| The ability to “see” single biomolecules with laser microscopy has led to a revolution in research opportunities for chemistry, physics and molecular biology. |
| Join us for LIVE@Frost Science on Thursday, March 30, as Dr. David J. Nesbitt of JILA, University of Colorado, will present A Brief Stroll through the World of Single Molecule Microscopy: How to Study Biology, One Molecule at a Time. Dr. Nesbitt will begin his presentation with interactive experiments that illustrate the science of cooking and involve hands-on audience participation.
After the demonstrations, this talk will include a few stories on how we can use modern laboratory techniques to measure the folding of DNA, RNA in real time. This folding is what allows long strands of DNA and RNA to fit inside our cells. Dr. Nesbitt will discuss the effect of heating and cooling or adding other compounds on the folding of DNA and RNA, and why this is important. These stories reveal the development of simple physical pictures that help us interpret, explain and potentially influence the process of DNA and RNA folding at the single molecule level.
Admission is complimentary. Tickets are limited to four per transaction. Program will take place inside the Power of Science exhibition in the Ocean Gallery. |
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| Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Program starts promptly at 7:00 p.m. Seating is first-come, first-served.
Admission to the event does not include museum admission. Museum exhibitions close at 6:00 p.m. Onsite parking is available in the museum garage for $8 flat rate starting at 6:00 p.m. Member parking discount does not apply. |
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About the Speaker: Dr. David Nesbitt
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| Professor David Nesbitt is a fellow of JILA, a physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a Full Professor in both the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and in the Department of Physics at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Dr. Nesbitt received his BA in Chemistry and Physics from Harvard University in 1975 and his PhD in Chemical Physics from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1981. He is interested in laser spectroscopy, dynamics, and kinetics of fundamental molecular, bio-molecular, and nanoparticle systems, studied at either the quantum state-to-state or single molecule level. |
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