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Wednesday 28 January 2015, 14:15-15:15
MOLECULAR STRUCTURES AND MACHINERY FROM DNA: SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY FROM THE BOTTOM UP
- đ¤ Speaker: Andrew Turberfield, University of Oxford
- đ Date & Time: Wednesday 28 January 2015, 14:15 - 15:15
- đ Venue: Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer lecture theatre
Abstract
DNA is not only a wonderful material for nanoscale construction, its hybridization or hydrolysis can be used to provide energy for synthetic molecular machinery. With DNA it is possible to design and build three-dimensional scaffolds, to attach molecular components to them with sub-nanometre precision â and then to make them move. I shall describe our work on assembly pathways, on autonomous, biomimetic molecular motors powered by chemical fuels and the use of synthetic molecular machinery to control covalent chemical synthesis. I shall also discuss the use of kinesin motor proteins to power synthetic devices.
Series This talk is part of the Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group series.
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