Bioengineering research at Caltech focuses on the application of engineering principles to the design, analysis, construction, and manipulation of biological systems, and on the discovery and application of new engineering principles inspired by the properties of biological systems.

Areas of research emphasis include: biodevices, bioimaging, bioinspired design, biomechanics, biomedical engineering, cell and tissue engineering, molecular programming, synthetic biology, and systems biology. 

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Students develop DNA origami nanoscale breadboards for carbon nanotube circuits.
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Andrew D. Straw awarded 2010 Young Investigator Research Program grant. Click for details.

Bioengineering faculty search underway. Click for details.

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