Peng Yin

Peng Yin is a Professor in the Department of Systems Biology at Harvard Medical School. His research lies at the intersection of information science, molecular engineering, and biology, focusing on developing programmable molecular systems inspired by biological principles.

• Key research areas: engineering DNA/RNA self-assembly, molecular imaging and therapeutics, nanoscale structure design, and synthetic regulators for biological programming

His lab has pioneered technologies like DNA-PAINT for ultra-high-resolution imaging and RNA-based synthetic regulators for precise protein translation control. Applications span inorganic nanoparticle fabrication, single-base genetic detection, and programmable biological systems.