Friday, 3 November 2006: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Hamilton A (Augusta Marriott Hotel and Suites)
Biological Chemistry (6)
Peptide- and protein-based materials: science and engineering (BIOL, POLY, AIChE)
Peptides and proteins represent one of the three major classes of biological macromolecule. The others are polysaccharides and polynucleotides. Peptides and proteins constitute half of the dry mass of any cell. Interesting biomaterials, for example, hair, tendons, and skeletal muscle, are made mostly of these extraordinary polymers. From a chemical point of view, all the different peptides and proteins combined in all creatures past and present are but an infinitesimal fraction of all possible peptide structures. This session will explore some of the ways in which novel peptide- and protein-based materials are being developed at this time.
Sponsor: Artificial Cell Technologies, Inc
Organizers:Donald T. Haynie
Robert F. Standaert
Presider:Robert F. Standaert
8:00 AMWelcoming Remarks
8:15 AMFunctional analogs of isoleucine for peptide and protein engineering
Lasanthi P. Jayathilaka, Michael P. VanBrunt, Robert F. Standaert
8:45 AMProtein engineering methods for investigation of structure-function relationships in protein-based elastomeric materials
Vincent P. Conticello, Wookhyun Kim
9:15 AMDe novo design of responsive peptide hydrogels
Joel P. Schneider
9:45 AMBreak
10:00 AMPeptide bioassays for the detection of copper and paraoxon
Roger M. Leblanc, Chengshan Wang
10:30 AMCell and protein interactions with polyelectrolyte multilayers
Joseph B. Schlenoff, Maroun D. Moussallem, Scott G. Olenych, Thomas C. S. Keller
11:00 AMPolypeptide multilayer nanofilms: science, technology and medicine
Donald T. Haynie

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