Wyss InstituteChemistry – Wyss Institute https://wyss.harvard.edu Wyss Institute at Harvard Fri, 01 May 2026 19:33:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 Wyss Institute appoints three new Associate Faculty members: Ahmad Khalil, Jarad Mason, and Ting Wu https://wyss.harvard.edu/news/wyss-institute-appoints-three-new-associate-faculty-members-ahmad-khalil-jarad-mason-and-ting-wu/ Mon, 08 Dec 2025 14:50:20 +0000 https://wyss.harvard.edu/?p=44386 These three distinguished researchers bring their expertise in synthetic biology, materials science, and genome research to contribute to the Institute’s mission of societal impact By Jessica Leff The Wyss Institute is proud to welcome three new Associate Faculty members: Ahmad (Mo) Khalil, Ph.D., Jarad Mason, Ph.D., and Chao-ting (Ting) Wu, Ph.D. Each has a history of collaborating with the Institute’s researchers. Their diverse expertise and fresh perspectives will further strengthen the Wyss’ innovative and collaborative ecosystem and enable pioneering advances in…

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]]> https://wyss.harvard.edu/news/wyss-institute-appoints-three-new-associate-faculty-members-ahmad-khalil-jarad-mason-and-ting-wu/ The Wyss welcomed <a href="https://wyss.harvard.edu/news/wyss-institute-appoints-three-new-associate-faculty-members-ahmad-khalil-jarad-mason-and-ting-wu/"> three new Associate Faculty members, Ahmad Khalil, Ph.D., Jarad Mason, Ph.D., and Chao-ting (Ting) Wu, Ph.D.</a> They are bringing expertise in synthetic biology, materials science, and genome research. Credit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University https://wyss-prod.imgix.net/app/uploads/2025/12/04113526/New-Associate-Faculty-Listing-Image-scaled.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=faces%2Centropy&fit=crop&h=400&q=50&w=300&s=ebaa61d75da3e2378cc130527161cb3e"/> Nixe: Bioinspired Sustainable and Water-repellent Textile Coating https://wyss.harvard.edu/technology/nixe-bioinspired-sustainable-and-water-repellent-textile-coating/ Mon, 06 Oct 2025 16:48:28 +0000 https://wyss.harvard.edu/?post_type=technology&p=43849 PFAs, per- and polyfluorinated chemical compounds, were first used with the invention of Teflon in 1938 and by now are found in the blood of 97% of Americans. They pose risks to human reproductive and immune health, and are strongly suspected to cause cancer, developmental defects, and other health problems. As “forever chemicals,” they are passed through entire ecosystems and along food chains.

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]]> https://wyss.harvard.edu/technology/nixe-bioinspired-sustainable-and-water-repellent-textile-coating/ https://wyss-prod.imgix.net/app/uploads/2025/10/06084854/waterproof-fabric-with-waterdrops-non-woven-fabric-2-scaled.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=faces%2Centropy&fit=crop&h=400&q=50&w=300&s=0ed2e53b18db30caa5426d9b1bd6b742"/> Atlantic Health Research Spotlight: Novel Anesthetics for Care in Battlefield and Disaster Area https://wyss.harvard.edu/media-post/atlantic-health-research-spotlight-novel-anesthetics-for-care-in-battlefield-and-disaster-area/ Tue, 15 Apr 2025 20:51:20 +0000 https://wyss.harvard.edu/?post_type=media_post&p=42456 The Atlantic’s Health Summit returned to Boston in 2025 for their annual exploration of the urgent issues reshaping the healthcare landscape. The event showcased recent breakthroughs that are redefining medical practices and explored the challenges of scaling innovation and implementing sustainable solutions. Speakers explored early disease detection, novel anesthetics, pain management…

