Michael Poirier, Professor and Chair of the Department of Physics, and Carlos Castro, Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, have received a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant for $700k for their project, "DNA Origami-based machines for epigenetic manipulation of gene transcription."

This project is a collaboration with a team in France, funded by the French Science Funding Agency (ANR).

Congratulations to Professors Poirier and Castro, and their team!