Polymeric Recognition of Biological Molecules I

Date: Friday June 20th, 1997
Place: Dibner Library, LC102, Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, NY.

Agenda

Time Event
9:00 am

Opening Remarks PRI Director
Professor Kalle Levon
9:15 am

Professor Victor Kabanov, Moscow State University
"Complexes of DNA with Amphiphilic Cations, in Aqueous and Organic Media"
9:55 am Dr. Franco Ferrari, Protein Polymer Technology
"Synthetically Designed Protein-Polymer Biomaterials
10:35 am Coffee Break
10:45 am Professor Joachim Kohn, Rutgers University
"Applications of Aminoacid Derived Polymers as Biomaterials"
11:25 am Professor Mary Cowman, Polytechnic University
"Self-Recognition in Hyaluronan: Physicochemical and AFM Approaches"
12:10 pm Lunch
1:00 pm Professor Alexander Kabanov, University of Nebraska
"Cationic Block-Copolymers for DNA Delivery"
1:40 pm Dr. K. Ramnarayan, Structural Bioinformatics
"Molecular Dynamics: Application to Elucidation of Protein Surface Based Pharmacophores"
2:20 pm Coffee Break
2:40 pm Professor Igal Szleifer, Purdue University
"Molecular Desing of Surfaces with Tethered Polymers for Biocompatibility and Drug Delivery Systems"
3:20 pm Dr. Joseph Hogan, Arqule Corp.
"A Modular Approach to Polymer Design"
4:00 pm Closing Remarks
Prof. Kalle Levon, Director of Polymer Research Institute



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