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SUMMARY:MOLECULAR STRUCTURES AND MACHINERY FROM DNA:  SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY FR
 OM THE BOTTOM UP - Andrew Turberfield\, University of Oxford
DTSTART:20150128T141500Z
DTEND:20150128T151500Z
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CONTACT:Lucy Colwell
DESCRIPTION:DNA is not only a wonderful material for nanoscale constructio
 n\, its hybridization or hydrolysis can be used to provide energy for synt
 hetic molecular machinery. With DNA it is possible to design and build thr
 ee-dimensional scaffolds\, to attach molecular components to them with sub
 -nanometre precision – and then to make them move. I shall describe our 
 work on assembly pathways\, on autonomous\, biomimetic molecular motors po
 wered by chemical fuels and the use of synthetic molecular machinery to co
 ntrol covalent chemical synthesis. I shall also discuss the use of kinesin
  motor proteins to power synthetic devices. 
LOCATION:Department of Chemistry\, Cambridge\, Pfizer lecture theatre
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