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Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
The University of Texas at Austin
1 University Station A5300
Austin, TX 78712-0165
Contact Information
Office: WEL: 3.426
Phone: 232-1454
Lab
Office:
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Fax: 471-0985
Jason B. Shear
jshear@mail.utexas.edu
Associate Professor, Faculty
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Research GroupShear Labs |
EducationBS, University of Texas - Austin, 1989 PhD, Howard Hughes Predoctoral Fellow, Stanford University, 1995 NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, Cornell University (1994-1996) |
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AwardsACS Arthur F. Findeis Award in Analytical Chemistry, 2005 Beckman Scholars Advisory Panel, 2004 Research noted as a Chemical Development of the Year by C&E News, 2003 Eli Lilly Grantee in Analytical Chemistry, 2000 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, 1999 Top 100 Young Innovator citation, MIT Technology Review, 1999 Searle Scholars Award, Kinship Foundation, 1998 Beckman Foundation Young Investigator Award, 1997 |
Affiliations
IGERT: Optical Biomedical Engineering; Beckman Center for the Design and Fabrication of Sensor Arrays; Waggoner Center for Alcohol & Addiction Research; Center for Nano- and Molecular Science and Technology; Texas Materials Institute; Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology; Institute for Neuroscience;
Research
Our research focuses on bioanalytical, biomaterial, and biophysical studies at molecular and cellular levels, with emphases on high-speed and high-sensitivity chemical separations, laser-based studies of neuronal development and communication, and design of sensor arrays. The group is comprised of scientists of diverse backgrounds, including analytical/physical chemistry, biochemistry, molecular biology, and biomedical engineering, with technological expertise in capillary electrophoresis, materials science, microscopy, and other optical methods, including laser tweezers and multiphoton-promoted photofabrication. A detailed description of our current interests can be found at our web site, [url]http://research.cm.utexas.edu/jshear/[/url].
Representative Publications
B. Kaehr, R. Allen, D. J. Javier, J. Currie, J. B. Shear "Guiding Neuronal Development with in situ Microfabrication" Proc. Natl. Acad Sci. USA. 101 (2004): 16104 - 16108.
B. Kaehr and J. B. Shear "Mask-Directed Multiphoton Lithography" J. Am. Chem. Soc 129 (2007): 1904 - 1905.
R. Nielson and J. B. Shear "Parallel Chemical Dosing of Subcellular Targets" Anal. Chem. (Accelerated Article) 78 (2006): 5987 - 5993.
R. T. Hill, J. L. Lyon, R. Allen, K. J. Stevenson, J. B. Shear "Microfabrication of Three-Dimensional Bioelectronic Architectures" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 127 (2005): 10707 - 10711.
R. Allen, R. Nielson, D. D. Wise, and J. Shear "Catalytic Three-Dimensional Protein Architectures" Anal. Chem. (Accelerated Article) 77 (2005): 5089 - 5095.
M. L. Plenert and J. B. Shear "Microsecond Electrophoresis" Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 100 (2003): 3853 - 3857.