Self-Assembly of Biopolymers: Faraday Discussion 166
Meeting - Bristol, United Kingdom
The field of soft matter has emerged as a coherent subject within the last ten years, and is of increasing relevance to interdisciplinary research at the interface of physical chemistry, physics, materials science and biology. Soft matter by definition includes many types of biological materials, but it is only recently that several exciting new directions have been pursued in this area. Examples include developments in understanding amyloid fibrillization, liposome and polymersome self-assembly, DNA superstructure formation, biopolymer hydrogel self-assembly and how to control this to develop tissue scaffolds, and the control of biopolymer self-assemblies forapplications in biomedicine.
Aims
The meeting will represent a high profile forum for this exciting new field and will foster discussion among the many international research groups working in this diverse field.
Themes
Self-assembly of polymer/protein conjugates or polymer/virus conjugates
DNA condensation using polyelectrolytes
Self-assembly of polymersomes
Self-assembly of carbohydrate/glyco polymer hybrid materials
Organization: Royal Society of Chemistry
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16–18 September 2013
University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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