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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…
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How to Use the Spaghetti-Twist Method to Align DNA

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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…
polymer

DNA Mapping & Nanopore Sequencing: Nanochannel Insights

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Introduction A single DNA molecule snaking its way through an array of cavities. This movie is from one of my later Ph.D. experiments. …
cancer

What Causes Cancer: Bad Luck or Bad Lifestyles?

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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…
DNA

Atomic Positioning with DNA Hinges

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