Because of the cross-disciplinary nature of the projects, the research groups will work very closely together. A delegation representing the program visited Foresight Institute's office in early August. The main aim is to develop specific diagnostic applications based on fluorescence detection. The applications are in protein analytics and hereditary diseases. Polymer chains will be modified in order to be able to control their behavior.
Important issues are molecular recognition, controlled phase transitions and rheology.
Various manufacturing methods are being studied and developed. One specific task is to develop a sensor based on surface plasmon resonance. Includes atomically-ordered structures. Enabling science and technology, computational models. 7th Int'l Symposium on Molecular Electronics and Biocomputing , Nov. 10-12, Nanjing, PR China.