Harvard:Biophysics 242r/2011:Schedule
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Course meetings are on Mondays and Wednesdays in CLSB521 from 100 pm to 230 pm, with immediately following optional project sessions from 230 pm to 330 pm; these optional sessions will commence on Wednesday, February 2.
| Date | Presenter(s) | Topic |
| Monday, January 24 (Session 1) | William Shih | Course Overview, midterm projects, biomolecular nano primitives |
| Wednesday, January 26 (Session 2) | John Sadowski | software demo: nanoEngineer for biomolecular visualization
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| Monday, January 31 (Session 3) | William Shih | Origami and large structures |
CANCELLED Wednesday, February 2 |
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| Monday, February 7 (Session 4) Special location: NRB335 |
Dave Zhang | DNA base-pairing biophysics and informational circuits |
| Wednesday, February 9 (Session 5) | William Shih | software demo: caDNAno for DNA-origami design
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| Monday, February 14 (Session 6) | Peng Yin | Dynamic DNA nanomachines |
| Wednesday, February 16 (Session 7) | Adam Marblestone | software demo: NuPack for sequence analysis and design
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| Monday, February 21 | no class meeting (President's Day)
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| Wednesday, February 23 (Session 8) | Vatsan Raman | Computational Protein Design |
| Monday, February 28 (Session 9) | Vatsan Raman | software demo: FoldIt and Rosetta Protein Design
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| Wednesday, March 2 (Session 10) | students | Midterm Presentations we may start early and end late; stay tuned for updates
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| Monday, March 7 | no class meeting (Biophysical Society Meeting)
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| Wednesday, March 9 | no class meeting (Biophysical Society Meeting)
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| Monday, March 14 | no class meeting (Spring Break)
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| Wednesday, March 16 | no class meeting (Spring Break)
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| Monday, March 21 (Session 11) | Peng Yin | Applications of DNA/RNA nanotechnology |
| Wednesday, March 23 (Session 12) | Adam Marblestone/Tom Schaus | Methods for nanoscale-device characterization/ software demo: Nucleic-acid kinetic simulation
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| Monday, March 28 (Session 13) | Joanna Aizenberg | Sea sponges: A textbook in materials physics |
| Wednesday, March 30 (Session 14) | Milan Stojanovic | 1. Designs and Evolutions of Chemical Noses
2. Molecular Computing based on Nucleic Acid Catalysts |
| Monday, April 4 (Session 15) | Feng Zhang | Engineering DNA-binding proteins: zinc fingers versus Tal |
| Wednesday, April 6 (Session 16) | Shawn Douglas | software demo: caDNAno v2 for DNA-origami design
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| Monday, April 11 (Session 17) | Neel Joshi | Peptide and protein self-assembly with a focus on rational design of new assembly modes (Note: core staff away at FNANO Meeting) |
| Wednesday, April 13 (Session 18) | George Church | Hybrid electronic-biochemical systems |
| Monday, April 18 (Session 19) | L. Mahadevan | Multistable macromolecular assemblies |
| Wednesday, April 20 (Session 20) | George Church | Minimal in vitro replicating systems |
| Monday, April 25 (Session 21) | William Shih | Directed molecular evolution |
| Wednesday, April 27 (Session 22) | Peng Yin | Outlook: opportunities and challenges |
| Monday, May 2 (Session 23) | students | Final Presentations |
