User:Despaux

Leo d'Espaux

Graduate Student
Chemical Engineering, MC 210-41
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA 91125-4100
626.395.2753.lab
626.568.8743.fax
despaux@caltech.edu

Education

Ph.D. Student, Chemical Engineering, Caltech , 2005-present

B.S., Chemical Engineering, Cornell , 2005

Research

My research concerns nucleic acids as adaptive gene regulatory elements in mammalian cells. These molecules are able to detect changes in the cellular environment, e.g. cancerous or infected, and act accordingly. Previously I've worked on human genetic evolution, drug delivery, tissue engineering, novel nucleic acids, and macromolecular transport across nuclear pores.

Publications

1. “Controlled assembly of dendrimer like DNA”, Y. Li, Y.D. Tseng, S.Y. Kwon, L. d'Espaux, J.S. Bunch, P.L McEuen, and D. Luo, Nature Materials 3, 38-42, (January, 2004) 2. “Honeycomb-shaped DNA”, L. d’Espaux, and D. Luo, Proceedings of the 18th Annual Cornell Undergraduate Research Board Forum, 69 (March, 2002)