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Development of biochemical sensors using nanotechnologies and synthesis and recycling of biomolecular materials for space applications. The primary targets of this research area are developing multifunctional proteins and next-generation biochemical sensors. Multifunctional proteins enable autophagous, or self-consuming, structures that mimic small birds that consume their own muscles during long migrations. The muscular structure is rebuilt at the end of the “mission,” or migration. The biochemical sensors are based on stochastic, or one-at-a-time, detection of molecules and supramolecular structures ranging from small ions and organic molecules to macromolecules — including proteins and DNA — to larger objects, such as virus particles. Single nanopore-based stochastic sensors will be developed based on carbon nanotubes and genetically engineered transmembrane proteins. Research goals
Team Leader: (click name for contact info) Allison
C. Rice-Ficht Team Members: (click name for contact info) Malcolm
J. Andrews Jade
Q. Clement Richard
M. Crooks Ramesh
Govindarajan Olufisayo
Jejelowo
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Biomaterials
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