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tim.yeh@austin.utexas.edu
Office Location: BME 5.202C

Tim Yeh

Professor

David & Doris Lybarger Endowed Faculty Fellowship in Engineering

Department Research Area

Biosensors and Instrumentation
Imaging and Image-Guided Interventions

Research Interests

  • Nanobiosensor development
  • Cancer biomarker detection
  • Single-molecule spectroscopy for biomolecule and nanomaterial characterization
  • 3D molecular tracking
  • Super-resolution imaging

Research Focus
Yeh's research group is focused on creating and studying new nanomaterials that have the potential to be used as future molecular probes with unprecedented sensing capabilities, as well as developing new imaging tools for fundamental biology research at the single-molecule, single-cell level. Their mission is to integrate molecular sensing and imaging techniques in solving issues in disease diagnosis and treatment.

Yeh is exploring few-atom, fluorescent gold or silver nanoclusters in hopes of providing the missing link between atomic and nanoparticle behavior. His group is also building a 3D molecular tracking microscope to investigate the transport dynamics of endocytosed macromolecules, mRNA and proteins inside a live cell.

Related Websites
NanoBiosensors and Molecular Tracking Laboratory

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