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Louis Block Professor of Chemistry, University of Chicago 🔗
Status: unreviewed revisit date: None Application status: none LOR status: not_needed
Department(s)/lab(s): Chemistry | Krishnan Lab @ UChicago
Summary:

Designs programmable DNA nanodevices as quantitative fluorescent reporters to map second messengers in real time inside specific organelles of living cells. Research directions: (1) DNA origami ion-sensing nanodevices for pH, Cl-, Ca2+, HOCl, and membrane voltage with single-organelle addressability; (2) targeting nanodevices to endosomes, lysosomes, mitochondria, and ER to dissect organelle biology and disease mechanisms; (3) in vivo deployment in C. elegans and Drosophila. NIH Director's Pioneer Award 2022.

Created at: May 14, 2026, 1:46 p.m. Updated at: May 14, 2026, 1:46 p.m. Metadata: As of 2025, chemistry.uchicago.edu