DNA Mitteldeutschland 18. 5. 2017 Leibniz IPHT Jena (Beutenberg Campus) 12:00 Thuringian Barbecue 13:00 Opening: Wolfgang Fritzsche (IPHT) Lectures: Hassan Azzazy (Cairo) Gold nanoparticle-based DNA detection approaches Betty Galarreta (Lima) Gold nanostructures aptamer sensors Anne Debarret (Orsay) Nanospectroscopy of nanoparticles Coffee break Short presentations (ca. 10 min each): ca. 14:15 Sophie Tamm (IPHT) DNA manipulation by AFM Caterina Serafinelli (Aquapendente) BPEI functionality gold particles : synthesis, characterization and applications Teresa Tschirner (IZI Leipzig) Higher ordered assembly of tube- like structures induced by nucleation conditions (cont.) Martin Sajfutdinow (IZI Leipzig) Elucidating the assembly of DNA- brick nanostructures by dynamic light scattering Jörg Schnauß (IZI Leipzig) Emergent mechanics of DNA- crosslinked biopolymer hydrogels Christin Möser (IZI Leipzig) - Targeting and activation of receptor protein-tyrosine kinases with DNA-based synthetic antibodies Coffee break Ahmed Sayed (Uni Leipzig) Membrane-spanning DNA Channel With Lipid Domain Selectivity Jingjing Ye (Uni Leipzig) Nano-electronic components built from DNA templates Richard Weichelt (TU Dresden) DNA-molded Heterostructures Shikhar Gupta (cfaed Dresden) Triangulated trusses for biophysical studies Michael Matthies (cfaed Dresden) Crystalization and Gap filling of triagulated structures