DNA origami box in Nature

Wednesday, 06 May 2009 20:25

The DNA 'origami' method was extended into 3D to create an addressable DNA box on the nanometre scale that can be opened by externally supplied DNA 'keys'. The study appeared online at Nature, May 6, 2009: [Paper] [Podcast]

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New single molecule study of hnRNP A1 interaction with telomere DNA G-quadruplex structures

Kasper Jahn has won the EliteForsk travel award amounting to 250.000 DKK for his research on the application of DNA self-assembly chemistry for bringing together proteins and metal particles at the nano-scale.
Read the news here (in danish)

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.

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