Chase Beisel

Faculty Professor

Chase Beisel is a Faculty Professor at the Botnar Institute of Immune Engineering. Prior to joining the BIIE, Chase was a tenured associate professor in the Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at North Carolina State University and a Full Professor and Head of Department at the Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research, with a joint appointment in the Medical Faculty of the University of Würzburg. As part of the BIIE, Chase leads a research group devoted to bacterial immune engineering. His group aims to understand the functional diversity of immune systems bacteria employ to counter infections by bacteriophages and other mobile genetic elements and to translate discoveries into new innovations to improve the health and wellbeing of children and adolescents globally. His group’s work has driven seminal discoveries within CRISPR-Cas immune systems along with the development of diverse CRISPR-based technologies, which led to multiple awarded patents and two start-up companies (Locus Biosciences, Leopard Biosciences) Chase co-founded.