Algorithmic Self-Assembly

Posted on September 2, 2008  Comments (2)

Paul Rothemund, scientist at Cal Tech, provides a interesting look at DNA folding and DNA based algorithmic self-assembly. In the talk he shows the promise ahead for using biological building blocks using DNA origami — to create tiny machines that assemble themselves from a set of instructions.

Algorithmic Self-Assembly of DNA Sierpinski Triangles, PLoS paper.

I posted a few months ago about how you can participate in the protein folding, with the Protein Folding Game.

Related: Viruses and What is Life – DNA Seen Through the Eyes of a Coder – Synthesizing a Genome from Scratch – Evidence of Short DNA Segment Self Assembly – Scientists discover new class of RNA

2 Responses to “Algorithmic Self-Assembly”

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