Research Activities
Engineering small conditional DNAs and RNAs for signal transduction in vitro, in situ, and in vivo; computational algorithms for the analysis and design of nucleic acid systems; programmable molecular instruments for readout and regulation of cell state.
Honors and Awards
Rozenberg Tulip Award, 2020
74th Eastman Professor, University of Oxford, 2016–2017
Professorial Fellow, Balliol College, University of Oxford, 2016–2017
Guggenheim Fellow, 2014–2015
Christensen Fellow, St Catherine's College, University of Oxford, 2014
National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2005
Richard P. Feynman Prize for Excellence in Teaching, 2003
Associated Students of the California Institute of Technology Teaching Award, 2002, 2006
Fox Prize in Numerical Analysis, First Prize, 1999
Rhodes Scholarship, Hertz Fellowship, National Science Foundation Fellowship, 1993
Valedictorian, Princeton University, 1993
Publications
- Schulte, Samuel J.;Shin, Boyoung et al. (2024) Multiplex, Quantitative, High-Resolution Imaging of Protein:Protein Complexes via Hybridization Chain ReactionACS Chemical Biology
- Schulte, Samuel J.;Fornace, Mark E. et al. (2024) HCR spectral imaging: 10-plex, quantitative, high-resolution RNA and protein imaging in highly autofluorescent samplesDevelopment
- Schulte, Samuel J.;Huang, Jining et al. (2023) Hybridization Chain Reaction Lateral Flow Assays for Amplified Instrument-Free At-Home SARS-CoV-2 TestingACS Infectious Diseases
- Fornace, Mark E.;Huang, Jining et al. (2022) NUPACK: Analysis and Design of Nucleic Acid Structures, Devices, and Systems
- Bokhari, Rihana S.;Beheshti, Afshin et al. (2022) Looking on the Horizon; Potential and Unique Approaches to Developing Radiation Countermeasures for Deep Space TravelLife Sciences in Space Research
- Schulte, Samuel J.;Huang, Jining et al. (2022) HCR Lateral Flow Assays for Amplified Instrument-Free At-Home SARS-CoV-2 Testing
- Schwarzkopf, Maayan;Liu, Mike C. et al. (2021) Hybridization chain reaction enables a unified approach to multiplexed, quantitative, high-resolution immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridizationDevelopment
- Hochrein, Lisa M.;Li, Heyun et al. (2021) High-Performance Allosteric Conditional Guide RNAs for Mammalian Cell-Selective Regulation of CRISPR/CasACS Synthetic Biology
- Fornace, Mark E.;Porubsky, Nicholas J. et al. (2020) A Unified Dynamic Programming Framework for the Analysis of Interacting Nucleic Acid Strands: Enhanced Models, Scalability, and SpeedACS Synthetic Biology
- Schwarzkopf, Maayan;Choi, Harry M. T. et al. (2020) Multiplexed Quantitative In Situ Hybridization for Mammalian Cells on a Slide: qHCR and dHCR Imaging (v3.0)