Presenters Shelley Wickham, University of Sydney Dr Shelley Wickham is an ARC DECRA Fellow, Westpac Research Fellow and Senior Lecturer in the Schools of Chemistry and Physics at the University of Sydney. She earned both her Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in the School of Physics at the University of Sydney, working on… Continue reading Shelley Wickham | Programmable Blood Clotting
Presenter Allison Duettmann, Foresight Institute Allison Duettmann is the president and CEO of Foresight Institute. She directs the Intelligent Cooperation, Molecular Machines, Biotech & Health Extension, Neurotech, and Space Groups, Fellowships, Prizes, and Tech Trees. She shares Foresight’s work with the public, for instance at the Wall Street Journal, SXSW, O’Reilly AI, WEF, The Partnership… Continue reading Allison Duettmann, President of Foresight Institute | Presentations: Closing Remarks
Presenter Erik Drexler, Cofounder of Foresight Institute Dr. Drexler is widely known for his seminal studies of advanced nanosystems and scalable atomically precise manufacturing (APM), a prospective technology using arrays of nanoscale devices to guide chemically-reactive molecular encounters, thereby structuring matter from the bottom up. His 1981 paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy… Continue reading Erik Drexler, Cofounder of Foresight Institute | MSEP: What, Why, and How?
Presenters Tyler Ross, researcher at Caltech Postdoctoral Researcher at Caltech in DNA Nanotech Matteo Guareschi, grad student at Caltech Graduate Student in Bioengineering at Caltech Summary: Tyler Ross, researcher at Caltech and Matteo Guareschi, grad student at Caltech are engineering molecular motors to respond to light. The motors cluster together when light is shined on… Continue reading Controlling the Motion of DNA Gliders
Presenters Oleg Gang, Columbia University and Brookhaven National Laboratory Oleg Gang explores the behavior of soft and biomolecular systems and develops novel nanomaterial fabrication strategies based on self-organization. His research interests cover nanoparticle assembly and functionality, polymers and biopolymers, hybrid systems built from bioderived and nanoscale components, liquids, and colloidal phenomena. To probe materials in… Continue reading Oleg Gang, Columbia University | Platform for 3D Manufacturing
Presenters Andrew Turberfield, University of Oxford Professor of Biological Physics. We work with synthetic biomolecular nanostructures built by self-assembly. Nucleic acid nanostructures are atomically precise and dynamically reconfigurable: by designing synthetic strands of DNA or RNA we can create autonomous molecular systems that sense, compute and actuate. We are developing the physics and technology of… Continue reading Molecular Additive Manufacturing
Presenter Erik Poppleton, Researcher at Arizona State University Multidisciplinary scientist with a PhD in Biological Design from Arizona State University. Currently working on RNA modeling projects at Max Planck Medical Research. Focused on developing software that helps researchers do their best work. Experienced in both theoretical and experimental lab work, inspired by biology’s structural beauty.… Continue reading Erik Poppleton, Researcher at Arizona State University | Building an Integrated Software Environment for DNA/RNA Design
Presenter Christian Schafmeister, Professor at Temple University Professor at Temple University. Interests: Development of macromolecules capable of acting as catalysts, new therapies and channels… Summary: Christian Schafmeister, Professor at Temple University, is interested in building molecules that can do what proteins can do but that can be designed by humans. It’s difficult to construct… Continue reading Christian Schafmeister, Professor at Temple University | Atomically Precise Catalysts
Presenters William Shih, Harvard University William is overseeing an effort to apply Synthetic Biology approaches to the development of self-assembling DNA nanostructures and devices for use in biomedical applications. In addition to carrying genetic information, DNA is increasingly being explored for its use as a building material. This new process is called DNA origami because… Continue reading Tyler Ross | Self-driving Gliders for Programmable Routing of Microscopic Cargo
Presenters Hein-Pieter van Braam, Prehensile Tales Founder and CEO of Prehensile Tales B.V. and Ramatak Inc. I have a wide range of interests, the line between professional and personal interests is very blurry for me. I enjoy programming ‘system level’ programs, mostly things that users of computers don’t directly interact with. I also enjoy building… Continue reading MSEP
