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SUMMARY:Artificial Cells and Cellular Bionics - Prof. Oscar Ces\, Departme
 nt of Chemistry\, Imperial College London
DTSTART:20191204T103000Z
DTEND:20191204T113000Z
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CONTACT:Dr Georg Krainer
DESCRIPTION:This talk will outline novel strategies for biomembrane engine
 ering that are capable of fabricating vesicles\, multisomes and artificial
  cells/tissues on demand. These platforms are being used to construct comp
 lex multi-compartment artificial cells where the contents and connectivity
  of each compartment can be controlled. These compartments are separated b
 y biological functional membranes that can facilitate transport between th
 e compartments themselves and between the compartments and external enviro
 nment. These technologies have enabled us to engineer multi-step enzymatic
  signalling cascades into the cells leading to in-situ chemical synthesis 
 and systems that are capable of sensing and responding to their environmen
 t. The talk will also highlight recent work in our group in the field of c
 ellular bionics where we are manufacturing artificial cell-real cell hybri
 d systems where the combined ensemble performs user defined functions.
LOCATION:Department of Chemistry\, Cambridge\, Unilever lecture theatre
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