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[Illinois] DIY BIOSENSORS Day 4 Summer 2014 Workshop
28 Jun 2014 | Contributor(s):: Kaustubh Bhalerao
In Day 4, the second prototype biosensors continued to be tested. The thought process of building an effective biosensor was then discussed. There were five steps taken: the design objective, design criteria, first prototype, lessons learned, and second prototype. Each of these steps was then...
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[Illinois] DIY BIOSENSORS Day 5 Summer 2014 Workshop
28 Jun 2014 | Contributor(s):: Kaustubh Bhalerao
In Day 5, each group gave a presentation about the biosensor they had created. They discussed the design objective, design criteria, first prototype, lessons learned, and the second prototype. In trying to depict their biosensor as the best, they learned what is sought from the market when...
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[Illinois] DIY BIOSENSORS Day 2 Summer 2014 Workshop
28 Jun 2014 | Contributor(s):: Kaustubh Bhalerao
In Day 2, the students start out by brainstorming a design for their biosensor and the shape that they will cut it in. The students start their first prototype and build throughout the video.This nanoBIO node workshop is a one week intensive high school Workshop on biosensors led by Kaustubh...
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[Illinois] DIY BIOSENSORS Day 1 Summer 2014 Workshop
26 Jun 2014 | Contributor(s):: Kaustubh Bhalerao
In Day 1, the lecture starts out by discussing the three definitions of a biosensor. These definitions are: something that measures a physical process, something that measures a molecular signature of a process, or a sensor that uses biological materials that may or may not measure biological...
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[Illinois] Cooperation and Construction: From Multicellularity to Eusociality
28 Apr 2014 | | Contributor(s):: Corina Tarnita
The evolutionary trajectory of life on earth is one of increasing size and complexity. Yet the standard equations of evolutionary dynamics describe mutation and selection among similar organisms that compete on the same level of organization. I will try to outline a mathematical theory that might...
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[Illinois] Biomaterials to Replicate the Form and Function of Inhomogeneous Structures in the Body
28 Apr 2014 | | Contributor(s):: Brendan Harley
The extracellular matrix (ECM) is a complex organization of structural proteins such as collagens and proteoglycans. Understanding that the ECM is dynamic and often spatially patterned or heterogeneous over the length-scale of traditional biomaterials, we are developing instructive biomaterials...
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[Illinois] Plasmonic Engineering in Nanomedicine
28 Apr 2014 | | Contributor(s):: Srikanth Singamaneni
Plasmonics involves the control of light at the nanoscale using surface plasmons. One particular area where plasmonics is expected to make an enoromous impact is the field of life sciences, with applications in bioimaging, biosensing, and targted and externally-triggered therapy. In the first...
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[Illinois] Beckman Director's Seminar: Computational Imaging of Biological Membranes and Membrane Proteins
11 Apr 2014 | | Contributor(s):: Emad Tajkhorshid
Advanced scientific research and technological development increasingly rely on detailed descriptions of the underlying phenomena at higher resolutions, both spatially and temporally. Modern biochemical and biophysical research, in particular, has experienced tremendous progress over the last...
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[Illinois] How to Break the "Fundamental" Limits of Nanobiosensing
07 Apr 2014 | | Contributor(s):: Muhammad A. Alam
As the future of Moore’s law of transistor scaling appears uncertain, electronics is being reinvented by broadening the focus to other areas including macroelectronics (electronics of large, possibly flexible and transparent displays), bioelectronics (e.g., nanobio sensors for genomics,...
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[Illinois] Synergistic Assembly of All-carbon Nanoscopic p/n Junctions
13 Mar 2014 | | Contributor(s):: Vincent C. Tung
All-carbon based photovoltaics comprised of n-type fullerenes and p-type single walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) are tantalizing candidates for light-harvesting and storage because of the advantageous carrier transport properties and improved mechanical/chemical stability. However, fullerenes...
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Nanoindentation
28 Oct 2013 | | Contributor(s):: Taha Goudarzi, AbderRahman N Sobh, Kathy Walsh, Nahil Sobh, Iwona Jasiuk
Nanoindentation for Mechanical Characterization of Soft Materials
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[Illinois] Computational Design and Analysis of Biomechanical Systems
26 Feb 2014 | | Contributor(s):: Dan Perlitz
There have been a large number of recent advancements in the design and manufacturing of biological machines commonly called "bio-bots." These machines, powered by cells, could be used for in vivo drug delivery or sensing of a biological toxin. Researchers can also use these...
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[Illinois] Intravoxel Incoherent Motion (IVIM) for Quantification of Microcirculatory Flow
26 Feb 2014 | | Contributor(s):: Alex Cerjanic
Diffusion weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging (DW-MRI) is an increasingly popular tool used to probe the microscopic structure of materials and biological tissues. Most studies employing DW-MRI rely on the passive diffusion of water molecules to interrogate the structure of the object or tissue...
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[Illinois] Combining 3D Cell Culture Models and Chemical Imaginging
21 Feb 2014 | | Contributor(s):: Sarah Holton
Full Title: Combining 3D Cell Culture Models and Chemical Imaging for Understanding Fibroblast-Epithelial Interactions During Early Breast Cancel ProgressionCarcinomas, including skin, breast, prostate, lung, and colon cancers, comprise the most common types of cancer in the United States....
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[Illinois] The Role of ORCA in Chromatic Organization and DNA Replication
21 Feb 2014 | | Contributor(s):: Sumanprava Giri
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[Illinois] Using Resonant Mass Sensors to Characterize Single Cell Adhesion
21 Feb 2014 | | Contributor(s):: Katrina Keller
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[Illinois] Designer Plasmonic Materials for Mid-Infrared Devices
17 Feb 2014 | | Contributor(s):: Stephanie Law
The fields of plasmonics and metamaterials have seen significant growth in recent years, due to the interest in creating novel photonic devices as well as exploring the physics behind light-matter interaction at the nanoscale. Much of this work has been done in the visible spectral range with...
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[Illinois] Microreactors and Click Chemistry for Synthesis of Molecular Imaging Probes
22 Jan 2014 | | Contributor(s):: Joseph Whittenberg
Gold nanorods are being studied within biological systems for applications such as drug delivery, imaging, Molecular imaging probes play a pivotal role in detecting and staging cancer, and enable physicians to effectively plan treatments for cancer...
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[Illinois] NanoSTRuCT K-12: Nanoscale Science and Technology Resources for Community Teaching in K-12
22 Jan 2014 | | Contributor(s):: Alexander Cerjanic, Brittany Renee Weida
NanoSTRuCT is a student-organized project to develop and refine activities for bringing nanoscale science to community classrooms. As a student-led project, students and trainees have begun to lay the foundation for an ongoing and sustainable project including planning, resource development, and...
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nanoDDSCAT
23 Apr 2013 | | Contributor(s):: Prashant K Jain, Nahil Sobh, Jeremy Smith, AbderRahman N Sobh, Sarah White, Jacob Faucheaux, John Feser
Calculate scattering and absorption of light by targets with arbitrary geometries and complex refractive index.