18/06/2020
Designing Nanostructures with RNA
Hello there! It’s Néstor Sampedro writing again from Aarhus, Denmark. I am part of the Andersen lab in which we are designing novel RNA molecules for biotechnological applications. Nanostructures m…
08/06/2020
A Work From Home PhD
Hey guys! How’s it going, mate? The weird flex is cause I was supposed to be in Dublin right now downing a pint of Guinness at Temple Bar, instead, I here I am writing this from my ‘home off…
03/06/2020
Artificial Genes Design
In this post for our Online Science Exhibition, PhD student Aitor Patiño from Francesco Ricci’s lab at UNITOV, exhibits the process of designing artificial genes.
28/05/2020
Check out this cool simulation tool, which was just published by one of our collaborators.
Simple and accessible analysis and iterative design of DNA and RNA nanostructure simulation
Analysing coarse-grained simulations of DNA and RNA nanostructures is now much easier. With the new oxView tool published by the Šulc lab, oxDNA simulations are now more accessible to experimental …
11/05/2020
On Tuesday 19 May 2020, PhD student Jane Nguyen will defend her PhD thesis entitled "Exploring the Potential of Modified Oligonucleotides". The defence will take place online at 2pm.
07/05/2020
Online Science Exhibition no. 6
In this post for our Online Science Exhibition, PhD student Minke Nijenhuis from the Gothelf lab at Aarhus University, illustrates (by hand) some of the equipment of a DNA-Robotics laboratory.
23/04/2020
Online Science Exhibition no. 5
In this post for our online science exhibition, Karol Kolataj from Tim Liedl’s group at LMU Munich presents two images that illustrates how it is possible to control color. You will find more…
16/04/2020
Functional DNA Nanotechnology
Hello dear reader, this is Aitor Patiño again, writing from Rome. This time, I’ll write about science for a change from my previous post, more specifically, about what we do in the lab I work at (w…
14/04/2020
QUALIFYING EXAM:
Next Thursday 23 April, PhD student Angel Santorelli is having his qualifying exam at 14.15. The title of his project is "Synthesis of Light-Mediated Molecular Actuators for Dynamic DNA". The exam is held online.
20/03/2020
Let’s talk about colors!
We all know colors, they are everywhere, they define concepts. Trees? Green. Sky? Blue. Fire? Orange. We can also play and have fun with colors by painting. Colors give us the tools to be creative,…
18/03/2020
Online Science Exhibition no. 4
In this post for our online science exhibition, Quentin Vicentini from ATDbio (headed by Tom Brown Jr) presents six images that will take you through the process of oligonucleotide synthesis.