Start
Feb 20, 2013 - 16:00
End
Feb 20, 2013 - 17:00
Venue
KReSIT Auditorium
Event Type
Speaker
Prof. Matthew Tirrell Director Institute of Molecular Engineering University of Chicago Chicago USA
Title
Protein Analogous Micelles: Versatile Modular Nanoparticles
Peptides are functional modules of protein macromolecules that can be displayed apart from the whole protein to create biofunctional surfaces and interfaces or can be re-assembled in new ways to create synthetic mimics of protein structures. Each of these routes are being employed to gain new insight into protein folding and to develop new functional biomolecular materials. Examples of work from our laboratory in this area using peptide-lipid conjugate molecules (peptide amphiphiles) will be discussed relating to multi-functional surfaces DNA-binding peptide assemblies and protein analogous micelles for cancer and cardiovascular therapeutics.