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  • May
    12

    MSE Colloquium: Peng Yin

    Department of Materials Science and Engineering

    4:00 PM L361 Technological Institute

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    The Department of Materials Science and Engineering welcomes you to its 2015 Spring Colloquium Series.

    Speaker: Peng Yin, Harvard University
    Location: Tech L361, 4:00pm

    “Molecular programming with DNA/RNA–
    I will discuss my lab's research on engineering digitally programmable DNA/RNA nanostructures and their applications in imaging, sensing, and nanofabrication.

    We recently invented a general framework for programming the self-assembly of short synthetic nucleic acid strands into prescribed target shapes or demonstrating their prescribed dynamic behavior. Using short DNA strands, we demonstrated the modular construction of sophisticated nanostructures. Using reconfigurable DNA hairpins, we demonstrated diverse, dynamic behavior.

    By interfacing these nucleic acid nanostructures with functional modules, we are introducing digital programmability into diverse applications. (1) Barcoding and imaging life with DNA. Using programmable fluorescent DNA probes, we developed a highly multiplexed (10×), precisely quantitative (>90% precision), and ultra-high resolution (sub-5 nm) optical imaging method. (2) Probing and programming life with DNA/RNA. We constructed unprecedented robust and ultra-specific DNA probes for detecting single base changes in a single-stranded DNA/RNA target. We developed RNA nano-devices as de-novo-designed synthetic gene regulators with unprecedented wide dynamic range and orthogonality, and demonstrated their utility in living cells and on paper-based in vitro systems. (3) DNA-directed nano-foundries. We developed diverse strategies for producing inorganic materials with arbitrarily prescribed 2D (e.g. using graphene, silicon dioxides and 3D shapes (e.g. using silver, gold).

    See his lab's work at http://molecular-systems.net.

    Biography: Peng Yin is an Associate Professor of Systems Biology at Harvard Medical School and a Core Faculty Member at Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University. He directs the Molecular Systems Lab at Harvard. His research interests lie at the interface of information science, molecular engineering, and biology. The current focus is to engineer information directed self-assembly of nucleic acid (DNA/RNA) structures and devices, and to exploit such systems to do useful molecular work. Such de novo designed systems are composed of small synthetic DNA/RNA monomers capable of conditional configuration change and can be programmed to self-assemble, move, and compute. They can serve as programmable controllers for the spatial and temporal arrangements of diverse functional molecules (e.g. fluorophores, proteins), with a wide range of applications in nano-fabrication, imaging, sensing, diagnostics, and therapeutics.
    He is a recipient of a 2010 NIH Director's New Innovator Award, a 2011 NSF CAREER Award, a 2011 DARPA Young Faculty Award, a 2011 ONR Young Investigator Program Award, a 2013 NIH Director's Transformative Research Award, a 2013 NSF Expedition in Computing Award, a 2014 ACS Synthetic Biology Young Investigator Award, and a 2014 Finalist for Blavatnik National Award for Young Scientists.

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    TIME Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

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  • Apr
    29

    MSE Resource Center Open Lab Sessions

    Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MatSci)

    10:00 AM 2036, Cook Hall

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    TIME Monday, April 29, 2024 at 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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    CONTACT Wade Tischhauser    wade@northwestern.edu EMAIL

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  • May
    2

    MSE Resource Center Open Lab Sessions

    Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MatSci)

    10:00 AM 2036, Cook Hall

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    TIME Thursday, May 2, 2024 at 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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  • May
    6

    MSE Resource Center Open Lab Sessions

    Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MatSci)

    10:00 AM 2036, Cook Hall

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    TIME Monday, May 6, 2024 at 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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  • May
    8

    Extending Care: A Conversation about Conservation and Futurity

    Block Museum of Art

    6:00 PM Block Museum of Art, Mary and Leigh

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    TIME Wednesday, May 8, 2024 at 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

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  • May
    9

    MSE Resource Center Open Lab Sessions

    Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MatSci)

    10:00 AM 2036, Cook Hall

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    TIME Thursday, May 9, 2024 at 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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  • May
    13

    MSE Resource Center Open Lab Sessions

    Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MatSci)

    10:00 AM 2036, Cook Hall

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    TIME Monday, May 13, 2024 at 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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  • May
    16

    MSE Resource Center Open Lab Sessions

    Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MatSci)

    10:00 AM 2036, Cook Hall

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    TIME Thursday, May 16, 2024 at 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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  • May
    20

    MSE Resource Center Open Lab Sessions

    Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MatSci)

    10:00 AM 2036, Cook Hall

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    TIME Monday, May 20, 2024 at 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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  • May
    23

    MSE Resource Center Open Lab Sessions

    Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MatSci)

    10:00 AM 2036, Cook Hall

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    TIME Thursday, May 23, 2024 at 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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  • May
    27

    MSE Resource Center Open Lab Sessions

    Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MatSci)

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    TIME Monday, May 27, 2024 at 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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  • May
    30

    MSE Resource Center Open Lab Sessions

    Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MatSci)

    10:00 AM 2036, Cook Hall

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    TIME Thursday, May 30, 2024 at 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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  • Jun
    10

    Northwestern Engineering PhD Hooding and Master's Degree Recognition Ceremony

    McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

    9:00 AM Welsh-Ryan Arena

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    TIME Monday, June 10, 2024 at 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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    CONTACT Amy Pokrass    amy.pokrass@northwestern.edu EMAIL

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  • Jun
    10

    Northwestern Engineering Undergraduate Convocation

    McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

    2:00 PM Welsh-Ryan Arena

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    TIME Monday, June 10, 2024 at 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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