molpigs, The Molecular Programming Interest Group, is an international group of researchers interested in topics such as molecular programming, DNA computing, and other aspects of biomolecular nanotechnology. We host regular podcasts, keep you up to date on goings-on in our newsletter, and run a slack for discussion and fostering collaboration.
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- Week 3: molpigs reading group “Revisiting the Classics”
- Recruiting: A podcast audio editor!
1. Week 3: molpigs reading group “Revisiting the Classics”
The molpigs reading group “revisiting the classics” is inspired by the special panel session at DNA28, ‘A tribute to Ned Seeman’. We heard how Ned’s paper influenced other researchers, and later development of the DNA Nanotechnology field. Prof. Hao Yan commented that there are a lot of foundational knowledge and interesting ideas in Ned’s early papers. We are currently running a reading group to read seven of Ned Seeman’s papers over seven weeks.
On week 3, we are going to discuss “N.C. Seeman, Physical Models for Exploring DNA Topology. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics 5, 997-1004 (1988)”. Please come with thoughts/questions/ideas/whatever in mind, and we will have a gathering and discussion session!
We will have 2 groups. Please pick the one that works for you and register by contacting us.
- Tuesday (Oct 25th 19:00 UTC), led by Boya and Erik.
- Thursday (Oct 27th 16:00 UTC), led by Julie and Javier.
If there is any question about a specific group (content, zoom link, etc.), feel free to contact the organizers leading that group.
Note that seats will be limited so please sign up as soon as you can! If you later realize that you cannot attend after registering, we kindly ask that please modify your answer. Meeting information (e.g. zoom links) will be sent later to attendees.
Below are the papers for these 7 weeks (list suggested by Prof. Hao Yan):
- N.C. Seeman, Nucleic Acid Junctions and Lattices. Journal of Theoretical Biology 99, 237-247 (1982).
- B.H. Robinson and N.C. Seeman, The Design of a Biochip: A Self-Assembling Molecular-Scale Memory Device. Protein Engineering 1, 295-300 (1987).
- N.C. Seeman, Physical Models for Exploring DNA Topology. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics 5, 997-1004 (1988).
- N.C. Seeman, De Novo Design of Sequences for Nucleic Acid Structure Engineering, Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics 8, 573-581 (1990).
- S.M. Du, S. Zhang and N.C. Seeman, DNA Junctions, Antijunctions and Mesojunctions, Biochemistry 31, 10955-10963 (1992).
- N.C. Seeman, J. Chen, S.M. Du, J.E. Mueller, Y. Zhang, T.-J. Fu, H. Wang, Y. Wang, and S. Zhang, Synthetic DNA Knots and Catenanes, New Journal of Chemistry 17, 739-755 (1993).
- T.-J. Fu and N.C. Seeman, DNA Double Crossover Structures, Biochemistry 32, 3211-3220 (1993)
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