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Michael Fischbach's findings in mice could translate into a radical, needle-free vaccination approach that would also eliminate reactions

Protein engineering research is revealing the mysteries of life and enabling advances in pharmaceuticals and other industries.

“From Petri Dish to Palette: Exploring Bacterial-Based Paint,” which was sponsored by the bioengineering department and StanfordArts through the Burt McMurtry Arts Initiative Fund.

Through iGEM, an interdisciplinary student team contends each year in a global synthetic biology competition, where students develop and test projects themselves.

Bioengineering Professor Michael Fischbach shares his framework for choosing impactful problems to work on and finding optimal solutions.

Microscopic organisms in the ocean play a key role in removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. A new study unveils a hidden biological factor that could change our understandin

In its ninth year, SN 10: Scientists to Watch is Science News’ list of up-and-coming researchers

A hallmark of this cellular engineer’s efforts is communication—among biological systems and with the next generation of scientists

An inexpensive kit developed by Stanford undergraduates brings hands-on lessons in the gene-editing technology to high school classrooms.

Manu Prakash, PhD, came into focus on my laptop for a Zoom meeting. It was early June, and blue and white waves behind him caught my eye. Bright sun lit his face and jacket, and

Every cell is beholden to a phenomenon called cell fate, a sort of biological preset determined by genetic coding. Burgeoning cells take their developmental cues from a set of core

Dr. Hernández-López will pioneer novel approaches for designing synthetic protein receptors for engineering cellular communication.

A Q&A with bioengineer Stanley Qi on the past, present, and future of CRISPR.

Combining a deep curiosity and “recreational biology,” Manu Prakash discovered how a simple cell produces remarkably complex behavior, all without a nervous system.