Welcome to the Mehta Lab at Illinois!
Evolution serves as a powerful inspiration for synthetic biology. We develop synthetic biology approaches for answering fundamental biological questions and for developing novel translational platforms for human health.
Key Areas of Current Research:
- Designing modular platforms to combat emerging zoonotic pathogens
- Directed endosymbiosis (cell within a cell system) for evolutionary studies and synthetic biology
- Engineering selectivity in targeting cancer
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