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]]> https://wyss.harvard.edu/media-post/atlantic-health-research-spotlight-novel-anesthetics-for-care-in-battlefield-and-disaster-area/ Credit: Mark Wilson Images https://wyss-prod.imgix.net/app/uploads/2025/04/15164753/MWI-191.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=faces%2Centropy&fit=crop&h=400&q=50&w=300&s=436ad3332e989135db585397760f3e70"/> Sandy Elmehrath on Closing the Gender Health Gap by Driving Progress in Endometriosis Management and Care https://wyss.harvard.edu/news/humans-of-the-wyss-sandy-elmehrath-on-closing-the-gender-health-gap-by-driving-progress-in-endometriosis-management-and-care/ Tue, 25 Mar 2025 14:54:32 +0000 https://wyss.harvard.edu/?p=42325 The Humans of the Wyss (HOW) series features members of the Wyss community discussing their work, the influences that shape them as professionals, and their collaborations at the Wyss Institute and beyond. Sandy Elmehrath is all too familiar with the consequences of the gender health gap. Her great-aunt endured many years of pain from stomach cancer, only to be diagnosed after it was too late…

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]]> https://wyss.harvard.edu/news/humans-of-the-wyss-sandy-elmehrath-on-closing-the-gender-health-gap-by-driving-progress-in-endometriosis-management-and-care/ Wyss Scientist Sandy Elmehrath is developing noninvasive diagnostics and personalized treatment options to revolutionize care for endometriosis patients – about 15% of women globally. Credit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University https://wyss-prod.imgix.net/app/uploads/2025/03/19144422/HoW-Sandy-Elmehrath-06760-scaled.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=faces%2Centropy&fit=crop&h=400&q=50&w=300&s=f41b7995285b5464f3b548510d6d65b2"/> DARPA-ABC program supports Wyss Institute-led collaboration toward deeper understanding of anesthesia and safe drugs enabling anesthesia without the need for extensive monitoring https://wyss.harvard.edu/news/darpa-abc-program-supports-wyss-institute-led-collaboration-toward-deeper-understanding-of-anesthesia-and-safe-drugs-enabling-anesthesia-without-the-need-for-extensive-monitoring/ Wed, 15 Jan 2025 14:55:41 +0000 https://wyss.harvard.edu/?p=41847 Novel anesthesia-inducing drugs developed through multidisciplinary neuroscience-driven approaches could help save numerous lives in conflict and disaster situations By Benjamin Boettner (BOSTON) — Currently, no anesthetic compound or cocktail can be used safely outside of a hospital facility. This is because current drugs impair the brain and central nervous system’s ability to regulate a number of vital processes, including respiration, body temperature, and heart rate in addition to creating a state of unconsciousness or sedation…

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]]> https://wyss.harvard.edu/news/darpa-abc-program-supports-wyss-institute-led-collaboration-toward-deeper-understanding-of-anesthesia-and-safe-drugs-enabling-anesthesia-without-the-need-for-extensive-monitoring/ A Wyss Institute-led cross-institutional collaboration of exceptional and highly-complementary researchers aims to develop a deeper understanding of anesthesia, as well as safe drugs that enable anesthesia in conflict and disaster situations without the need for extensive monitoring. Credit: Chalabala https://wyss-prod.imgix.net/app/uploads/2025/01/13152912/emergency-medical-service-2023-11-27-05-07-02-utc.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=faces%2Centropy&fit=crop&h=400&q=50&w=300&s=211a9f573f1f72d7379b92f184ad12a0"/> Eliz Amar Lewis on Using Many Tools to Fight a Sophisticated Disease https://wyss.harvard.edu/news/humans-of-the-wyss-eliz-amar-lewis-on-using-many-tools-to-fight-a-sophisticated-disease/ Tue, 24 Sep 2024 14:50:19 +0000 https://wyss.harvard.edu/?p=41047 The Humans of the Wyss (HOW) series features members of the Wyss community discussing their work, the influences that shape them as professionals, and their collaborations at the Wyss Institute and beyond. Eliz Amar Lewis has always been fascinated by biology. But when she saw her grandmother bravely battle breast cancer, she was inspired to use her passion to develop a smart and sophisticated…

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]]> https://wyss.harvard.edu/news/humans-of-the-wyss-eliz-amar-lewis-on-using-many-tools-to-fight-a-sophisticated-disease/ Eliz Amar Lewis, Postdoctoral Fellow. Credit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University https://wyss-prod.imgix.net/app/uploads/2024/09/23140755/dsRNA-Eliz-Amar-Lewis-07336.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=faces%2Centropy&fit=crop&h=400&q=50&w=300&s=ce07ff4357683b60c55212fff8778372"/> AminoX: Making Better Protein Drugs, Quicker and Cheaper https://wyss.harvard.edu/media-post/aminox-making-better-protein-drugs-quicker-and-cheaper/ Wed, 10 Jul 2024 13:56:00 +0000 https://wyss.harvard.edu/?post_type=media_post&p=40393 A synthetic biology and advanced chemistry platform that efficiently incorporates non-standard amino acids by hacking the ubiquitous protein synthesis process. Credit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University…

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]]> https://wyss.harvard.edu/media-post/aminox-making-better-protein-drugs-quicker-and-cheaper/ https://wyss-prod.imgix.net/app/uploads/2024/07/10095538/Video-Thumbnail-AminoX-No-Text.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=faces%2Centropy&fit=crop&h=400&q=50&w=300&s=078f251c1c1fac372d6bba6ddf1b46d0"/> AminoX: Making Better Protein Drugs, Quicker and Cheaper https://wyss.harvard.edu/technology/aminox-making-biologics-safer-with-synthetic-biology-and-advanced-chemistry/ Wed, 01 May 2024 15:40:43 +0000 https://wyss.harvard.edu/?post_type=technology&p=37428 Protein drugs often offer the most effective way to treat a variety of medical illnesses and conditions. However, many proteins in their naturally occurring forms make poor drugs – they can cause toxicities that force patients to discontinue treatment, and they often have such short half-lives that patients would need to receive a constant infusion of them to see a therapeutic effect. Recently…

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]]> https://wyss.harvard.edu/technology/aminox-making-biologics-safer-with-synthetic-biology-and-advanced-chemistry/ The AminoX team: Michaël Moret, Helena de Puig, and Erkin Kuru (from left to right). Credit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University https://wyss-prod.imgix.net/app/uploads/2023/08/14125735/AminoX-Team-0689-Final.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=faces%2Centropy&fit=crop&h=400&q=50&w=300&s=b5283f0df69f18c4ced22ab406752195"/> Emily Stoler on Developing Sustainable Solutions https://wyss.harvard.edu/news/humans-of-the-wyss-emily-stoler-on-developing-sustainable-solutions/ Mon, 22 Apr 2024 16:01:24 +0000 https://wyss.harvard.edu/?p=39682 The Humans of the Wyss (HOW) series features members of the Wyss community discussing their work, the influences that shape them as professionals, and their collaborations at the Wyss Institute and beyond. When Emily Stoler was eighteen years old, she described her dreams for the future to a taxi driver. Now, after studying chemistry and working across academia and industry…

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]]> https://wyss.harvard.edu/news/humans-of-the-wyss-emily-stoler-on-developing-sustainable-solutions/ Emily Stoler, Principal Scientist, Sustainable Materials. Credit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University https://wyss-prod.imgix.net/app/uploads/2024/04/12100140/Emily-Stoler-Green-Light-Tubes-05228.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=faces%2Centropy&fit=crop&h=400&q=50&w=300&s=5f8d679d783e27b7c977092387ad0c9f"/> A new glue, potentially also for you https://wyss.harvard.edu/news/a-new-glue-potentially-also-for-you/ Tue, 20 Feb 2024 15:50:09 +0000 https://wyss.harvard.edu/?p=39225 A new bonding method enabling instant and effective adhesion of hydrogels has potential to broadly advance new biomaterials solutions for multiple unmet clinical needs By Benjamin Boettner (BOSTON) — Hydrogels are versatile biomaterials conquering an increasing number of biomedical areas. Consisting of water-swollen molecular networks that can be tailored to mimic the mechanical and chemical features of various organs and tissues, they can interface within the body and on its outer surfaces without causing any damage to even the most delicate parts of the…

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]]> https://wyss.harvard.edu/news/a-new-glue-potentially-also-for-you/ This illustration highlights how two hydrogels (shown in blue) can be bonded in different ways by thin chitosan films (shown in orange). The bonds that form are extraordinarily strong and can resist high tensions. Credit: Peter Allen, Ryan Allen, and James C. Weaver. https://wyss-prod.imgix.net/app/uploads/2024/02/16095941/PNAS_Surgery_Background.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=faces%2Centropy&fit=crop&h=400&q=50&w=300&s=f62d44cda05a8f44e01a2a6a823ceb03"/>