LUMEN Lab — Hanbit University (fictional) · Biological Sciences
We watch living cells decide, then teach them new tricks.
Live-cell imaging meets synthetic biology. We film single cells as they respond, divide and remember — and engineer gene circuits that make them sense and report.
63× · simulated
Inside the Lab
Three research fields share one toolkit. Pick a tile.
Live-Cell Imaging
Watching single cells decide, divide and respond in real time with time-lapse fluorescence microscopy.
Synthetic Gene Circuits
Designing genetic switches, timers and counters that make cells behave predictably.
CH3 · DAPIBiosensor Engineering
Interactive plasmid map
Click through pLUM-Sense, our reporter construct.
Latest paper · 2026 · Intl. JournalA memory circuit that records transient stress in single yeast cells
Nature Communications (fictional)
16
papers since 2021
12
people in the lab
1.2M
cells tracked
Meet the team
Professor, postdocs, Ph.D. and M.S. students, staff and alumni.
Latest from LUMEN
Publications
All papers2026
- Intl. Journal
A memory circuit that records transient stress in single yeast cells
- Intl. Journal
Paper-based whole-cell sensors for lead at drinking-water limits
- Preprint
Self-supervised segmentation of dividing cells with fewer than 50 labels
2025
- Intl. Journal
Noise in promoter activation sets the timing of cell-fate decisions
- Intl. Journal
Orthogonal transcription factors for two-input logic in human cells
- Intl. Conference
A two-input AND gate for tumour-selective expression
Collaborate
Have cells that should glow? Let’s build it together.
We share plasmids, imaging time and analysis code with academic and industry partners.