Science Café - Constructing Nanotechnology with Nature’s Tools
If I don’t get a lift to judo wed. I may go to this event. It sounds a bit creepy.
Science Cafe - Constructing Nanotechnology with Nature’s Tools
Featuring Dr. Maria DeRosa, department of chemistry
DNA may be best known for carrying the genetic blueprint for all living things but recently it has become part of the construction materials in the exciting, but controversial field of nanotechnology. Nanotechnology seeks to make and manipulate useful devices on an extremely small length scale (billionths of a metre). As Nature has been very successful working at this length scale, it makes sense to look to biological building blocks, like DNA, for use in nanotech. In this talk, we’ll look at some of the latest advances in DNA nanotechnology. Come learn how “DNA origami” might revolutionize electronics. How far away are we from useful DNA nanomachines? What concerns about DNA nanotechnology are real and what is just fear-mongering?Event Details
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
06:30 PM - 07:30 PM
Cost:
Free
Free
Location:
Ottawa
Wild Oat Bakery Cafe And Catering
817 Bank Street
K1S3V7Ottawa
