[phas-dept] FW: Physics and Astronomy Colloquium on Thursday
Heungman Park
Heungman.Park at tamuc.edu
Tue Jan 24 10:57:43 CST 2017
Spring 2017 Colloquium
Department of Physics & Astronomy
Jan. 26, Thursday, 4-5 PM in Science Building 127
(coffee and cookies served at 3:50pm)
All students currently enrolled in Physics 401 and 501 are required to attend all colloquia
Biophysics:
Molecular Motors – A Different Kind of Transport
Prof. Winfried Teizer
Texas A&M University – College Station
Dr. Winfried Teizer earned Vordiplom (1991) and Diplom (1997) degrees in Physics at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany, a M.S. degree (1995) in Physics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a Ph.D. degree (1998) in Physics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. His Ph.D. research topic with Bob Hallock was on carbon nanotube. He worked as a post-doc with Bob Dynes at the University of Califonia, San Diego. In 2001, Dr. Teizer began his appointment as an Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University – College Station, where he is currently doing research in biophysics and nanophysics. More information about Prof. Winfried Teizer and his research can be found at
https://physics.tamu.edu/people/teizer/
Abstract:
Nature has generated sophisticated and complex molecular motors, employed for nanoscale transport at the intracellular level. As a complementary tool to nanofluidics, these motors have been envisioned for nanotechnological devices. In order to pave the way for such applications, a thorough understanding of the mechanisms governing these motors is needed. Because of the complexity of their in-vivo functions, this understanding is best acquired in-vitro, where functional parameters can independently be controlled. I will report on work that studies and harnesses the transport properties of molecular motors on functionalized structures of reduced dimensionality, such as carbon nanotubes, lithographically designed electrodes, microwires and loops. In addition, I will show recent results that demonstrate the use of molecular motors in investigating neurodegenerative diseases and the dynamics of cluster formation in active elements.
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