RESEARCH
The long-term mission of my research is to answer significant biological and clinical questions using innovative engineering approaches. My particular research interest is in deciphering the host-microbiome interactions in various organs and disease milieu.
Development of Engineered Living Therapeutics
Development of engineered probiotics
Bacterial minicells for new classes of drug deliveryÂ
Investigation on Host-microbiome Interaction
Mechanistic study of intestinal inflammation (PNAS 2018)
- How Probiotics Could Be Problematic For Those with Damaged Guts: Interviewed at KUT Austin NPR Station.
Development of intestinal microphysiological systems under host-microbiome crosstalk (Front. Med. Technol. 2020; Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol. 2019)
Mechanistic study of intestinal development (iScience 2019; Nat. Protoc. 2022; iScience 2022)
Patient-specific disease modeling (iScience 2020; Micromachines 2020)