Scientific Director, Peterson (1957) Nanotechnology Materials Core Facility
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Abigail Lytton-Jean is the founder and scientific director of the Peterson (1957) Nanotechnology Materials Core Facility at the Koch Institute. Her core facility addresses nano and materials characterization of bio-relevant materials with a strong emphasis on multiscale cryo-electron microscopy (cryoEM). Of particular significance are bespoke, cutting-edge sample preparation and cryo workflows that enable EM and correlation between light and electron microscopy (CLEM). These sample preparation and imaging workflows allow for the orchestration of multiscale structural imaging of cells, tissue, and synthetic materials while providing pinpoint accuracy of desired regions of interest with nanometer scale resolution.
Lytton-Jean is a chemist by training with concentrated expertise in biological and inorganic nanomaterials. She conducted her graduate studies with Professor Chad Mirkin at Northwestern University, working with DNA-modified gold nanoparticles, characterizing fundamental properties, designing detection platforms, and generating programmable materials to control and direct nano assembly. Her postdoctoral work was completed under the direction of Professors Robert Langer and Daniel Anderson at MIT, and focused on biodegradable nanoparticle synthesis for intracellular RNA delivery.
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