AVS 46th International Symposium
    Biomaterial Interfaces Group Wednesday Sessions

Session BI-WeA
Biology at the Nanoscale

Wednesday, October 27, 1999, 2:00 pm, Room 613/614
Moderator: H.G. Craighead, Cornell University


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2:00pm BI-WeA1 Invited Paper
Forces and Mechanisms of Self-Assembly: Non-Equilibrium and Transient Effects
J.N. Israelachvili, University of California, Santa Barbara
2:40pm BI-WeA3
Pulling Protein Networks in 2D
G. Baneyx, V. Vogel, University of Washington
3:00pm BI-WeA4
Separation of Long DNA in a Microfabricated Channel with Submicron Constrictions
J. Han, H.G. Craighead, Cornell University
3:20pm BI-WeA5
Engineered Nanostructures to Control Microtubule Motion Along Kinesin Tracks
J.S. Clemmens, J.R. Dennis, J. Howard, V. Vogel, University of Washington
3:40pm BI-WeA6
Force and Compliance Spectroscopy of Single Peptide Molecule
M.A. Lantz, S.P. Jarvis, H. Tokumoto, JRCAT, Japan, T. Martynski, T. Kusumi, C. Nakamura, J. Miyake, NAIR, Japan
4:00pm BI-WeA7 Invited Paper
Single Molecule Force Spectroscopy by AFM, Nanomechanics Meets Molecular Biology
K. Tolksdorf, M. Grandbois, M. Rief, H. Clausen-Schaumann, H.E. Gaub, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
4:40pm BI-WeA9
Characterization of Antibody-Antigen Interaction Forces With Magnetic Tweezers
S. Metzger, Geocenters, M. Stevens, Naval Research Laboratory, G. Sagvolden, University of Oslo, Norway, C. Yanavich, Nova Research, M. Natesan, GeoCenters, G.U. Lee, Naval Research Laboratory
5:00pm BI-WeA10
Probing the Nano-environments of Peptides on Solid Surfaces by Advanced Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry
T. Schenkel, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, K.J. Wu, Charles Evans & Associates, A.V. Barnes, M.W. Newman, J.W. McDonald, A.V. Hamza, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory