David Yu Zhang

Biography

David Yu Zhang leads the Nucleic Acid Bioengineering Laboratory (NABLab) at Rice University's BioScience Research Collaborative. His investigations involve the systematic modeling and rational design of nucleic acids, such as DNA and RNA. Zhang is particularly interested in understanding how natural nucleic acids behave, and in the engineering of designer nucleic acid molecules that enable revolutionary in vitro diagnostics, in situ imaging, tissue engineering, transcription regulation, and materials scaffolding and modulation.

Research Interest

DNA, RNA, Nucleic acids