Nichole Daringer
, Ph.D.
Program Director
Division of Discovery Science and Technology (Bioengineering)
Program Area: Biomolecular Technologies
This program supports the development and demonstration of broadly applicable biomolecular technologies to enable new paradigms of human health.
Emphasis:
The emphasis is on the development of biomolecular technologies and associated computational models for biomedical intervention.
Projects might focus on:
- elucidating important engineering design rules or key foundational principles underlying future engineering, including the use of computational methods
- prototyping or redesigning platform technologies
- characterizing (in vitro, ex vivo, or in vivo) broadly applicable technologies and prototypes
NIBIB interests include but are not limited to:
- molecular switches for synthetic genetic circuits
- nucleases and genome editors for DNA manipulation and regulation
- engineered viruses and extracellular vesicles for therapeutic agent delivery
- transmembrane CARs for extracellular sensing
- photoactive molecular complexes for optogenetics
