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Nanotechnology

Nanobiotechnology

News and Updates

Projects and Programs

Microfluidic diffusive chemostat

Measurements for minimal cells

Ongoing
Minimal cells are cells whose genome has been stripped of all but those genes essential for replication, in a process called "genome minimization." NIST and collaborators demonstrated genome minimization coupled to single cell imaging as a powerful approach to investigate the minimal genetic
molecular physiology illustration

Molecular Physiology

Ongoing
In close collaboration with experimentalists, we are seeking to increase the resolution, scope, and throughput of single-biomolecule and ensemble techniques, such as nanopore-based biomolecular analysis, ultrafast vibrational spectroscopy, and FRET, among others. These developments rely heavily on
Schematic showing DNA origami in a laser beam

DNA Origami for Precise Manufacturing of Nanoscale Structures

Completed
The base pairing of adenine to thymine and guanine to cytosine to form DNA provides a robust molecular recognition scheme that can be used to create a wide variety of well-ordered nanostructures. DNA origami, which uses a long scaffold strand folded together by specific sets of short staple strands

Publications

Toward an International Standardisation Roadmap for Nanomedicine

Author(s)
Bryant C. Nelson, Gerrit Borchard, Luigi Calzolai, Fanny Caputo, Georges Favres, Fisicaro Fisicaro, Emeric Frejafon, Nazende Günday-Türeli, Denis Koltsov, Caterina Minelli, François-Xavier Ouf, Jérémie Parot, Adriele Prina Mello, Shan Zou
The French National Measurement Institute (LNE) has initiated a series of events to identify priorities for test methods and their harmonisation that directly

Tools and Instruments