Our understanding of translation underpins our capacity to engineer living systems. The
canonical start codon (AUG) and a few near-cognates (GUG, UUG) are considered as the ‘start …

In recent years, the important role of the organic matrix for the mechanical properties of
bone has become increasingly apparent. It is therefore of great interest to understand the …

Although droplet-based systems are used in a wide range of technologies, opportunities for
systematically customizing their interface chemistries remain relatively unexplored. This …

This article presents a simple and highly reliable method for preparing PDMS microfluidic
double emulsion devices that employs a single-step oxidative plasma treatment to both pattern …

The way nature evolves and sculpts materials using proteins inspires new approaches to
materials engineering but is still not completely understood. Here, we present a cell-free …

DNA-based information systems drive the combinatorial optimization processes of natural
evolution, including the evolution of biominerals. Advances in high-throughput DNA …

Inspired by Nature's capacity to synthesize well‐defined inorganic nanostructures, such as
the magnetite particles produced by magnetotactic bacteria, genetic algorithms are employed …

Double emulsions attract considerable interest for their utility in applications as diverse as
drug delivery, contrast agents, and compartmentalizing analytes for fluorescence-activated …

The use of combinations of organic additives to control crystallization, as occurs in
biomineralization, is rarely investigated due to the vast potential reaction space. It is demonstrated …

… Lukmaan Bawazer is a postdoctoral research fellow in the laboratory of Fiona Meldrum at …
Bawazer received a UC Systemwide training grant in biotechnology for his PhD research on …