dosing of virtually any drug. bit.ly/446SuZO

Interested in behind-the-scenes insights about the cancer therapeutics biosensor? Please also check out the author’s post on Behind the Paper! communities.springernature.com/posts/reimagin…

Check out our new paper in @NatureComms on transforming conventional glucometer into a point-of-care biosensor for cancer therapeutics! This work was led by Dr. Rong Cai and @BiochemAndChill in collaboration with the Verduzco lab @RafRice @RvindrSaxena nature.com/articles/s4146…

Check out the article by @HoustonChron on our newly established Rice Synthetic Biology Institute (RSBI) and WaTER Institute at Rice University! houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t…