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BME 695L Lecture 10: Nanodelivery of Therapeutic Genes and Molecular Biosensor Feedback Control Systems
Online Presentations | 26 Oct 2011 | Contributor(s):: James Leary
See references below for related reading.10.1 Introduction and overview10.1.1 Some of the advantages of therapeutic genes10.1.2 Some of the advantages of molecular biosensor feedback control...
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2010 Nano-Biophotonics Summer School @ UIUC Lecture 19 - Spectral reflectance biosensing for label-free and dynamic detection of Protein, DNA and Viruses
Online Presentations | 29 Jan 2011 | Contributor(s):: Bennett Goldberg
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Surface Characterization Studies of Carbon Materials: SS-DNA, SWCNT, Graphene, HOPG
Online Presentations | 16 Feb 2010 | Contributor(s):: Dmitry Zemlyanov
In this presentation examples of surface characterization studies of carbon specimens will be presented. (1) In particularly, the systematic XPS (X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy) characterization of graphene grown on the SiC surface will be reported. This work demonstrates a use for XPS to...
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Illinois Phys550 Molecular Biophysics Lecture 5: Genomics, Bioinformatics Tutorial II
Online Presentations | 10 Feb 2010 | Contributor(s):: Klaus Schulten
Ribosome / H3 with case study DNA and RNAH2
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Quantitative, Kinetic Models of Cellular Circuits
Online Presentations | 04 Apr 2009 | Contributor(s):: Michael R. Brent
Living cells contain complex, analog circuits that regulate the rate at which each gene produces its product. The kinetic properties of these circuits enable cells to respond to changes in their environments and thus to survive, reproduce, and compete. For decades, molecular biologists have been...
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Basic Rules of Protein Folding
Online Presentations | 31 Dec 2008 | Contributor(s):: Seth Lichter
How are proteins made? Inside cells, messenger RNA first instructs the ribosomes as to the order which amino acids should be joined together. Linked together and released from the ribosome, the protein is not functional. It now needs to fold into a precise three-dimensional shape. There are no...
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BNC Research Review: Carbon Nanotubes as Nucleic Acid Carriers
Online Presentations | 04 Jun 2008 | Contributor(s):: Don Bergstrom
This presentation is part of a collection of presentations describing the projects, people, and capabilities enhanced by research performed in the Birck Center, and a look at plans for the upcoming year.
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Lecture 2: Central Dogma of Biology; Partition Function
Online Presentations | 28 Apr 2008 | Contributor(s):: Paul R Selvin
Nucleic Acids, DNA,RNA, Cell size, Nucleotides, Boltzman factor, Partition function
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Modeling (Semi) Unstructured Proteins
Online Presentations | 26 Mar 2008 | Contributor(s):: Michael Colvin
The past century has seen tremendous progress in determining the biochemical and biophysical processes that constitute life. One exciting consequence of this understanding is the possibility of developing mathematical models of biological function that are accurate and even predictive. My...
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Combining New Experimental and Informatic Tools for Protein Investigation and Engineering
Online Presentations | 09 Jan 2008 | Contributor(s):: Alan Friedman
The stability and activity of proteins is dependent on both the correct functioning and placement of individual amino acids and their interactions. Great attention has been paid to critical individual residues (generally revealed by their location in the active site and their conservation among...
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New Dimension in Performance: Harnessing 3D Integration Technology
Online Presentations | 29 Nov 2007 | Contributor(s):: Kerry Bernstein
Despite generation on generation of scaling, computer chips have remained essentially 2-dimensional. Improvements in on-chip wire delay, and in the total number of inputs and outputs has not been able to keep up with improvements to the transistor, and its getting harder and harder to hide it! 3D...
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BME 695N Lecture 15: Nanodelivery of therapeutic genes & molecular biosensor feedback control systems
Online Presentations | 30 Oct 2007 | Contributor(s):: James Leary
Outline:Introduction and overviewSome of the advantages of therapeutic genesSome of the advantages of molecular biosensor feedback control systemsWhy a nanodelivery approach is appropriateThe therapeutic gene approachWhat constitutes a "therapeutic gene" ?Transient versus stable expression...
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KIST/PU Design and Performance of Bioresponsive Nanocarriers with Tunable Reactivity for Drug and Gene Delivery
Online Presentations | 23 Oct 2007 | Contributor(s):: Dave Thompson
Our lab has focused on the development of bioresponsive nanocarriers that are designed to release their cargo upon entry into acidic environments such as those found in cellular endosomes and sites of poor circulation. Computational methods have been used to design vinyl ether lipids of varying...
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Introduction of MEMS Activity at Nano/Micro System Engineering Lab., Kyoto University
Online Presentations | 15 Sep 2007 | Contributor(s):: OSAMU TABATA
We are aiming at the realization of microsystems and nanosystems with novel and unique functions by integrating functional elements in different domains such as mechanics, electronics, chemistry, optics and biotechnology. These micro/nano systems are expected to be novel machines, which will...
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MCW07 Silicon Based Nanopore Sensors for Detection of DNA Molecules
Online Presentations | 11 Sep 2007 | Contributor(s):: Samir Iqbal, Demir Akin, Rashid Bashir
Solid-state nanopores have emerged as possible candidates for next-generation DNA sequencing devices. In this talk, we will review our recent work in development of solid-state nanopore channels that are selective towards single strand DNA (ssDNA). Nanopores functionalized with a 'probe' of...
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Oligodeoxyribonucleotide Association with Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
Online Presentations | 02 Aug 2007 | Contributor(s):: Jennifer McDonald
Commercially available single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) tend to aggregate as ropes and bundles during production making them of little use in many scientific and industrial applications. An effective technique for dispersing and solubilizing SWCNTs is required to fully utilize their unique...
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Molecular Interferometry
Online Presentations | 26 Jun 2007 | Contributor(s):: David D. Nolte
While single-molecule detection through fluorescence has now become common-place, there has been no analogous single-molecule capability using direct detection approaches such as interferometry. This limitation is slowly yielding to high-speed interferoemtric detection that is pushing the...
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On the Cross Roads of Biology and Nanotechnology – Selective DNA Nanopore Sensors
Online Presentations | 21 Mar 2007 | Contributor(s):: Samir Iqbal
The ability to manipulate and identify the properties of singlebiological molecules with the potential of characterizing biologicalprocesses at the most fundamental levels can significantly facilitaterapid diagnostics and therapeutics. Fabrication of solid-statedevices investigating bacteria,...
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Introduction to X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy and to XPS Applications
Online Presentations | 17 May 2007 | Contributor(s):: Dmitry Zemlyanov
X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS), which is known as Electron Spectroscopy for Chemical Analysis (ESCA), is a powerful research tool for the study of the surface of solids. The technique is widely used for studies of the properties of atoms, molecules, solids, and surfaces. The...
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Nucleic Acids
Online Presentations | 07 May 2007 | Contributor(s):: Don Bergstrom
Living organisms are self-assembling systems that achieve an enormous variety of functions through organization of components from sub-nanometer to meter scale. Understanding the functions of these systems must start with a study of the molecular components, their structures and interactions. By...