Yamuna Krishnan

Departmental website:
https://chemistry.uchicago.edu/faculty/yamuna-krishnan
Lab website:
http://krishnanlab.uchicago.edu/

Yamuna Krishnan is an expert in biological nanotechnology, specifically studying new functions of DNA and exploring the use of DNA nanodevices. Prof. Krishnan aims to understand the structure and function of biological devices and to utilize nature's solutions in advancing science and engineering. Her research helped discover that DNA nanodevices could function inside a living cell. The team of researchers in Prof. Krishnan’s lab is working to gain a better understanding of the structure and dynamics of unusual forms of nucleic acids.

Prof. Krishnan has received numerous awards, including the Infosys Prize for Physical Sciences and the Bhatnagar Award for Chemical Sciences. In 2014, she was nominated “40 Under 40” by research journal Cell Press.

Yamuna Krishnan

  • Title: Professor of Chemistry
  • Education: BSc, Madras University; MS, PhD, both from Indian Institute of Science
  • Joined UChicago faculty: 2014
  • yamuna@uchicago.edu
  • @KrishnanYamuna

Media Contacts

Meredith Davis

Media Relations Manager, News Office

ACN logo

Expertise

Nanotechnology, Chemical biology, DNA

Krishnan Stories

University of Chicago chemists discover a key protein in how lysosomes work Two scientists work in a lab back-to-back, one is adjusting a large device in a copper cage, the other is peering through a microscope

University of Chicago chemists discover a key protein in how lysosomes work

For first time, scientists follow sodium and potassium inside cell organelles A scientist wearing white lab coat and purple gloves stands at a lab bench with a microscope holding a petri dish

For first time, scientists follow sodium and potassium inside cell organelles

Two UChicago scientists awarded NIH grants for ‘high-risk, high-reward’ research Closeup of fingers holding a tiny device smaller than a fingernail

Two UChicago scientists awarded NIH grants for ‘high-risk, high-reward’ research

Could tiny devices made out of DNA treat cancer? Illustration of DNA and gears

Could tiny devices made out of DNA treat cancer?

UChicago scientists pioneer new method of measuring electricity in cells Illustration of mitochondria, golgi bodies, etc inside a cell

UChicago scientists pioneer new method of measuring electricity in cells

Spies like us: UChicago scientists develop probes made of DNA to track molecular secrets illustration of organelle in a cell

Spies like us: UChicago scientists develop probes made of DNA to track molecular secrets

Scientists build flashlights to peek inside the ‘garbage disposal’ of cells UChicago researchers look at lysosome data

Scientists build flashlights to peek inside the ‘garbage disposal’ of cells

We need more quality institutions like IISc, says Infosys prize winner

We need more quality institutions like IISc, says Infosys prize winner


The Times of India

Tiny nanopackages built out of DNA help scientists peek at how neurons work Nanopackages

Tiny nanopackages built out of DNA help scientists peek at how neurons work

Chemistry faculty members earn professional distinctions

Chemistry faculty members earn professional distinctions