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[molpigs @molpigs_]

New podcast alert! This episode we talked with Zibo Chen, a new professor at Westlake University about molecular programming across scales and materials, from DNA to proteins, to cellular networks.

https://t.co/OIhZ7uvlcy

[molpigs @molpigs_]

The Molpigs podcast returns! Check out our recent discussion with Prof. Ashwin Gopinath on modes of molecular programming and doing science in the time of AI. Out now on all major feeds, Spotify link here:

https://t.co/OM8Gmc3L6D

[molpigs @molpigs_]

We know it’s been a bit quiet from Molpigs recently, new podcasts are recorded and coming soon!

Any interest in another reading group like our previous one on Ned Seeman’s papers? Vote on the topic you would be most likely to attend, or feel free to comment your interests!

[molpigs @molpigs_]

@str8bucket We don’t! Although Julius Lucks or somebody from his lab is on our “cool podcast guests we’ve never reached out to” list.

[molpigs @molpigs_]

It’s been a bit, but we just recorded a new podcast!

[Kerstin Göpfrich @KGoepfrich]

We all like to make functional structures from DNA origami. Here is a new function by Monari et al. Thanks @monari_luca!

[molpigs @molpigs_]

Our last podcast of the year with @kdunnresearch is out! Find out how she crossed length scales from terahertz spectroscopy to biological nanotechnology and preparing students for the challenges of modern science. Available on all major feeds!

https://t.co/fCx2dOfGSF

[molpigs @molpigs_]

This week is our final “Revisiting the Classics” journal club! Everything in the last 6 weeks has been leading up to this point: Fu and Seeman’s famous 1993 paper “DNA Double Crossover Structures”. Sign up here for either the Tuesday or Thursday sessions:

https://t.co/gTv74WBwUn

[molpigs @molpigs_]

No journal club this week due to the Thanksgiving holiday. This lil piggy suggests pigging out to build up your energy for next week where we will be discussing the final paper in this session (finally, double crossover tiles!)

[The Align Foundation @Align_Bio]

On the most recent episode of the @molpigs_ podcast, @erika_alden_d talked about #bioautomation, #spacescience, and #proteinengineering.

Want to hear about the place of robots in modern laboratories & the feasibility of cloud laboratories in making science more accessible? 🧵⬇️

[molpigs @molpigs_]

Due to conference travel, we’re slightly switching up the hosts for this week. Tuesday will be with @floppleton and Javier, while @Julie_Finkel and @crystalxyz have Thursday.

[molpigs @molpigs_]

This week in the Molpigs journal club we’ll be discussing “Synthetic DNA Knots and Catenanes”, which forms the theoretical basis for the different types of DNA tiles and wireframe structures! Sign up here for either the Tuesday or Thursday group:

https://t.co/0clOoDLK2Y

[molpigs @molpigs_]

Like usual, the Tuesday session will be led by @crystalxyz and @floppleton while the Thursday session will be led by @Julie_Finkel and Javier Cabello García

[molpigs @molpigs_]

For our next journal club, we’re tackling the first experimental paper of this series: “DNA junctions, antijunctions, and mesojunctions”! We’ll be discussing how these experiments led to the development of DNA tiles and beyond. Signup for a session here:

https://t.co/wodhqLvlql

[molpigs @molpigs_]

For this week's journal club we'll be discussing Ned's classic sequence design paper, "De Novo Design of Sequences for Nucleic Acid Structural Engineering" Join @crystalxyz and @floppleton on Tuesday or @Julie_Finkel on Thursday. Signups here:

https://t.co/DTwrptigth

[molpigs @molpigs_]

New podcast alert! On the latest episode of the Molpigs Podcast we talk with @erika_alden_d about her scientific journey and the future of cloud laboratories and bioautomation for developing new biomolecular capabilities.

https://t.co/hMAk76RRCS

[molpigs @molpigs_]

This week in the Molpigs reading group we'll be discussing Ned's 1988 paper, "Physical Models for Exploring DNA Topology". Sign up at the form below for either the Tuesday (with @floppleton and @crystalxyz ) or Thursday (with @Julie_Finkel) session!

https://t.co/vk5owcOjAY

[molpigs @molpigs_]

The Tuesday session will once again be hosted by @crystalxyz and @floppleton and the Thursday session by @Julie_Finkel and Javier Cabello García.

We're changing to a simpler form for signup after some difficulties with Eventbrite last week:

https://t.co/xVWVlj87Qp

[molpigs @molpigs_]

This week in the Molpigs Reading Group we will be continuing our series on classic Ned Seeman papers with his 1987 paper, "A Self-Assembling Molecular-Scale Memory Device!"

The two sessions will be Oct 18th at 19:00 UTC and Oct 20th at 16:00 UTC

Signup link in next tweet!

[Julie Finkel @Julie_Finkel]

Join our reading group « Revisiting the classics » around the work of Ned Seeman!

We’ll start next Thursday by the famous « Nucleic acid junctions and lattices » 🧬