We are a multidisciplinary team of biomedical engineers, material scientists, physicists, and medical doctors at Zhejiang University-University of Edinburgh Institute (ZJE), Zhejiang University. We create new protein materials to address unmet needs in human health and sustainability while simultaneously educating the next generation of scientists.

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Our Research Areas

(1) Smart material design, with a focus on elastin-based recombinant proteins for applications in controlled release systems, advanced medical diagnostics, and soft robotics;

(2) Musculoskeletal tissue regeneration, with a focus on silk-based hydrogels and devices for the development of novel treatments of knee osteoarthritis; and

(3) High throughput screening of de novo designed functional proteins for bionanotechnologies.

Our multidisciplinary research team has extensive experience in the development and integration of protein biomaterials with high throughput screening, multi-scale modeling, and regenerative medicine.  With our expertise in protein engineering, material processing, and complex 3D tissue culture, we hope to advance fundamental research in biomedical science, translate biomaterials into clinical settings, and promote the sustainable development of human societies.