ITR/RC: Self-Assembly of DNA Nano-Scale Structures for Computation

Report thru Dec 31, 2002

(1) Participants:

(1.1)Principal Investigators:

PI: John H. Reif (leader of research project)

Title: Professor

Surface address: D223 LSRC, Duke Univ., Durham, NC 27708-0129

Phone number: 919-660-6568

Fax number: 919-660-6519

Email address: reif@cs.duke.edu

Homepage URL: www.cs.duke.edu/~reif/HomePage.html

Papers in DNA Nanostructures: http://www.cs.duke.edu/~reif/vita/topics/biomolecular.html

Project URL: http://www.cs.duke.edu/~reif/BMC

Project Report URL: http://www.cs.duke.edu/~reif/BMC/reports/NSF.NANO.ITR.report/NSF.NANO.ITR.report.html

Natasha Jonoska

Title: Associate Professor

Surface address: Department of Mathematics, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Av., PHY 114, Tampa Fl, 33620-5700

Phone number: 813-974-9566

Fax number: 813-974-2700

Email address: jonoska@math.usf.edu

Homepage URL: www.math.usf.edu/~jonoska

Project URL: http://www.math.usf.edu/~jonoska/bio-comp

Nadrian C. Seeman

Title: Professor

Surface address: Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York, NY 10003

Phone number: 212-998-8395

Fax number: 212-260-7905

Email address: ned.seeman@nyu.edu

Homepage URL: http://seemanlab4.chem.nyu.edu/

Project URL: http://seemanlab4.chem.nyu.edu/nanotech.html

(1.2) Collaborating Scientists: Research Assistant Professors:

Thom LaBean

Title: Research Assistant Professor

Surface address: D230 LSRC, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708-0129

Phone number: 919-660-6553

Fax number: 919-660-6519

Email address: thl@cs.duke.edu

Homepage URL: www.cs.duke.edu/~thl

Hao Yan

Title: Research Assistant Professor

Surface address: D230 LSRC, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708-0129

Phone number: 919-660-6553

Fax number: 919-660-6519

Email address: hy1@cs.duke.edu

Homepage URL: http://www.cs.duke.edu/~hy1

Training and Development

The PI and subcontract PIs have trained numerous Postdoctoral Assistants in the techniques of DNA nanotechnology and DNA-based computation. These people are among the few individuals in the world possessing these skills. We expect that they will be successful in using these methods in their future careers.

(1.3) Postdoctoral Assistants:

Duke Postdoctoral Assistants supervised by John Reif:

Xiaoju Guan (jointly supervised with Hao Yan), 2003-current

Sang Jung Ahn (jointly supervised with Thom LaBean), 2003- current

Dage Liu, Research Associate http://www.cs.duke.edu/~liu , 2002- current

Prior Duke Postdoctoral Assistants:

Hao Yan, 2001-2002 (currently Research Assistant Professor, CS Dept, Duke University www.cs.duke.edu/~thl/)

Thom LaBean, 1998-2001 (currently Research Assistant Professor, CS Dept, Duke University http://www.cs.duke.edu/~hy1/)

NYU Postdoctoral Assistants supervised:

Lisa Wenzler Savin

Yariv Pinto

(1.4) Graduate students: