Welcome
Motivated by diseases arising from the misregulation of proteins and nucleic acids, our biophysical approach makes connections between molecular mechanism and cellular function through time-resolved spectral imaging at multiple scales, from in vitro to single cell to whole organism.
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We are part of the Chemistry Department at Yale University.
Recent Publications
E. Knab, U. Tahir and C.M. Davis
Mimetics of in-cell and subcellular crowding and solvation for protein folding
Biochem. Soc. Trans. 2026, 54 (4), 413-425.
U. Tahir and C.M. Davis
Weak, specific chemical interactions dictate barnase stability in diverse cellular environments
Protein Sci. 2025, 34 (5), e70128.
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S.O. Shuster, A.E. Curtis, C.M. Davis
Optical photothermal infrared imaging using metabolic probes in biological systems
Anal. Chem. 2025, 97 (15) 8202-8212.
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Current and Past Funding Sources
We acknowledge the funding agencies that made this work possible
