Focus Session: Physics of Biomineralization

Presentations

• Gradual ordering in mollusk shell nacre: theoretical modeling and experimental results

  COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

  March 18, 2013, 2:30 PM – March 18, 2013, 3:06 PM

  Authors

  • Susan N. Coppersmith

    • University of Wisconsin - Madison
    • Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
    • University of Wisconsin

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• Structural and Optical Analysis of the Bio-mineralized Photonic Structures in the Shell of the Blue- Rayed Limpet \textit{Ansates Pellucida}

  ORAL

  March 18, 2013, 3:06 PM – March 18, 2013, 3:18 PM

  Authors

  • Mathias Kolle

    • Harvard University

  • Ling Li

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Stefan Kolle

    • Harvard University

  • James Weaver

    • Harvard University

  • Christine Ortiz

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Joanna Aizenberg

    • Harvard University

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• Time-resolved evolution of short- and long-range order during the transformation of amorphous calcium carbonate to calcite in the sea urchin embryo

  ORAL

  March 18, 2013, 3:18 PM – March 18, 2013, 3:30 PM

  Authors

  • Chantel Tester

    • Northwestern University

  • Ching-Hsuan Wu

    • Northwestern University

  • Minna Krejci

    • Northwestern University

  • Laura Mueller

    • Northwestern University

  • Alex Park

    • Northwestern University

  • Barry Lai

    • Argonne National Laboratory

  • Si Chen

    • Argonne National Laboratory

  • Chengjun Sun

    • Argonne National Laboratory

  • Mahaling Balasubramanian

    • Argonne National Laboratory

  • Derk Joester

    • Northwestern University

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• Reaction-diffusion controlled growth of complex structures

  ORAL

  March 18, 2013, 3:30 PM – March 18, 2013, 3:42 PM

  Authors

  • Willem Noorduin

    • Harvard University, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

  • L. Mahadevan

    • Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
    • Harvard University, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering
    • Harvard University

  • Joanna Aizenberg

    • Harvard University
    • Harvard University, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Department of Chemistry

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• Biomimetic control over size, shape and aggregation in magnetic nanoparticles

  COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

  March 18, 2013, 3:42 PM – March 18, 2013, 4:18 PM

  Authors

  • Nico Sommerdijk

    • Eindhoven University of Technology

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• Understanding the biological stabilization of ferrihydrite and its transformation to magnetite

  ORAL

  March 18, 2013, 4:18 PM – March 18, 2013, 4:30 PM

  Authors

  • Lyle Gordon

    • Northwestern University

  • Derk Joester

    • Northwestern University

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• Probing physical and chemical changes in cortical bone due to osteoporosis and type 2 diabetes by solid-state NMR

  ORAL

  March 18, 2013, 4:30 PM – March 18, 2013, 4:42 PM

  Authors

  • Donghua Zhou

    • Department of Physics, Oklahoma State University

  • Amanda Taylor

    • Department of Physics, Oklahoma State University

  • Beth Rendina

    • Department of Nutritional Sciences, Oklahoma State University

  • Brenda Smith

    • Department of Nutritional Sciences, Oklahoma State University

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• Biomineralization and Biomimetics

  COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

  March 18, 2013, 4:42 PM – March 18, 2013, 5:18 PM

  Authors

  • Joanna Aizenberg

    • Harvard University
    • Harvard University, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Department of Chemistry

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