| Monday, November 5, 2007: 8:30 AM-11:00 AM | |||
| Room 259 (Salt Palace Convention Center) | |||
Polymers (08a) | |||
| #12 - Biological Polymers (08A11) | |||
| We welcome experimental and theoretical contributions associated with polymers of biological importance. Examples of relevant systems include proteins, nucleic acids, polysaccharides, actin filaments, and microtubules. Contributions that are focused on understanding biological structure and function using fundamentals of polymer science are of particular interest in this session. | |||
| Chair: | Brandon M. Vogel | ||
| CoChair: | Gerassimos Orkoulas | ||
| 8:30 AM | 12a | Single-Molecule Analysis of 1d Diffusion and Transcription Elongation of T7 RNA Polymerase along Individual Stretched DNA Molecules Ronald G. Larson, Ji Hoon Kim | |
| 8:55 AM | 12b | The Thermodynamics of Single Molecule Stretching of Polysaccharides: Implications for Elastic Tissues Richard G. Haverkamp, A.T. Marshall, M.A.K. Williams | |
| 9:20 AM | 12c | Characterization Of Spider Silk Proteins For Tissue Engineering Applications Patrick A. Johnson | |
| 9:45 AM | 12d | Microscopic Analyses Of Polyelectrolytic Complexes Between Hyaluronan And Chitosan Gregory Rutkowski, John H Brekke | |
| 10:10 AM | 12e | A Novel Pretreatment Technique For Hydrolysis Of Chitin Indira Priya Samayam, Schall Constance A, Sasidhar Varanasi | |
| 10:35 AM | 12f | Functional Nanofibers from Biomaterial Complexes Stephanie T. Sullivan, Sachin Talwar, Saad A. Khan | |
| 11:00 AM | 12g | A Transient Heat Of Water Vapor Sorption Model For Human Skin Santosh Yadav, Stephen W. Thiel, Gerald B. Kasting, Neville G. Pinto | |
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