Advanced Topics: Molecular Computing (CPS296.5)

Meeting Times: Wednesday and Friday 9:00-10:15 am
D240 Levine Science Research Center(LSRC Building)

Office Hours: Monday 9:00-10:15 am
D230 Levine Science Research Center(LSRC Building)

TOPICS COVERED

• Introduction to Biopolymer Structure (Nucleic acid and protein models, MAGE)
• Methods: Molecular biology, chemistry, microscopy (AFM, TEM, SEM, STM, etc.)
• DNA-Based Computing. Principles and Historic Development
• DNA-Based Nanofabrication. Self-Assembling DNA Tilings as Structural Templates
• Molecular Electronics
• BioChips -- Surface Based Chemistry (DNA and Protein Chips)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• Course Synopsis and Grading Criteria
• Lecture Schedule
• Instructor's Home Page

SOME ONLINE COURSE MATERIALS

• Review of DNA & RNA computing
• Review of DNA self-assembly and nanofabrication
• Mage molecular graphics software homepage
• Intro to scanning probe microscopy
• Intro to scanning tunneling microscopy
• Computation by DNA tiling self-assembly
• TX DNA tiles and lattices
• A DNA fueled machine
• MacroScale self-assembly study
• Review of molecular electronics