Dolphins from the University of Aarhus logo constructed in DNA

Dolphins from the University of Aarhus logo constructed in DNA

Thursday, 11 September 2008 01:00

In a new article in the ACS NANO journal iNANO researchers describe the design of DNA-dolphins from the University of Aarhus logo. The novel DNA structures are characterized by Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) and shown to have flexible tails. The study involves the development of new software to design DNA-nanostructures of any shape and is expected to advance the field of DNA nanotechnology.

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The SARSE - DNA origami package version 1.0 was released on the CDNA website (see intro page). The package makes it really easy to design complex DNA nanostructures. The package has a nice tutorial that goes through the steps involved in creating the logo of the University of Aarhus in DNA (see tutorial).

Ebbe S Andersen and colleagues introduce their ACS nano paper about a software program for designing DNA origami structures and the characterization of DNA dolphins with flexible tails. The full article may be found at this DOI.