Microscopy

We study cellular responses to their environment, focusing on membranes, cellular communities, and hybrid structural biology. Using electron cryotomography with DNA nanotechnology, we also employ fluorescence microscopy, mass spectrometry, NMR, and cryoEM

We use ecology and evolution to understand and engineer microbial communities, including the human microbiome.

Our group studies mechanisms and machines of gene expression using single-molecule biophysical methods and biochemistry. We observe single biomachines in real time, both "in vitro" and inside living cells.

We develop microscopy, algorithms and approaches that enable the observation and study of phenomena that have been thought to be 'invisible'. We aim at improving the measurement and characterisation of biosystems, focusing on protein-protein interactions.

Creating biotechnologies at the interface of control engineering, synthetic biology and robotics.

We investigate how bacteria adapt to stress by examining DNA repair and mutagenesis. Using advanced microscopy and microfluidic devices, we visualize these processes in real-time, uncovering insights into variable phenotypes and mutation rates.