Organizers:
Dek Woolfson (University of Bristol, UK)
Tony Cass (Imperial College London, UK)
Timetable
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Self-assembly: peptides, lipids and nucleic acids
10:00 - 12:00 Registration
13:10 - 13:20 Welcome and introduction
DNA nanofabrication: self-assembly and molecular motors
Andrew Tuberfield (University of Oxford, UK)
Peptide alpha-helices for synthetic nanostructures
Maxim Ryadnov (University of Bristol, UK)
Attachment of proteins to cyclodextrin molecular printboards via orthogonal host-guest and protein-ligand interactions
Selected oral communication: Manon Ludden (University of Twente, The Netherlands)
PDNA as redox building blocks for membrane guided self-assemblies
Selected oral communication: Denis Pompon (CGM-CNRS, France)
15:10 - 15:40 Coffee/tea break
Self-assembling protein fibrils as scaffolds for new materials
Cait MacPhee (University of Edinburgh, UK)
Using membrane stress to our advantage
Richard Templer (Imperial College London, UK)
17:00 - 18:30 Poster session and pre-dinner drinks
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Protein assemblies
Design and chance in the self-assembly of macromolecules
Ben Luisi (University of Cambridge, UK)
Self-assembly of proteins in the carboxysome shell: a primitive bacterial organelle
Todd Yeates (Molecular Biology Institute, UCLA, USA)
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Functional materials
Digital sequencing of nucleic acids: next generation genetic analysis
Shankar Balasubramanian (University of Cambridge, UK)
Bio-directed synthesis and assembly of nanomaterials
Rajesh Naik (U.S. Air Force Research Lab, Ohio, USA)
10:20 - 10:50 Coffee/tea break
Putting the fizz into materials: supercritical fluid routes to new polymeric materials
Steve Howdle (University of Nottingham, UK)
Materials synthesis and self-assembly of bio-inorganic nanostructures
Stephen Mann (University of Bristol, UK)
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Biosensors, diagnostics and nanotoxicology
Membrane protein monolayers for self-assembling bionano interfaces
Jeremy Lakey (University of Newcastle, UK)
Health effects of nanomaterials
Teresa Tetley (Imperial College London, UK)
Synthetic de novo designed polypeptides for control of nanoparticle assembly and biosensing
Selected oral communication: Daniel Aili (Linköping University, Sweden)
3D cell culture of chondrocytes on modified di-phenylalanine scaffolds
Selected oral communication: Vineetha Jayawarna (University of Manchester, UK)
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee/tea break
18:00 - 19:30 Poster session and pre-dinner drinks
19:30 - 22:00 Meeting dinner
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The interface between cells and materials
Delivery of nanosensors to measure the intracellular environment
Jonathan Aylott (University of Nottingham, UK)
Design of peptide-based materials for biomedical applications
Joel Schneider (University of Delaware, Newark, USA)
10:20 - 10:50 Coffee/tea break
New strategies for tissue engineering
Molly Stevens (Imperial College London, UK)
Crafting of nanostructures for regenerative medicine
Samuel Stupp (Northwestern University, Illinois, USA)
12:10 - 12:30 Summary and closing remarks
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