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Designing Precision Biosolutions

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Research area 03 · Design

Precision biosolutions for environmental challenges

Translate molecular insights into practical, precision environmental strategies.

Microplate shaker used for controlled high-throughput assays in the Yu Lab.High-throughput experiments turn mechanism into reproducible design rules.


What we investigate

We translate mechanistic insight into engineered enzymes, microbial consortia, biosensors, automated workflows, and predictive approaches for safer chemicals and more resilient environmental systems.

Core questions

  • How can a validated mechanism become a practical environmental tool?
  • How can automation accelerate functional screening without losing rigor?
  • Where can AI improve prediction, protein design, and benign chemical design?

How we work

Biocatalyst discovery and engineering, high-throughput transformation testing, lab automation, predictive modelling, and reactor design form an integrated design cycle.

What this enables

Precision bioremediation, resource recovery, safer chemical design, and treatment systems that are measurable, scalable, and mechanistically grounded.

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