Collaborators: H. Abruña, J. Appleton, R. Austin, A. Baeumner, B. Baird, T. Clark, G. Coates, H. Craighead, D. Erickson, Q. Hao, K. Jones, D. Lin, M. Lipson, D. Luo, C. Ober, L. Pollack, M. Spencer, S. Tavazoie, L. Walker, W. Webb.

Program Objectives
The overall goal of the “Biomolecular Devices and Analysis” (BDA) program is to use nanofabrication techniques, advanced material and advanced optical systems to develop devices and methods for observing, manipulating, and quantifying the behavior of biomolecules.  More specifically, the program members are developing integrated techniques to interrogate biomolecules suspended in nano- and pico- liter volumes for advancing genomics, proteomics, ecological, and other biological research. The expectation is that by integrating our unique capability to perform molecular separation and analyses at the nano-scale we can develop miniaturized "chip-like" devices for high throughput quantitative analysis of dynamic bioprocesses.  Furthermore, we seek to develop and apply nanostructures and optical confinement systems to study molecular biology at single molecule resolution.