Topic: Bio-Nanotechnology

See below for the full programme for the Bio-Nanotechnology sessions.

Session: Bio-Nanotechnology (i) - Monday 2 July (am)

Keynote
Christof M Niemeyer 
University of Dortmund, Germany

Novel methods for bulk preparation of anisotropic colloids and dipolar Janus microparticles 
V N Paunov*, O J Cayre, H A Wege and O D Velev
University of Hull, UK

Nanoengineering of particle surfaces in suspension via tri-phasic reverse emulsion for effective DNA hybridisation
Tapas Sen* and Ian J Bruce
University of Kent, UK

Highly branched poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide): synthesis and applications in the life sciences
Steven Carter, John Haycock, Sally Hopkins, Sheila Macneil, Stephen Rimmer*, Ramune Rutkaite and Linda Swanson
University of Sheffield, UK

Revealing intramolecular gene product modification by AFM of single molecules
Andrew N Round*, Terence J McMaster and Mervyn J Miles
University of Bristol, UK

Analytical transmission electron microscopy of mineralised tissues
V Jantou*, D McComb and M Horton
Imperial College London, UK

Session: Bio-Nanotechnology (ii) - Monday 2 July (pm)

Keynote 
Darrin J Pochan 
University of Delaware, USA

Rapid zeptomolar protease detection using peptide-functionalised gold nanoparticles
A Laromaine*, L Koh, M Murugesan, R V Ulijn and M M Stevens
Imperial College London, UK

Understanding the molecular structure of Fmoc-peptide gels
A M Smith*, V Jayawarna, R J Williams, R Collins, P Coppo, S J Eichhorn, A F Miller, A Saiani and R V Ulijn
University of Manchester, UK

Towards a molecular level understanding of peptide-mineral interactions: a computational and experimental study
Siddharth V Patwardhan*, Rajesh N Naik and Carole C Perry
Nottingham Trent University, UK

Oxidation-responsive nanocarriers and inflammation targeting
P Carampin, V Khutoryanskiy and N Tirelli*
University of Manchester, UK

Molecularly imprinted multi-layer core-shell nanoparticles via surface grafting
Natalia Perez-Moral and Andrew G Mayes*
University of East Anglia, UK

A real-time study of the reversible supramolecular assembly of functionalized nanoparticles onto and from molecular printboards
Xing Yi Ling*, Laurent Malaquin, David N Reinhoudt, Heiko Wolf and Jurriaan Huskens
University of Twente, The Netherlands

Plant viral building blocks for the construction of functional arrays
Nicole F Steinmetz*, George P Lomonossoff and David J Evans
John Innes Centre, UK