Session: Genetically Designed Molecular Materials


NANO		Sunday, March 22, 2009

1:00 PM-3:55 PM Salt Palace Convention Center -- 260, Oral
Genetically Designed Molecular Materials
Peptide Binding, Kinetics and Assembly
Sponsored by:	NANO
Cosponsored by:	BIOL and MEDI
Organizers:	Mehmet Sarikaya Candan Tamerler
1:00 PM		Introductory Remarks
1:05 PM	2	Biohesion: Coupling synthetic and biological entities using genetically engineered peptides Mehmet Sarikaya, Candan Tamerler
1:35 PM	3	Modeling binding affinity at peptide-surface interfaces: The role of mutations Tiffany R. Walsh, Rebecca Notman, Adam A. Skelton, Taining Liang, Susana M. Tomasio
2:05 PM	4	Mechanisms and dynamics of protein clustering on a solid surface Paul Mulheran
2:35 PM	5	Mobility of inorganic binding peptides on solid surfaces Christopher R. So, Hakim Meskine, Candan Tamerler, Paul Mulheran, Mehmet Sarikaya
2:55 PM	6	Chemical dynamics of protein adsorption and desorption on regulated surfaces in aqueous solutions Nagahiro Saito, Junko Hieda, Osamu Takai
3:25 PM	7	Biointerfacial aspects of mussel adhesive proteins and their biomimetic analogs Phillip B. Messersmith

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