NANO-BIOMATERIALS

Academic year
2021/2022 Syllabus of previous years
Official course title
NANO-BIOMATERIALS
Course code
CM1314 (AF:335143 AR:175274)
Modality
On campus classes
ECTS credits
6
Degree level
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)
Educational sector code
BIO/10
Period
1st Semester
Course year
2
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This course is intended to provide basic and intermediate knowledge on the fabrication and characterization of nano-biomaterials, focusing on DNA-based nanomaterials.
At the end of the course, students are expected to know how to design simple three-dimensional nano-objects made of DNA, how to model their shapes, and how to encode such structures into the nucleobase squence of DNA strands.
An intermediate-to-advanced understanding of the biochemistry of nucleic acids is required.
1- BIOPOLYMERS FOR SELF-ASSEMBLY:

PROTEINS
DNA (ssDNA, dsDNA, TRIPLEX, QUADRUPLEX,HAIRPIN, TILING, Y-SHAPED DNA, TWEEZERS, CATENANES)
RNA


2- COMPOSITE NANOBIOMATERIALS:

SURFACE MODIFICATION OF NANOPARTICLES
CHEMICAL FUNCTIONALIZATION OF CARBON-BASED NANOMATERIALS
SURFACE ADSORPTION OF MOLECULES
NANOPORES LOADING


3- PROPERTIES AND APPLICATIONS OF NANOBIOMATERIALS:

MULTIFUNCTIONALITY
MAGNETIC DRIVEABILITY
PHOTO-THERMAL CONVERSION
LSPR
CHIROPLASMONICS
TARGETED DELIVERY
THERANOSTICS


4- SMART NANOBIOMATERIALS:

RECONFIGURABLE MATTER
PROGRAMMABLE MATTER
STIMULI-RESPONSIVE MATTER


5- CASE STUDY:

DNA ORIGAMI
LEGO-LIKE DNA
DNA BOX


6- COMPUTER-ASSISTED MODELING

DNA AND RNA SECONDARY STRUCTURES (NUPACK)
DNA ORIGAMI SEQUENCE DESIGN (CadNano)
3D REPRESENTATION OF ORIGAMI STRUCTURES (CanDo)
Lecture notes and scientific papers provided during lectures.
Oral exam as reported in the exam calendar.
Contents will be presented via lectures. Students will attend a bioinformatics laboratory where they will model a DNA origami structure and produce the strands necessary to fabricate the nanostructure.
English
oral
Definitive programme.
Last update of the programme: 27/09/2021