Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering
Jang SmartBio Lab (SMART-BIO)
Led by Yeongseon Jang · Chemical Engineering
What we study
The lab designs advanced biomaterials using soft matter assembly and recombinant technology. They create smart capsules, coatings, and protein-based structures for medical and industrial uses.
What working here is like
- Wet lab
- No organisms (data only)
- Coding helps
- Projects
- 4
- Paper
- 1
Current projects
Multicompartment protein vesicles for protocell development
Creating protein-based capsules for drug delivery and bioreactors.
Functional protein thin films for cell fate control
Developing protein coatings to control cell behavior at surfaces.
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Phase study of globular protein-fused diblock copolymers
Studying how proteins and polymers interact to form new materials.
Leveraging ELP LCST Behavior for a Bottom-Up Construction of Sensory Artificial Cells
The lab builds artificial cell-like vesicles from proteins that become insoluble above a certain temperature, attaching sensor proteins that cause vesicles to stick together when a target molecule is present. They watch the vesicles under a microscope and analyze how well the system senses the target, aiming to inform future cell‑therapy and drug‑delivery designs.
From the Spring 2025 UF Undergraduate Research Symposium · abstract book, p. 344
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Recent papers, explained
- Stiffness-driven modulation of bactericidal behavior in nanostructured polymer thin films
2026 · RSC Applied Interfaces
Explains how surface stiffness kills bacteria.
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