by be-webmaster | Aug 6, 2014 | News
By Tim Stevens, UCSC Public Information A group led by Mark Akeson, professor of biomolecular engineering at UC Santa Cruz, will receive $2.29 million over three years from the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) to support the team’s work on novel...
by be-webmaster | Feb 17, 2012 | News
By Tim Stevens, UCSC Public Information For more than 15 years, researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have been developing technology to analyze DNA strands as they pass through a tiny pore in a membrane, called a “nanopore” because it...
by be-webmaster | Jun 1, 2011 | News
By Vicki Bolam Christopher Lam took full advantage of the opportunities UCSC offers in some of engineering’s most challenging and innovative fields. That included hands-on nanotechnology experience as an undergraduate researcher in Professor Mark Akeson’s...
by be-webmaster | Oct 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
By Tim Stephens, Public Information Office The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) has awarded a $1.1 million grant to researchers in the Jack Baskin School of Engineering at UC Santa Cruz to support their work on nanopore technology for analyzing DNA....
by be-webmaster | Mar 4, 2007 | Publications
We present a method for rapid measurement of DNA-protein interactions using voltage-driven threading of single DNA molecules through a protein nanopore. Electrical force applied to individual ssDNA-exonuclease I complexes pulls the two molecules apart, while ion...