- Introduction to Bionanotechnology -

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1 Oxford Nanotechnology Summer School, 2-6 July Introduction to Bionanotechnology - University of Oxford, Ewert House, Summertown OX2 7DD Introduction to Cell Biology and Bionanotechnology Monday 2 July What is bionanotechnology? Challenges and opportunities. Page 1 of 5 Prof. Peter Dobson Introduction to nucleic acids Dr Helen Townley COFFEE Introduction to proteins Dr Helen Townley Proteins, lipids and sugars Dr Mark Wormald LUNCH Cells and their components Miss Cordelia Rampley Mammalian cell culture Mrs Celine Jones Bacterial cell culture Dr Duane Ager TEA Tissue engineering and applications Prof. Zhangfeng Cui Drinks reception at Kellogg College Dr Helen Townley (Oxford Centre for Imaging in Cancer, Department of Engineering Dr Mark Wormald (Oxford Glycobiology Institute, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford) Miss Cordelia Rampley (D.Phil. student in Chemical Environmental Engineering, University of Oxford) Mrs Celine Jones (Nuffield Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Oxford) Dr Duane Ager (Department of Engineering Prof. Zhangfeng Cui (Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Engineering

2 Introduction to Bioanalytical Techniques Tuesday 3 July Techniques for protein analysis Dr Helen Townley Introduction to techniques for DNA analysis Prof. Sir Ed Southern Fluorescence-based single-molecule DNA sequencing Dr Achillefs Kapanidis DNA Microarrays Dr Douglas Hurd - OGT Imaging the science of life optical microscopy in biology Biological Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) of biological systems TEA (equipment demonstrations) Lab tours in Departments of Physics and Chemistry Dr Susan Brooks Dr Louise Hughes Dr Chandra Ramanujan tbc. Dr Helen Townley (Oxford Centre for Imaging in Cancer, Department of Engineering Prof. Sir Edwin Southern (Emeritus Professor of Biochemistry, University of Oxford; Chairman, Chief Scientific Officer of Oxford Gene Technology Limited) Dr Achillefs Kapanidis (Biological Physics, Department of Physics, University of Oxford) Dr Douglas Hurd (Oxford Gene Technology, Begbroke Science Park, Oxfordshire) Dr Susan Brooks (Faculty of Health & Life Sciences, Oxford Brookes University) Dr Louise Hughes (Faculty of Health & Life Sciences, Oxford Brookes University) Dr Chandra Ramanujan (Department of Physics, University of Oxford) Page 2 of 5

3 Applied Genomics and Proteomics Wednesday 4 July Introduction to Proteomics Dr Benjamin Thomas Clinical proteomics: How protein techniques help in evidence based medicine Dr Ross Sadler Protein expression systems Dr Nicola Burgess- Brown Genetic technologies for Sterile Insect Technique DNA sequencing using engineered protein nanopores TEA Dr Luke Alphey OXITEC Prof. Hagan Bayley Forensic DNA analysis Matthew Greenhalgh Cellmark Forensics Discussion and summary Oxford Walking Tour Dr Benjamin Thomas (Central Proteomics Facility, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford) Dr Ross Sadler (Oxford Radcliffe NHS Trust) Dr Nicola Burgess-Brown (Structural Genomics Consortium, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford) Dr Luke Alphey (Oxitec Ltd, Abingdon, Oxfordshire) Prof. Hagan Bayley FRS (Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford) Mr Matthew Greenhalgh (Cellmark Forensic Services, Abingdon, Oxfordshire) Page 3 of 5

4 Nanoparticles, Nanostructures and Biomimetics Thursday 5 July Natural and incidental nanoparticles Prof. Peter Dobson Applications of nanoparticles Dr Barry Park Engineered nanoparticles and their syntheses Dr Josie Goodall Biologically inspired nanostructures introduction to biomimetics Prof. Peter Dobson Biomimetics of photonic nanostructures Prof. Andrew Parker TEA Hydrophobic coatings and their applications Dr Delwyn Evans P2i Spider silk and novel bio-inspired synthetic polymers Dr Chris Holland Discussion and summary Dr Barry Park (Director, GBP Consulting Ltd, and Theme Manager, Chemical and Consumer Products, Nanotechnology Knowledge Transfer Network) Dr Josie Goodall (Department of Chemistry, University College London) Prof. Andrew Parker (Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, London, and Green Templeton College, University of Oxford) Dr Delwyn Evans (P2i, Abingdon, Oxfordshire) Dr Chris Holland (Oxford Silk Group, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford) Page 4 of 5

5 Interaction of Nanomaterials with Biological Systems Friday 6 July Nanoparticle interactions at the cellular level Dr Joshua Rappoport Nanomaterial interactions at a whole organism level Prof. Teresa Fernandes Nanoparticles in medicine Prof. Peter Dobson Nanoparticles and their fate in the environment Environmental risk assessment of nanoparticles Ecotoxicology of silver and zinc nanoparticles to freshwater microbial communities Silver nanoparticles - an example of potential hormesis in C. elegans TEA Nanotechnology and environmental remediation Discussion and summary Prof. Jamie Lead Dr Claus Svendsen Dr Marianne Matzke Dr Bill Tyne Prof. Ian Thompson Dr Joshua Rappoport (Birmingham Advanced Light Microscopy (BALM) Facility, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham) Prof. Teresa Fernandes (School of Life Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh) Prof. Jamie Lead (Director of the Facility for Environmental Nanoscience Analysis and Characterisation (FENAC), School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham) Dr Claus Svendsen (Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, Oxfordshire) Dr Marianne Matzke (Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, Oxfordshire) Dr Bill Tyne (Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, Oxfordshire) Prof. Ian Thompson (Department of Engineering Page 5 of 5