Dynamics and Control of Biomolecules at UCSC

William B. Dunbar

Assistant Professor
Computer Engineering
Baskin School of Engineering
UC Santa Cruz (Campus Map)
Ph. (831) 459-1031
Fax (831) 459-4829
email: dunbar AT soe.ucsc.edu

The graphic depicts a biological nanopore and DNA (with single and double-stranded segments), captured in the nanopore by voltage control. In this simple configuration, feedback voltage control enables rapid single-molecule manipulation. More: general information, my research.

Recent News:

6/26/08 PhD student Daniel Garalde awarded CBSE Diversity Fellowship sponsored by NHGRI (two years in a row!).

6/20/08 Paper to be presented at the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Conference, Vancouver BC, Aug. 2008, entitled "Feedback control of a DNA molecule tethered in a nanopore to repeatedly probe DNA-binding enzymes."

March - August, 2008 Sabbatical in New Zealand, working with Australo, a company that makes resizable nanopores.

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