{"64438":{"#nid":"64438","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Induction of Cellular Responses by Nanoscopic Environments","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EG.N. Bisanar Frontiers of Science Seminar\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOur approach to engineer cellular environments is based on self-organizing spatial positioning of single signaling molecules attached to inorganic or polymeric supports, which offers the highest spatial resolution with respect to the position of single signaling molecules. This approach allows tuning cellular material with respect to its most relevant properties, i.e., viscoelasticity, peptide composition, nanotopography and spatial nanopatterning of signaling molecule. Such materials are defined as \u201cnano-digital materials\u201d since they enable the counting of individual signaling molecules, separated by a biologically inert background. Within these materials, the regulation of cellular responses is based on a biologically inert background which does not trigger any cell activation, which is then patterned with specific signaling molecules such as peptide ligands in well defined nanoscopic geometries. This approach is very powerful, since it enables the testing of cellular responses to individual, specific signaling molecules and their spatial ordering. Detailed consideration is also given to the fact that protein clusters such as those found at focal adhesion sites represent, to a large extent, hierarchically-organized cooperativity among various proteins. Moreover, \u201cnano-digital supports\u201d such as those described herein are clearly capable of involvement in such dynamic cellular processes as protein ordering at the cell\u2019s periphery which in turn leads to programming cell responses.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EG.N. Bisanar Frontiers of Science Seminar\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJoachim P. Spatz, PhD - Max-Planck-Institute for Metals Research, University of Heidelberg\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Induction of Cellular Responses by Nanoscopic Environments\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Joachim P. Spatz, PhD - Max-Planck-Institute for Metals Research, University of Heidelberg"}],"uid":"27195","created_gmt":"2011-02-22 13:09:52","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:54:18","author":"Colly Mitchell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2011-02-25T11:15:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2011-02-25T12:15:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2011-02-25T12:15:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2011-02-25 16:15:00","gmt_time_end":"2011-02-25 17:15:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2011-02-25 17:15:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.pci.uni-heidelberg.de\/bpc\/biophysik.html","title":"Spatz Lab"}],"groups":[{"id":"1292","name":"Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"12014","name":"Induction of Cellular Responses by Nanoscopic Environments"},{"id":"12013","name":"Joachim Spatz"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJennifer Curtis\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}