Biological
systems and soft materials:
Future
directions in statistical physics
A symposium on the interface of statistical
physics, biology, and chemistry
Department of Physics, Virginia Tech
March 6 and 7, 2004
Invited talk:
Ching-Hwa Kiang
Departments of Bioengineering and Physics and
Astronomy,
DNA-based nanostructures
DNA,
RNA, and proteins function in Nature in cells within a complex environment of
interacting molecules. The collective
behavior of these molecules is, therefore, of central importance to
understanding biomolecular interactions. This talk will focus on using DNA-based nanostructures
to study complex biomolecular interactions. Aggregation
of DNA-coated nanogold networks will be used as a fundamental
probe of DNA interactions.