179th iCeMS Seminar: Prof. Stephen Mann FRS

The design and construction of compartmentalized chemical ensembles for modelling complex biological systems, exploring the origin of life, and advancing future living technologies is attracting considerable interest in a wide range of research communities. In this talk, I will review some recent experiments undertaken in my laboratory that provide steps towards synthetic cellularity using bioinspired chemistry principles and techniques. I will discuss four new protocell models based on; (i) nanoparticle self-assembly (colloidosomes), (ii) interfacial assembly of protein-polymer nanoconjugates (proteinosomes), (iii) micro-droplet formation (coacervation), and hybrids of the above. I will use these new model systems to discuss pathways towards chemical cognition, modulated reactivity and basic cellularity in compartmentalized artificial micro-ensembles.

Lecturer
Prof Stephen Mann FRS
Director, Centre for Organized Matter Chemistry and Centre for Protolife Research
University of Bristol
Title In search of protolife: the advent of synthetic cellularity in chemical systems
Date / Time Wed 5 November 2014 / 11:00-12:30
Venue 2nd Floor Seminar Room (#A207), iCeMS Main Building (#77), Kyoto University
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Host Kyoto University Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (WPI-iCeMS)
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