●  Title : Protein Analogous Micelles: Versatile, Modular

            Nanoparticles for Controlling Biological Interactions

●  Speaker : Prof. Matthew Tirrell

                 Arnold and Barbara Silverman Professor and Chair

                 Department of Bioengineering

                 University of California, Berkeley

●  Date/Time : 5 pm September 3, 2009

●  Place : Rhee Taikyu Seminar Room(2124), Dept. of Chemistry B/D

●  abstract
Peptides are functional modules of protein macromolecules that can be displayed apart from the whole protein to create biofunctional surfaces and interfaces, or can be re-assembled in new ways to create synthetic mimics of protein structures. Each of these routes are being employed to gain new insight into protein folding and to develop new, functional, biomolecular materials. Examples of work from our laboratory in this area using peptide-lipid conjugate molecules (peptide amphiphiles) will be discussed relating to DNA-binding peptide assemblies, cancer and cardiovascular therapeutics, synthetic vaccines and matrices for regenerative medicine.

●  Curriculum Vitae : http://www.chemengr.ucsb.edu/~ceweb/faculty/tirrell/resume.htm