Molecular Structures and Machinery from DNA
By exploiting programmable, sequence-dependent base-pairing interactions it is possible to design and build three-dimensional DNA scaffolds, to attach molecular components to them with sub-nanometre precision – and then to make them move. I shall describe our work on autonomous, biomimetic molecular motors powered by chemical fuels, hybrid DNA-kinesin devices, motors that compute, nanostructure assembly, and the use of synthetic molecular machinery to control covalent chemical synthesis.
Date:
3 October 2016, 13:00 (Monday, 0th week, Michaelmas 2016)
Venue:
Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU
Venue Details:
Main seminar room
Speaker:
Prof Andrew Turberfield ((Department of Physics) University of Oxford)
Organising department:
Department of Biochemistry
Organiser:
OUBS (Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address:
oubs@bioch.ox.ac.uk
Part of:
OUBS
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editor:
Christophe Chapard
