Biopolymers: Molecules, Solutions, Networks, and Gels

Presentations

• Sub-nm porous membrane based on cyclic peptide nanotubes

  ORAL

  Feb. 29, 2012, 8:00 AM – Feb. 29, 2012, 8:12 AM

  Authors

  • Chen Zhang

    • University of California at Berkeley

  • Rami Hourani

    • University of California at Berkeley

  • Changyi Li

    • University of California at Berkeley

  • Brett Helms

    • The Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Ting Xu

    • UC Berkeley
    • University of California at Berkeley
    • University of California, Berkeley

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• Gel-on-Brush Model of Airway Surface of the Lung: its Predictive Role in Chronic Pulmonary Disease

  ORAL

  Feb. 29, 2012, 8:12 AM – Feb. 29, 2012, 8:24 AM

  Authors

  • Liheng Cai

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  • Brian Button

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  • Camille Ehre

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  • Richard Boucher

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  • Michael Rubinstein

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    • University of North Carolina

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• Experimental and Computational Analysis of Structural and Mechanical Properties of Fibrin Gels

  ORAL

  Feb. 29, 2012, 8:24 AM – Feb. 29, 2012, 8:36 AM

  Authors

  • Oleg Kim

    • Department of Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics, University of Notre Dame, IN

  • Zhiliang Xu

    • Department of Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics, University of Notre Dame, IN

  • Alisa Wolberg

    • Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina, USA

  • Elliot Rosen

    • Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, USA

  • Mark Alber

    • University of Notre Dame
    • Department of Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics, University of Notre Dame
    • Department of Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics, University of Notre Dame, IN.

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• Block copolymer self-assembly for the responsive reinforcement of injectable protein hydrogels

  ORAL

  Feb. 29, 2012, 8:36 AM – Feb. 29, 2012, 8:48 AM

  Authors

  • M.J. Glassman

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • S. Li

    • California Institute of Technology

  • J. Chan

    • California Institute of Technology

  • B.D. Olsen

    • M.I.T
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • MIT

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• Electrophoresis of DNA-protein conjugates: hydrodynamic end effects and electrostatic interactions

  ORAL

  Feb. 29, 2012, 8:48 AM – Feb. 29, 2012, 9:00 AM

  Authors

  • Mykyta V. Chubynsky

    • Department of Physics, University of Ottawa, Canada

  • Gary W. Slater

    • Department of Physics, University of Ottawa, Canada

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• The local dynamics of unfolded versus folded tRNA in comparison to synthetic polyelectrolytes and the role of electrostatic interactions

  ORAL

  Feb. 29, 2012, 9:00 AM – Feb. 29, 2012, 9:12 AM

  Authors

  • Joon Ho Roh

    • University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University

  • Madhusudan Tyagi

    • NIST Center for Neutron Research and University of Maryland
    • National Institute of Standards and Technology

  • Robert M. Briber

    • University of Maryland
    • Department of Materials and Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA

  • Sarah A. Woodson

    • Johns Hopkins University

  • Alexei Sokolov

    • Chemical Sciences Division, ORNL and Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
    • Oak Ridge National Lab
    • Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee
    • University of Tennessee

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• Physical Structure of Methylcellulose Hydrogels

  ORAL

  Feb. 29, 2012, 9:12 AM – Feb. 29, 2012, 9:24 AM

  Authors

  • Joseph Lott

    • University of Minnesota

  • John McAllister

    • University of Minnesota

  • Sara Arvidson

    • University of Minnesota

  • Frank Bates

    • University of Minnesota

  • Timothy Lodge

    • Deparment of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Twin City
    • University of Minnesota
    • Department of Chemistry and Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota

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• Mesoscopic Simulations of Free Solution Electrophoresis of Polyelectrolytes with Finite Debye Length

  ORAL

  Feb. 29, 2012, 9:24 AM – Feb. 29, 2012, 9:36 AM

  Authors

  • Gary Slater

    • University of Ottawa

  • Owen Hickey

    • University of Ottawa

  • Tyler Shendruk

    • University of Ottawa

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• Interfacial adsorption and aggregation of amphiphilic proteins

  ORAL

  Feb. 29, 2012, 9:36 AM – Feb. 29, 2012, 9:48 AM

  Authors

  • David Cheung

    • University of Warwick

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• Viscoelastic and poroelastic relaxations of polymer-loaded gels

  ORAL

  Feb. 29, 2012, 9:48 AM – Feb. 29, 2012, 10:00 AM

  Authors

  • Edwin Chan

    • National Institute of Standards and Technology

  • Blessing Deeyaa

    • University of Maryland

  • Peter Johnson

    • National Institute of Standards and Technology

  • Christopher Stafford

    • National Institute of Standards and Technology

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• Mechanical Characterization of Photo-crosslinkable Hydrogels with AFM

  ORAL

  Feb. 29, 2012, 10:00 AM – Feb. 29, 2012, 10:12 AM

  Authors

  • Alyssa McKenna

    • Mount Holyoke College

  • Myunghwan Byun

    • Polymer Science and Engineering Department, University of Massachusetts Amherst
    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

  • Ryan Hayward

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst
    • Polymer Science and Engineering Department, University of Massachusetts Amherst
    • University of Massachusetts
    • UMass - Amherst Polymer Science and Engineering
    • University of Massachusetts Amhesrt
    • Polymer Science and Engineering Department at UMass-Amherst
    • University of Massachusetts - Amherst
    • Polymer Science and Engineering Department at University of Massachusetts Amherst

  • Katherine Aidala

    • Mount Holyoke College
    • Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA 01075

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• Tough hydrogels from hydrophobically associating polymers

  ORAL

  Feb. 29, 2012, 10:12 AM – Feb. 29, 2012, 10:24 AM

  Authors

  • Robert Weiss

    • University of Akron

  • Jinkun Hao

    • University of Akron

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• Characterization of the Interfacial Adhesion for Responsive Hydrogels on Substrates

  ORAL

  Feb. 29, 2012, 10:24 AM – Feb. 29, 2012, 10:36 AM

  Authors

  • Chandler Benjamin

    • University of Wisconsin-Madison

  • John Springmann

    • University of Wisconsin-Madison

  • Shahzad Chindhy

    • University of Wisconsin-Madison

  • Wendy Crone

    • University of Wisconsin-Madison

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• Resilient Synthetic PEG/PDMS Hydrogels Inspired by Natural Resilin

  ORAL

  Feb. 29, 2012, 10:36 AM – Feb. 29, 2012, 10:48 AM

  Authors

  • Jun Cui

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

  • Melissa Lackey

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

  • Gregory Tew

    • University of Massachusetts Amherst

  • Alfred J. Crosby

    • Polymer Science \& Engineering. University of Massachusetts Amherst
    • University of Massachusetts Amhesrt
    • University of Massachusetts Amherst
    • University of Massachusetts, Amherst
    • University of Massachusetts - Amherst

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• pH-dependent and pH-independent self-assembling behavior of surfactant-like peptides

  ORAL

  Feb. 29, 2012, 10:48 AM – Feb. 29, 2012, 11:00 AM

  Authors

  • Leonid Gurevich

    • Aalborg University

  • Peter Fojan

    • Aalborg University

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