Rensselaer research constellations are endowed faculty-run centers for collaborative research. Each constellation is led by one to three world-class faculty members in a particular research field. CBIS innovated this organizational structure to bring groundbreaking faculty together to perform multidisciplinary research. The constellations encourage blue-sky thinking with highly targeted research.
Biocatalysis and Metabolic Engineering Constellation
Research in biocatalysis and metabolic engineering within the BCME Constellation is aimed at understanding and exploiting natural metabolic processes found in cellular pathways for chemical transformation, energy transfer, and supramolecular construction.
Biocomputation and Bioinformatics Constellation
The Biocomputation and Bioinformatics Constellation interests are the study of protein function and stability from physico-chemical principles. To accomplish this, we combine the use of computational and experimental techniques.
Integrated Systems Biology Constellation
The Integrated Systems Biology Constellation at Rensselaer will build off CBIS’ current strength in Microbiomics and Bacterial Communities in the context of human health and built environment in conjunction with Rensselaer Institute of Data Exploration and Applications (IDEA).
Functional Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Constellation
Despite significant advances over the last 100 years, tissue regeneration remains a complex and multi-factorial problem. The TERM Constellation will pursue these research aims and will focus on three major physiological systems: cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, and the nervous systems, which complement existing research strengths at Rensselaer and are associated with cutting-edge research and new federal and state funding initiatives.
