Liberal Arts and Sciences
Hong Lab
Led by Fan Hong · Chemistry
What we study
The Hong Lab creates new bio‑analytical tools for diagnosing diseases and designs therapeutic approaches using engineered cells and biomolecules. They focus on DNA‑based fluorescence imaging, mRNA medicines, gene‑control methods, and building self‑assembling nucleic‑acid structures.
What working here is like
- Wet lab
- Papers
- 3
Recent papers, explained
- Thermal-plex: fluidic-free, rapid sequential multiplexed imaging with DNA-encoded thermal channels
2023 · Nature Methods
Develops a fluid‑free method that uses DNA‑encoded thermal channels to quickly capture multiple images.
- Understanding DNA interactions in crowded environments with a coarse-grained model
2020
Uses computer models to study how DNA behaves in crowded environments.
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- Precise and Programmable Detection of Mutations Using Ultraspecific Riboregulators
2020 · Cell
Creates riboregulators that can accurately detect specific DNA mutations.
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