Lulu Qian Explained

Lulu Qian
Birth Place:China
Workplaces:California Institute of Technology
Alma Mater:Nanjing Railway University
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Academic Advisors:Erik Winfree

Lulu Qian is a Chinese-American biochemist who is a professor at the California Institute of Technology. Her research uses DNA-like molecules to build artificial machines.

Early life and education

Qian is from China. She completed her bachelor's degree in biomedical engineering at Southeast University in Nanjing.[1] Qian moved to Shanghai for her doctoral research, where she worked at Shanghai Jiao Tong University on biochemistry.[2] She then moved to the California Institute of Technology as a postdoctoral fellow.[3] At Caltech, she worked alongside Erik Winfree on biochemical circuits. She used a reversible strand displacement process to create a simple DNA-based building block for a biochemical logic circuit.[4]

Research and career

Qian joined the faculty at Caltech in 2013. She was promoted to professor in 2019.[5] Her research considers molecular robotics and the self-assembly of nanostructures from DNA. These molecular robots can explore biologically relevant surfaces at the nanoscale, picking up molecules and transporting them to specific locations.[6] In 2011, she created the world's largest DNA circuit, which included over seventy DNA molecules.[7]

Qian has also created complex DNA origami.[8] She created two-dimensional images from DNA origami tiles. She used DNA to create an artificial neural network.[9] The network consisted of a DNA gate architecture that can be scaled up into multi-layer circuits.[10]

Awards and honors

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lulu Qian Caltech Directory . 2023-03-05 . directory.caltech.edu.
  2. Web site: 2021-12-11 . Introducing ISNSCE Vice President Lulu Qian . 2023-03-05 . ISNSCE . en.
  3. Web site: Programming DNA for Molecular Robots: An Interview with Lulu Qian – Pasadena Now . 2023-03-05 . www.pasadenanow.com.
  4. Qian . Lulu . Winfree . Erik . 2011-06-03 . Scaling Up Digital Circuit Computation with DNA Strand Displacement Cascades . Science . en . 332 . 6034 . 1196–1201 . 10.1126/science.1200520 . 21636773 . 2011Sci...332.1196Q . 10053541 . 0036-8075.
  5. Web site: Lulu Qian's CV.
  6. Web site: Major . Mario L. . 2017-09-16 . Scientists Build DNA Robots That Could One Day Deliver Medicine Inside Your Body . 2023-03-04 . interestingengineering.com . en-US.
  7. Web site: Caltech researchers build largest biochemical circuit out of small synthetic DNA molecules . 2023-03-04 . EurekAlert! . en.
  8. Web site: Andy Extance2017-12-07T14:30:00+00:00 . DNA origami makes it big . 2023-03-04 . Chemistry World . en.
  9. Qian . Lulu . Winfree . Erik . Bruck . Jehoshua . July 2011 . Neural network computation with DNA strand displacement cascades . Nature . en . 475 . 7356 . 368–372 . 10.1038/nature10262 . 21776082 . 1735584 . 1476-4687.
  10. Web site: Mehar . Pranjal . 2018-07-10 . Scientists created AI from DNA . 2023-03-04 . Tech Explorist . en-US.
  11. Web site: Foresight Institute Awards 2019 Feynman Prizes in Nanotechnology to Qian, Galli; awards presented by Nobelist, Sir Fraser Stoddart. . 2023-03-04 . PRWeb.
  12. Web site: 2023-02-21 . Two Professors Receive Caltech's Highest Honors for Teaching and Mentorship . 2023-03-04 . California Institute of Technology . en.

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