Research in the Pellois lab is currently focused on the following topics:

1. development of reagents that can deliver macromolecules into live cells efficiently and safely

2. use of such delivery approaches to deliver proteins into live cells so as to manipulate and investigate cellular processes

3. establish the mechanisms by which exosomes modulate cell-to-cell communications

Each of these projects involves a combination of chemistry, biochemistry and cell biology. We typically study how certain peptides interact with human cells, investigate their mechanism of action at a molecular level, and design new compounds with improved activities based on this knowledge.