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NIH funds Emory center to advance cellular mechanics

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded Dr. Khalid Salaita $5.6 million to establish a national center to advance pioneering technology for cellular mechanics.Continue readingNIH funds Emory center to advance cellular mechanics

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Graduate scholar Yuesong Hu receives NCI F99/K00 Award

Graduate scholar Yuesong Hu (Salaita Group) has received a 2022 Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition (F99/K00) Award for the National Cancer Institute.Continue readingGraduate scholar Yuesong Hu receives NCI F99/K00 Award

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Salaita Group’s computerized DNA motors moving molecular robotics to next level

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Salaita Lab’s computerized, rolling DNA motors move molecular robotics to next level

The Salaita Lab has integrated computer functions into rolling DNA-based motors, opening a new realm of possibilities for miniature, molecular robots, as published in Nature Nanotechnology.Continue readingSalaita Lab’s computerized, rolling DNA motors move molecular robotics to next level

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New approach in quest for cancer vaccines nets Emory chemist a Michelson Prize

Emory chemist Rong Ma received a $150,000 Michelson Prize for her proposal to harness the mechanical processes of cells as a new approach in the long-running quest to develop cancer vaccines.Continue readingNew approach in quest for cancer vaccines nets Emory chemist a Michelson Prize

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Khalid Salaita appointed to distinguished professorship

Khalid Salaita has been named Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Chemistry, one of the highest honors that Emory bestows upon a member of its faculty.Continue readingKhalid Salaita appointed to distinguished professorship

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Alisina Bazrafshan wins mentoring award

Alisinia Bazrafshan is the recipient of the 2021 Eleanor Main Student Mentor Award.Continue readingAlisina Bazrafshan wins mentoring award

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Emory Wheel covers Salaita Group research

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Harnessing Potential: How the Salaita Lab Refines Researchers

Since opening his Emory lab in 2009, Khalid Salaita has used nanotechnology to understand the physical forces that cells exert as they interact with one another. Now, through the power of mentorship, Aaron Blanchard, Joshua Brockman and Victor Ma, have taken knowledge gained from their training in Salaita’s lab to study cancer through the National Cancer…Continue readingHarnessing Potential: How the Salaita Lab Refines Researchers

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October research round up

October 2019 publications from the Emory University Department of Chemistry.Continue readingOctober research round up

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September research round up

September 2019 publications from the Emory University Department of Chemistry.Continue readingSeptember research round up

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DNA ‘origami’ takes flight in emerging field of nano machines

Nanoscale devices made from DNA are opening up a new era in bio-medical research and materials science.Continue readingDNA ‘origami’ takes flight in emerging field of nano machines