Session D9: Methods in Nanobiotechnology

2:30 PM–5:30 PM, Monday, March 13, 2006
Baltimore Convention Center Room: 301

Sponsoring Unit: DBP
Chair: Ido Braslavsky, Ohio University

Abstract ID: BAPS.2006.MAR.D9.2

Abstract: D9.00002 : Single Molecule Dynamics of Polymers Confined in Nanochannels

3:06 PM–3:42 PM

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Author:

  Robert Austin
    (Princeton University)

I will review our work on the conformational dynamics of polymers, in particular genomic length DNA molecules, in nanochannels whose diameter is less than the persistence length of the polymer. I will discuss how these dynamics give some insight into how nanochannels can be used for the next generation of single molecule mapping/sequencing techniques.

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