Micro- and Nanoscale Bioengineering Lab

We are a diverse team  of research engineers and assistants, postdocs, and graduate and undergraduate students at NYUAD, dedicated to resolving complex bioengineering challenges through our state-of-the-art facilities, and unique amalgam of skillsets. Our current active research areas include liquid biopsy on microfluidic biochips and high throughput drug screening using whole model organisms such C. elegans.

Samples containing RNA and DNA lie at the heart of all biopsy techniques. Biosensors that can enhance the concentration of RNA and DNA in these samples, improving the detection sensitivity of these techniques, have the potential to revolutionize the field of diagnostics. Our previous and current research focuses on leveraging the electrokinetics of such microfluidic biosensors for the detection of circulating tumor DNA and exosomes for the enhancement of point-of-care diagnostics and translational research of cancer.