The Joshi Lab

Biologically Fabricated Materials

Welcome!

Our lab works at the interface of Synthetic Biology, Synthetic Chemistry, and Materials Science. Many of our projects focus on modifying microbes through genetic engineering, synthetic chemistry, or other means in order to program them to make materials with specified functions. Some of our projects focus on the fundamental development of new molecules and organisms while others focus on using these platforms to solve specific problems that affect humanity. 

Congratulations to Dr. Neel Joshi on Tenure!

We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Neel Joshi has been awarded tenure at Northeastern University. This is an impressive career milestone and a testament to Dr. Joshi's outstanding research, mentorship, leadership, and contributions to the fields of synthetic...

New Publication on Microbially Driven Reversible Size and Color Changing ELMs!

Congrats to Jen Kuang, Shanna Bonanno, and all the other co-authors on our new paper published in Matter! This project was a collaboration among students in our group, the Deravi Lab, and the Wilson Lab. Engineered Living Materials (ELM) integrate cells and materials...

Peak Award Winners in the Joshi Lab

The Joshi Lab would like to congratulate three of our undergraduate student researchers, who have recently received Peak Awards: Darren Kim, Becky Salerno, and Ezri Abraham! We are looking forward to see what they accomplish during their time in the lab!

New publication on the trade-off between protein secretion and growth in E. coli Nissle 1917

Congrats to Siva Emani, Anton Kan, Timothy Storms, Shanna Bonanno and all the other co-authors on our new paper published in Synthetic Biology! The paper characterizes the relationship between protein secretion and cellular growth. This work was conducted using E....

Congrats to Abi and Solomon on completing summer research!

Congratulations to Abi and Solomon on completing your summer research in the Joshi lab! Good luck with the rest of your undergraduate studies!

Gut pathogen sequestration paper featured in Drug Discovery News!

The Joshi lab's work in gut pathogen sequestration was highlighted in a Drug Discovery News article! Check it out here!

Congratulations to Brian Cho on graduating!

Congratulations to Brian Cho for graduating with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering! Brian is heading over to MIT to start his Ph.D. in Bioengineering in the fall!

Congratulations to Pranav and Bala for starting Co-op!

Congratulations to Pranav for starting Co-op at Seres Therapeutics and to Bala for starting Co-op at Abbvie!

Belated congratulations to Tim Storms on graduating!

A much belated congratulations to Tim Storms for completing his undergraduate capstone project, entitled "Identifying Sources of Cellular Stress in the E. coli Curli Secretion Pathway" and graduating with a B.S. in Biochemistry.

New publication on preventing gut infections with engineered probiotics

Congrats to Ilia Gelfat, M.B. Avinash, Hann Tu, and all the other co-authors on our new paper out in PLoS Pathogens! The paper describes the use of engineered protein (curli) fibers, produced by a probiotic bacterium to block the...
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