overview of lab research
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F. z. Overview of lab research. 1. P ROTEIN M ECHANICS – from single molecules to materials Relating sequence and structure to mechanical function Structural proteins: collagen and elastin “Made to order” and harvested from cells Characterized with optical tweezers - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Overview of lab research1. PROTEIN MECHANICS – from single molecules to materials• Relating sequence and structure to mechanical function• Structural proteins: collagen and elastin
“Made to order” and harvested from cells• Characterized with optical tweezersMolecular blueprint for viscoelasticity
2. MOLECULAR MOTORS• Designing and experimentally characterizing novel protein-based motors• Monte Carlo simulations of molecular motors
Collagen triple helix
Lab members
Marjan ShayeganChemistry PhD student
MSc, SharifMicrorheology of collagen
Naghmeh RezaeiPhysics PhD student
BSc, TehranCollagen stretching
Andrew WieczorekResearch associate
MSc, UBCCollagen characterization
and modification
Laleh SamiiPhysics PhD student
MSc, SharifMolecular motors
experiments and simulation
Martin ZuckermannCollaborator
Molecular motors simulations
MOLECULAR MOTORS
PROTEIN MECHANICS
Mike KirknessBiophysics BSc student
Construction of centrifuge force microscope
Nancy Fordeaka “da boss”