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Seminar Series
December 5 , 2008 11AM, 110 Cummington Street, Room 245 |
Dr. Seung-Wuk Lee Making viruses work for us Host Program: Division of Materials Engineering |
| Abstract: A fundamental challenge in bio-nanoscience is to identify an active building block that can perform highly selective functions with remarkable precision based on specific recognition, programmable self-assembly, and non-toxic biocompatibility. In my seminar, I will introduce emerging multidisciplinary research concepts which use genetically engineered viruses to build various electronic and medical materials. I will demonstrate examples of information-based nanoscience and nanomaterials, which exploit the unique biological advantages from viruses, such as evolution, specific recognition, self-replication as well as self-assembly. Using this concept, I will elucidate our novel approaches to investigate the complex bone regeneration process in nature. In addition, I will introduce how to regenerate the hard and soft tissue using genetically engineered viruses as a novel tissue scaffold. |
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