Many prospective students struggle to tell the various engineering disciplines apart. With so much overlap and interdisciplinary work happening within each branch, the definitions for each profession ...

Important concepts and elements of molecular biology, biochemistry, genetics, and cell biology are examined in an experimental context. This course fulfills the requirement for students majoring in ...

This degree seeks to leverage the measurement, theory and manipulation of biomolecules and biological systems for addressing the next challenges in our world. Recent advancements in imaging, data ...

The Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Northwestern University is pioneering transformational discoveries in synthetic biology, biotechnology, medicine, complex systems, energy, ...

The Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Northwestern University is pioneering transformational discoveries in synthetic biology, biotechnology, catalysis, medicine, complex systems, ...

Learn more about our undergraduate and graduate programs. The Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering continued to gain national recognition for the quality of its graduate school education, ...

Arthur Acuna, a first-generation college student who grew up in Las Vegas, fell in love with Dostoevsky in high school and came to Princeton with an interest in five different majors including English ...

Here we describe an advanced paradigm for the design, construction and stable implementation of complex biological systems in microbial organisms. This engineering strategy was previously applied to ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — For the 13th consecutive year, Purdue University’s Agricultural and Biological Engineering undergrad program was ranked as the No. 1 in the nation by The U.S. News & World ...

The footpads of a gecko. The adhesive used by mussels to cling to rocks. The infectivity of a virus. These are only a few of the structures and processes that scientists and engineers are striving to ...

Biomedical engineers have demonstrated a new synthetic approach that turbocharges bacteria into producing more of a specific protein, even proteins that would normally destroy them, such as ...

From saccharin in the 19th century to stevia and monk fruit in the 21st, researchers and the food industry have long sought a sweetener that delivers the taste of sugar without its drawbacks—excess ...