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Mapping the Molecular Rules of Life at Scale

What we do

We decode how sequence encodes function and use those rules to engineer biology.

Measure at scale

Deep mutational scanning Barcoded genomes & pooled selections

Learn principles

Machine learning models

Causal inference & prediction

Design of function

Programmable proteins & phages. Tuned transporters & sensors

Platforms: DMS • Barcoded libraries • ML   |   Outcomes: diagnostics, therapeutics, biomanufacturing

Meet our Team

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Vatsan Raman, Ph.D

Associate Professor

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Rebecca Back

Graduate Student 

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Silas Miller

Graduate Student 

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Naia Novy

Graduate Student 

Featured News

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July 2026

ASBMB Today

In orbit, viruses evolve new ways to kill bacteria

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Feb. 18, 2026

UW Biochemistry

Research in Brief: energetic and structural control of multidrug transport

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Feb. 3, 2026

The Scientist

Microgravity Alters Bacteriophage-Host Dynamics

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Department of Biochemistry

371C HF DeLuca Biochemistry Laboratories Building

433 Babcock Drive, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, WI – 53706

© 2026 by Raman Laboratory

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