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Diana Barr

Diana Barr

Graduate Student (Faculty: Drs. George Lu and Richard Bouchard)

Bioengineering

CONTACT

db107@rice.edu

WEBSITE(S)| LinkedIn | Lu Lab

SURF Mentoring

Potential projects/topics: Protein Engineering, Ultrasound Imaging, Synthetic Biology

Potential skills gained: Bacterial Cell Culturing, Cell Transformation, PCR, Ultrasound Imaging, Gel electrophoresis, Cloning, Western Blotting, Matlab

Required qualifications: STEM Majors, Some biology course- either AP in high school or First year general biology

Direct mentor: Graduate Student

Research Areas

The Laboratory for Synthetic Macromolecular Assemblies (SynMA Group) focused on a class of gas-filled protein nanostructures and explores their unique mechanical, acoustic, and optical properties to develop creative solutions for challenges in biomedicine and material science.