The research carried out in the laboratory of Dr. R. Jelinek aims at exploiting biomimetic chemistry approaches for both understanding important biological processes, as well as developing novel nanostructures. The inspiration and focus of the Jelinek laboratory is the cellular membrane. In particular, Dr. Jelinek has introduced unique chromatic lipid/polymer molecular assemblies, including small vesicles, giant vesicles, Langmuir monolayers, and polymer-labelled cells, which both mimic cellular membranes as well as provide convenient biosensing platforms. Recently, the Jelinek laboratory has discovered new “lithography-less” approaches for construction of two-dimension nanostructures, utilizing lipid monolayer templates at the air/water interface.