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 AMSingle-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 AMThe Thermodynamics of Single Molecule Stretching of Polysaccharides: Implications for Elastic Tissues
Richard G. Haverkamp, A.T. Marshall, M.A.K. Williams
9:20 AMCharacterization Of Spider Silk Proteins For Tissue Engineering Applications
Patrick A. Johnson
9:45 AMMicroscopic Analyses Of Polyelectrolytic Complexes Between Hyaluronan And Chitosan
Gregory Rutkowski, John H Brekke
10:10 AMA Novel Pretreatment Technique For Hydrolysis Of Chitin
Indira Priya Samayam, Schall Constance A, Sasidhar Varanasi
10:35 AMFunctional Nanofibers from Biomaterial Complexes
Stephanie T. Sullivan, Sachin Talwar, Saad A. Khan
11:00 AMA 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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