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Symposium Scope & Objectives
DNA and RNA nanotechnology concerns the unconventional design of artificial nucleic acid materials beyond their function as genetic information carriers in cells. It harnesses the unique programmable properties of nucleic molecules to create unprecedented nanoscale structures and devices with applications across a wide range of disciplines including chemistry, physics, engineering, computer science, mathematics, biology, electronics and photonics. Nucleic acid nanotechnology offers the ability to design and manipulate matter with high precision at the molecular, nano and microscopic scales, enabling many areas, including: DNA origami architectures, plasmonic nanoassemblies, DNA robots, DNA computing, biosensing, drug delivery and RNA therapies and mRNA vaccines.
This symposium is motivated to provide a platform to showcase state-of-the-art progress as well as address future challenges and opportunities for collaborative work with other disciplines in nanotechnology and nanomedicine.
Key Topics include
- Structural DNA nanotechnology including DNA origami
- Functional and dynamic DNA nanostructures
- DNA-based self-assembly of nanomaterials
- DNA-based nanocomposites, nanoparticles, nanocrystalline materials, and nanoclusters
- DNA-based hydrogels and liquids
- DNA-based nanodevices and molecular machines
- DNA nanomaterials for bioapplications in medicine, diagnostics, and drug delivery
- DNA-based logic gates
- Computational DNA nanotechnology
- DNA-based information processing and storage
- RNA aptamers
- mRNA vaccines and lipid nano particle formulations
- RNA therapeutics
- Hybrid DNA-RNA molecular computing
Target Audience
This symposium will appeal to researchers, engineers, and industry professionals working in biomolecular nanotechnology, self-assembly, materials science, nanomedicine, diagnostics and sensing. The session aims to foster interdisciplinary discussions on the future of DNA and RNA nanotechnologies and their real-world impact.
