Chilkoti Group

The Chilkoti group carries out research in two areas: (1) Biomolecular Materials, with a focus on genetically encoded stimulus responsive peptide polymers and fusion proteins for application in protein purification and drug delivery; and (2) Biointerface Science, with a focus on protein-polymer conjugates, the development of low-cost, point-of-care clinical diagnostics, and plasmonic biosensors.

Recent Publications

S. Roberts, Miao, V. , Costa, S. , Simon, J. , Kelly, G. , Shah, T. , Zauscher, S. , and Chilkoti, A. , “Complex microparticle architectures from stimuli-responsive intrinsically disordered proteins”, Nature Communications, vol. 11, no. 1342, 2020.

S. Saha, Banskota, S. , Roberts, S. , Kirmani, N. , and Chilkoti, A. , “Engineering the Architecture of Elastin‐Like Polypeptides: From Unimers to Hierarchical Self‐Assembly”, Advanced Therapeutics, vol. 3, no. 3, 2020.

J. Wang, Saha, S. , Schaal, J. L. , Yousefpour, P. , Li, X. , and Chilkoti, A. , “Heuristics for the Optimal Presentation of Bioactive Peptides on Polypeptide Micelles”, Nano Letters, vol. 19, no. 11, pp. 7977 - 7987, 2019.

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