Professor David Deamer and his collaborators have developed a nanopore device that captures single nucleic acid molecules and analyzes their structure, dynamic motion and base sequences.
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Lipids as universal biomarkers of extraterrestrial life.
Published in International Journal of Astrobiology
In 1965, James Lovelock published a general statement, based on thermodynamic chemical equilibrium principles, about how to detect extant or extinct life on a planet other than Earth. Nearly 50 years later, it is possible to make such measurements with robotic missions such as current and future Mars rovers, and probes to sample icy plumes of Encel...
Water chains in lipid bilayers.
Published in Biophysical Journal
Lamellar and hexagonal lipid phases visualized by freeze-etching.
Published in Biochimica et Biophysica Acta