Events: August 2012

This talk will feature the description of recent efforts in using Next-Generation sequencing (RNA-Seq) methods in the contect of biomimetic materials engineering. 

Sierin Lim will discuss two protein cages, E2 protein and ferritin, and how they can be engineered to tailor its function as carriers for theputic and diagnostic agents.  

Wyss invited lecturer Metin Sitti from Carnegie Mellon University will present miniature mobile robots with tens or hundreds of micrometer overall sizes and various locomotion capabilities, discuss significant challenges regarding actuation and power sources and propose two alternative approaches to solve the challenges.