Armenise-Harvard Laboratory of Biochemical Systems

Building life
from the
bottom up.

We investigate the chemical and physical principles that underlie biological systems, with the goal of constructing life-like entities from simple molecular components.

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Biochemical Systems
from Scratch

We explore the cell-like activity that emerges from chemicals in vitro — from understanding the chemical origins of life to building artificial cells as a platform for new technologies.

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