Dr. Benjamin Shapiro
Control of Micro-Scale 
		Systems for Biochemical and Medical Applications
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Benjamin Shapiro
Associate Professor
Aerospace Engineering
Joint appointment with:
Institute for Systems
Research (ISR)
Affiliated with: Fischell
Dept of Bioengineering
3178 Glenn L. Martin Hall
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
Tel: (301) 405-4191
Fax: (301) 314-9001
benshap@wam.umd.edu

Feedback Control of Protein Crystalization
Collaborators: Steve Quake, Stanford

Monitor and feedback control protein crystal growth in thousands of micro-fluidic vials, to grow new protein crystals to allow determination of their shape (position of every atom) and enable discovery of new drugs.

protein crystals
protein crystals
Steve Quake's device showing 3 reaction chambers
   

 

 


 

 

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