[Illinois] Nanopore Sequencing of DNA

04 Oct 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Aleksei Aksimentiev

The idea of using a nanopore to sequence DNA continues to generate excitement among scientists and entrepreneurs. The spectacular progress in using biological enzymes to enable nanopore sequencing …

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[illinois] BioMEMS and Bionanotechnology: Integration of Life Sciences and Engineering at the Micro and Nanoscale

10 Jul 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Rashid Bashir

Optical Society of America (OSA), University of Illinois Chapter, IEEE Electron Devices Society (EDS), University of Illinois Chapter, Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory (MNTL),

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Optical BioMEMS Microfluidic Technologies for Hand-Held, Point-of-Care, Medical Devices

23 Nov 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): James Leary

Portable, point-of-care, medical diagnostic devices could provide an important new component in more cost-effective healthcare delivery. Rapid measurements of blood samples during an examination …

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Illinois Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology and Nano-CEMMS: A Hard Day in the Life of a Soft Cell

12 May 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Jeffrey Fredberg

AHard Day in the Life of a Soft Cell With every beat of the heart, inflation of the lung, or peristalsis of the gut, cell types of diverse function are subjected to substantial stretch. But what …

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Illinois MATSE 280 Introduction to Engineering Materials, Lecture 3 Part 4: Structures via Diffusion

28 Sep 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Duane Douglas Johnson, Omar N Sobh

Structures via Diffraction Goals Define basic ideas of diffraction (using x-ray, electrons, or neutrons, which, although they are particles, they can behave as waves) and show how to …

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Illinois MATSE 280 Introduction to Engineering Materials, Lecture 3 Part 3: Crystallographic Points, Directions, and Planes

22 Sep 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Duane Douglas Johnson, Omar N Sobh

Crystallographic Points, Directions, and Planes Issues to Address... How to define points, directions, planes, as well as linear, planar, and volume densities Define basic terms and give …

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Illinois MATSE 280 Introduction to Engineering Materials, Lecture 3 Part 2: Structure of Ceramics

21 Sep 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Duane Douglas Johnson, Omar N Sobh

Structure of Ceramics Issues to Address... Structures of ceramic materials: How do they differ from that of metals? Define basic terms and give examples of each: Lattice …

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Illinois MATSE 280 Introduction to Engineering Materials, Lecture 3 Part 1: Structure of Metals and Ceramics

19 Sep 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Duane Douglas Johnson, Omar N Sobh

Structures of Metals and Ceramics Goals Define basic terms and give examples of each: Lattice Basis Atoms (Decorations or Motifs) Crystal Structure …

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Illinois MatSE 280 Introduction to Engineering Materials, Lecture 2: Atomic Structure and Interatomic Bonding

18 Aug 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Duane Douglas Johnson, Omar N Sobh

Refortify your chemistry - Atomic scale structures Goals Define basic concepts: Filling of Atomic Energy Levels: Pauli Exclusion Principle Atomic Orbitals (s-, p-, d-, and f- type …

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Multiscale Methods to Simulate and Predict Membrane Organization: atomistic molecular dynamics to mean field Langevin dynamics

08 Aug 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Larry H. Scott, Omar N Sobh

There is considerable interest in the lateral organization of biological membranes. While membrane proteins obviously influence on the localized properties of membranes, the lipids themselves also …

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Hierarchy of Simulation Approaches for Charge Transport Simulation

01 Aug 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Omar N Sobh, Umberto Ravaioli

General considerations Model simulation hierarchy Continuum model Particle Transport Monte Carlo model Examples of simulations Umberto Ravaioli - University of Illinois, Urbana-ChampaignNCN@Purdue …

https://nanohub.org/resources/5175

Nanocomposite-Modified Electrodes for Sensing Biological Analytes

30 Jul 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): V. Yegnaraman

Electrochemical sensing of analytes is mostly enabled by transducers based on potentiometry and amperometry. In this, design of sensing (working) electrode is of utmost importance since it only …

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Strategies for Preparation and Manufacture of Polymer-based Nanoparticulate Formulations

21 Jul 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Stephen R. Byrn

Nanoparticles hold great promise for drug delivery applications. Several polymer-based formulations containing nanoparticles are in late phase development or on the market. In fact, polymer …

https://nanohub.org/resources/4810

Lecture 24: The 4 Molecules of life

29 Apr 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Paul R Selvin

Atoms, Molecules, Macromolecules, you! Amino Acids, Sugars used as signals, Fatty Acids/Lipids

https://nanohub.org/resources/4479

Molecular modeling of lipid bilayer edge and hybrid-MCMD method: Implementation and application

29 Apr 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Yong Jiang

Introduction to mixed lipid systems, Hybrid Monte Carlo and MD (atomistic) algorithm for mixed lipid systems

https://nanohub.org/resources/4473

Lecture 18: Magnetotaxis

28 Apr 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Klaus Schulten, Paul R Selvin

Biochemical Mechanisms for Magnetic Orientation in Animals, guest lecture Klaus Schulten.

https://nanohub.org/resources/4468

Lecture 2: Central Dogma of Biology; Partition Function

28 Apr 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Paul R Selvin

Nucleic Acids, DNA,RNA, Cell size, Nucleotides, Boltzman factor, Partition function

https://nanohub.org/resources/4464

Lecture 1: Introduction to Biophysics

28 Apr 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Paul R Selvin

Understanding biology using simple ideas from physics

https://nanohub.org/resources/4461

Lecture 23: Vision

26 Apr 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Paul R Selvin

Summary of Ion Channels, Vision , Visual System, The Eye, Structure of the Eye, Signal Processing, Diffraction and Pupil

https://nanohub.org/resources/4433

Lecture 21: Nerves

24 Apr 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Paul R Selvin

Ion Channels,Ionic current, Gating current, Digital Ion Channels, Structural studies, X-ray Crystallography

https://nanohub.org/resources/4425