Automation of DNA Origami for Drug Delivery and Diagnostics

  • Project Year: 2025-26
  • Departments Represented: MEng
  • Industry/Track: Health & Wellbeing

We are optimizing the quantity and quality of DNA origami structures. We are doing this by using a robotic liquid handling machine and incorporating gel electrophoresis with minimal human interaction. We are optimizing the protocol for DNA origami by testing ratios of staples and scaffold (the main reagents used in protocol). Findings can be used for applications in drug delivery and diagnostics.

  • Advisor(s): Grigory Tikhomirov
  • Team: Alexander Crary [BIOE], Romain Ting [ME], Alexander Haynes [BIOE], Emory Adelman [BIOE]