Tag Archive for: DNA

Knotted DNA in Extensional Flow: Coil–Stretch and Untying
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Macromolecules
Paper overview
A joint computational-experimental paper that I worked on was just published in MacroLetters, a journal that covers all…

How to Use the Spaghetti-Twist Method to Align DNA
Twirling DNA Around a Rotating Wire
A new paper from a group of Canadian physicists has demonstrated how simply twirling a wire through a solution of…

DNA Mapping & Nanopore Sequencing: Nanochannel Insights
Introduction
A single DNA molecule snaking its way through an array of cavities. This movie is from one of my later Ph.D. experiments.
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What Causes Cancer: Bad Luck or Bad Lifestyles?
What causes cancer?
For the most part, cancer is a disease that arises from mutations in the body that accumulate over time. These mutations knock…

Atomic Positioning with DNA Hinges
I was perusing the Nature Nanotechnology website today when I came across an interesting article by Funke and Dietz, called "Placing molecules with Bohr…
