Bionanotechnology: from self-assembly to cell biology

Homerton College, University of Cambridge, UK

3 - 5 January 2007

POSTER ABSTRACTS

Abstracts first published on the Internet 15 December 2006

Poster Session Time:

Wednesday 3 January 2007 17:00–18:30

Thursday 4 January 2007 18:00–19:30

P001 Characterisation of recombinantly produced flagelliform silk

C. Ackerschott and T. Scheibel

P002 Synthetic de novo designed polypeptides for control of nanoparticle assembly and biosensing

D. Aili, K. Enander, L. Baltzer and B. Liedberg

P003 Considerations for a resonance energy transfer-based nucleic acid biosensor using quantum dots as energy donors: hybridization, selectivity and immobilization

W.R. Algar and U.J. Krull

P004 Engineering EGFP to produce a novel system for the detection of protein-protein interactions

E. Barnard, D.J. Timson, N.V. McFerran and J. Nelson

P005 Self-assembly behaviour of surfactant-like peptides with systematically varied sequence motifs

M. Baumann, E. Reimhult and M. Textor

P006 Design and synthesis of macrocyclic peptides toward the formation of synthetic nanopores

J.-P. Blanchette and N. Voyer

P007 Multiple length scale patterning of DNA by stamp assisted deposition

E. Bystrenova, P.P. Greco, M. Facchini, C. Dionigi, M. Cavallini, M.G. Cacace and F. Biscarini

P008 Targeted optical nanosensors for intracellular imaging and measurement

J. Aylott, S. Briddon and P. Coupland

P009 Rationally designed inhibitors of amyloid toxicity

N. Kokkoni, K. Stott, H. Amijee, D.I.C. Scopes, J.M. Treherne and A.J. Doig

P010 Detailed studies on the interaction between S-layer proteins or cell-associated exoproteins and secondary cell wall polymers from Bacillaceae

J. Ferner-Ortner, N. Ilk, C. Huber, U.B. Sleytr and E.M. Egelseer

P011 Electrospinning using guiding electrostatic fields: towards the rapid-prototyping of three-dimensional nanofibrous constructs.

J.H. George and M.M. Stevens

P012 High-density and selective functionalisation of DNA

P.M.E. Gramlich, J. Gierlich, G.A. Burley, D.M. Hammond, C.T.M. Wirges and T. Carell

P013 A self-assembling peptide-based scaffold to support cell growth

E.F. Banwell, C. Gribbon and D.N. Woolfson

P014 Attachment of proteins to cyclodextrin molecular printboards via orthogonal host-guest and protein-ligand interactions

M. Ludden and J. Huskens

P015 3D cell culture of chondrocytes on modified di-phenylalanine scaffolds

V. Jayawarna, J.E. Gough and R.V. Ulijn

P016 Ultra-thin coating of calcium phosphate apatite crystals

J.-S. Kim, J.S. Ko and H.-M. Kim

P017 Protease triggered peptide-functionalised gold nanoparticle assembly

A. Laromaine, L. Koh, M. Murugesan, R.V. Ulijn and M.M. Stevens

P018 BBF2H7, a novel transmembrane bZIP transcription factor, is a new type of ER stress transducer

S. Kondo and K. Imaizumi

P019 Controlled aggregation of amyloids in confined environment

A.N. Lazar, C. Dionigi and F. Biscarini

P020 Nanoscale structural analysis of self-assembling membrane layers using neutron reflection

A.P. Le Brun, S.A. Holt, D. McGillivray, C. Majkrzak and J.H. Lakey

P021 Peptide-capped gold nanoparticles: towards artificial proteins

R. Lévy

P022 Switching peptide structure and biological activity using hydrophobic anchors

D.W.P.M. Löwik, J.T. Meijer, M. van den Heuvel and J.C.M. van Hest

P023 Studies on the aggregation of an amyloidogenic alpha-synuclein peptide fragment

J. Madine, A. Doig and D. Middleton

P024 pH dependent protein adsorption on surfaces functionalized by plasma-enanched chemical vapour deposition

S. Belegrinou, I. Mannelli, F. Bretagnol, A. Valsesia, H. Rauscher and F. Rossi

P025 A microfluidic cell for the study of protein aggregation by synchrotron radiation micro-SAXS/WAXS

A. Martel and C. Riekel

P026 S-layer-based nanoarrays

P. Messner, S. Küpcü, A. Scheberl, S. Zayni, J. Friedmann, U.B. Sleytr and C. Schäffer

P027 Poster withdrawn

P028 Extended nano-scale order in a designed protein fibre

D. Papapostolou, A.M. Smith, S.F.A. Acquah, E.D.T. Atkins, E.F. Banwell, H.W. Kroto, S.J. Oliver, M.G. Ryadnov, R.S. Savage, L.C. Serpell, M.S.P. Stevens and D.N. Woolfson

P029 PDNA as redox building blocks for membrane guided self-assemblies

D. Pompon and A. Laisne

P030 Bio-production of self-assembling peptides

J.M. Riley, S. Kyle and M.J. McPherson

P031 Quartz crystal microbalance studies of olfactory receptors grafted on biotinylated surfaces

S. Rodriguez-Segui, M. Pla-Roca, J. Vidic, E. Pajot-Augy, R. Salesse, A. Errachid and J. Samitier

P032 Self-assembly of amyloid-like peptides leads to formation of highly stable, fibrous structures

K. Marshall, D.P. Randall, M. Nilsson and L. Serpell

P033 Stability of amyloid fibrils formed by IAPP protein studied by AFM.

G. Maurstad, M. Prass, L.C. Serpell and P. Sikorski

P034 Spider silk and amyloid fibrils – a structural comparison

U. Slotta and T. Scheibel

P035 Understanding the molecular structure of Fmoc-peptide hydrogels

A.M. Smith, V. Jayawarna, R.J. Williams, S.J. Eichhorn, A.F. Miller, A. Saiani and R.V. Ulijn

P036 Poster withdrawn

P037 A scalable, generic technique to generate large branched DNA complexes

P. Tosch, C. Wälti, A. Middelberg and A.G. Davies

P038 Investigating the effect of nanoparticle size on diffusion through mucus.

N. Walji, N. Quirke and M. Thanou

P039 Coarse-grained MD simulations of nanotube/membrane interactions

E.J. Wallace and M.S.P. Sansom

P040 Organising nano-sized gene delivery vectors for targeting the urokinase plasminogen activator receptor

M. Wang, A.D. Miller and M. Thanou

P041 Novel protease responsive nanosensors

K. Welser, W.C. Chan and J. Aylott

P042 Phyto-formation of silver and gold nanoparticles

B.A. Fridley, R.Y.K. Yang and E.H. Cho

P043 Self-assembled Fmoc-peptide scaffolds for 3D culture of human fibroblasts

M. Zhou, R. Ulijn and J. Gough

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