DNA-Based Nanotechnology: Digital Chemistry

Workshop: 5 - 9 May 2014

Scientific Coordinators:
Michael Mertig (Technische Universität Dresden, Germany & Kurt-Schwabe-Institut für Mess- und Sensortechnik e.V. Meinsberg, Germany)
Clemens Richert (Universität Stuttgart, Germany)
Hao Yan (Arizona State University, USA)

Organisation:
Katrin Lantsch (Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme Dresden, Germany)

The announcement's pdf-file

DNA nanotechnology has been seen as a fast evolving field in recent years. As an information coding polymer, DNA provides a unique and programmable route to build a digital chemistry molecular toolsets to achieve bio-inspired functional nanostructures with a precision and complexity not reachable by current lithographic techniques. The meeting will summarize the enormous progress in this rapidly growing cross-disciplinary field.

Topics to be discussed are
· structural DNA nanotechnology
· DNA-templated hybrid structures
· DNA-directed chemical structures
· visualization of single-molecule DNA reactions
· properties of DNA structures and DNA-based hybrids
· DNA mechanics
· molecular photonics
· light-harvesting systems
· sensor applications
· in-vivo applications of DNA structures
· DNA-based chemistry
· inspiring related fields and methods

The list of invited speakers:
Mark Bathe (MIT, USA)
Sebastien Bidault (Institut Langevin, Paris, France)
Cees Dekker (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)
Hendrik Dietz (Technische Universität München, Germany)
Bogdan Dragnea (Indiana University, Bloomington, USA)
Andrew Ellington (The University of Texas at Austin, USA)
Gerhard Fettweis (Technische Universität Dresden, Germany)
Oleg Gang (Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA)
Ashwin Gopinath (Caltech, USA)
Kurt V. Gothelf (Aarhus University, Denmark)
Frank Jülicher (Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems Dresden, Germany)
Yonggang Ke (Harvard University, USA)
Yamuna Krishnan (NCBS, Bangalore, India)
Tim Liedl (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany)
Chenxiang Lin (Yale University, USA)
Yan Liu (Arizona State University, USA)
Timothy K. Lu (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
Dan Luo (Cornell University, USA)
Chengde Mao (Purdue University, USA)
Christof Niemeyer (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany)
Ulrich Rant (Dynamic Biosensors GmbH, Germany)
Yannick Rondelez (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Thorsten Schmidt (Technische Universität Dresden, Germany)
Ned Seeman (New York University, USA)
Ralf Seidel (Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany)
Friedrich C. Simmel (Technische Universität München, Germany)
Hiroshi Sugiyama (Kyoto University, Japan)
Philip Tinnefeld (Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany)
Andrew Turberfield (Oxford University, UK)
Christina Wege (Universität Stuttgart, Germany)
Itamar Willner (The Hebrew University, Israel)
Peng Yin (Harvard Medical School, USA)

Applications for participation and oral or poster contributions are welcome and should be made by using the application form on the event's web page. The number of attendees is limited. The registration fee for the event is 120 EUR and should be paid by all participants. Costs for accommodation and meals will be covered by the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems. Limited funding is available to partially cover travel expenses. Please note that childcare is available upon request.

Applications received before 28th February 2014 are considered preferentially.

For further information please e-mail to:
dnatec14pks.mpg.de