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Soft Materials for Studying Hard Biological Problems
15 Oct 2019 | | Contributor(s):: Kristi S. Anseth
This talk will illustrate how we leverage these and other reversible chemistries to create biologically responsive hydrogel matrices, and employ them to study the effects of matricellular signaling on diverse cellular functions and processes. For example, we exploit...
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PhysiCell: biased random migration demonstrator
22 Feb 2019 | | Contributor(s):: Paul Macklin, Randy Heiland
PhysiCell demonstration of biased random cell migration
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PhysiCell for tumor heterogeneity
12 Feb 2019 | | Contributor(s):: Randy Heiland, Paul Macklin
2D simulation of tumor heterogeneity
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PhysiCell: invader-scout-attacker system
05 Feb 2019 | | Contributor(s):: Paul Macklin, Randy Heiland
PhysiCell model of an invader-scout-attacker multicellular system
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PhysiCell cancer biorobots simulation
28 Jan 2019 | | Contributor(s):: Randy Heiland, Paul Macklin
2D simulation of biorobots delivering a drug to cancer cells
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[Illinois] Light/Matter Interactions in Biology
13 Apr 2017 | | Contributor(s):: Prashant K Jain
Light/Matter Interactions at the Nano-Bio Interface Workshop
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Help or Hype: The Ethics of Bio-nanotechnology
11 Jan 2017 | | Contributor(s):: Samantha Andrews, NNCI Nano
This lesson explores the ethical concerns related to bio-nanotechnology. Bio-nanotechnology is the application of nanotechnology to living things. This ranges from the creation of pharmaceuticals to medical devices. While scientists have created many life-saving treatments ethical concerns,...
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Silver Nanoparticle Socks
10 Jan 2017 | | Contributor(s):: Pennsylvania State Univeristy, NNCI Nano
This lab will allow students to use the pure silver nanoparticles they synthesize to create antibacterial socks. They will compare their socks with socks that have been treated with a commercial silver spray, socks that have been treated in a factory, and a control that was not been...
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Powers of Ten with the Blue Morpho Butterfly
09 Jan 2017 | | Contributor(s):: Nancy Healy, Marilyn Garza, NNCI Nano
This activity is designed to help students understand the concept of scale and magnification when examining a Blue Morpho butterfly wing. The activity requires the use of a scanning electron microscope (SEM) but images are provided if there is no access to an SEM.
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Seeing Nano: Using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) to View Nano-size Objects
02 Dec 2016 | | Contributor(s):: Samantha Andrews, NNCI Nano
Nano-size objects are smaller than the wavelength of light and because of this they cannot be viewed with a light microscope. Special tools are needed to see nanoscale objects, one of which is the scanning electron microscope. This activity will have students explore the types of images...
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How Small is That?
02 Dec 2016 | | Contributor(s):: Jamie Ryan, NNCI Nano
This lab is designed to help students understand the size of nanoparticles compared to the size of other known quantities, such as a human being or a skin cell. After the size of nanoparticles is understood, the students will be challenged to come up with a way to “save”...
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How Dry am I? Exploring Biomimicry and Nanotechnology
01 Dec 2016 | | Contributor(s):: Elizabeth Davenport, Nancy Healy, NNCI Nano
Through a series of activities, students will explore superhydrophobic properties of materials. This inquiry based lesson leads them through activities that has them compare and contrast physical properties of superhydrophobic coated materials with uncoated materials. In the process they will...
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The Blood Glucose Monitor
28 Oct 2016 | | Contributor(s):: Steven Thedford, Samantha Andrews, Nancy Healy, NNCI Nano
Students are introduced to glucose monitors, how these biosensors are being improved with naotechnology, and they test glucose levels. The purpose of the lab is to measure the glucose concentration of several synthetic blood and urine samples to determine which patients have diabetes. Students...
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Using Gold Nanoparticles for Bacterial Detection
28 Oct 2016 | | Contributor(s):: Michael L. Falk, NNCI Nano
This lab is designed to introduce students to gold nanoparticles and some of their applications. Students will create gold nanoparticles (GNPs) and learn the potential disease detection uses of GNPs, conduct research on modifying GNPs to be specific to other molecules, and complete a simulation...
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The Effects of Gold and Silver Nanoparticles on Brine Shrimp: A Toxicology Study
05 Apr 2016 | | Contributor(s):: NNCI Nano
This lab is designed to help students understand the following: the interdisciplinary fields of science, a practical application of chemistry in the real world, and the need to carefully conduct experiments and evaluate data in a collaborative environment. ...
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[Illinois] Nanotechnology meets Biology in the Cancer Cell: Applications in Medicine, Drug Delivery, and Determining Drug Efficacy
04 Feb 2016 | | Contributor(s):: Mostafa El-Sayed
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[Illinois] Make Biology: Bio-Design Automation In Synthetic Biology
05 Oct 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Doug Densmore
The creation of complex systems whether electronic, mechanic, chemical, or biological can prove incredibly challenging. In this talk, I will outline my vision for "Bio-Design Automation" for synthetic biology. Specifically, I will highlight my research's efforts in the...
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[Illinois] Biophysics 401 Lecture 1: Introduction, Dogma of Molecular Biology; Evolution
17 Sep 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Paul R Selvin
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Cell Culture Basics Training
17 Sep 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Sophie A. Lelièvre, Shirisha Chittiboyina, Tim Kwok
This series of videos combined with accompanying PowerPoint file comprise introductory training for Cell Culture Basics. This learning unit is part of the training required for access to the Three Dimensional Cell Culture Core (3D3C) facility at Purdue University.