【Master Forum】Nucleic Acid Information Materials
Topic: Nucleic Acid Information Materials
Speaker: Prof. Chunhai Fan
Host: Prof. Benzhong Tang
Date: Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025
Time: 3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Venue: SIN Wai Kin International Conference Centre (W201, Administration Building)
Language: Chinese
DNA is well known to be a genetic molecule with double helix structures. DNA is evolved in nature to follow a simple and precise Watson-Crick pairing rule to encode enormous genetic information in living things. Nevertheless, DNA is not only a carrier of genetic information, but can be regarded a type of molecular information materials. DNA molecules have been exploited as a building block to encode various types of structures that are not present in nature. More recent advances show that nucleic acids-based information materials are increasingly being used for applications including bioimaging, drug delivery and micro-nano fabrication. In this talk I will introduce the use of nucleic acids-based information materials for developing molecular machines and data storage.
Chunhai Fan is a K. C. Wong Chair Professor, New Cornerstone Investigator and Dean in the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), and Executive Dean of the National Center for Translational Medicine. He is a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS academician), a member of the World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, a fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), American Institute of Medical and biological Engineering (AIMBE) and International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE). He is an Associate Editor of JACS-Au, and serves as a Co-Chair on the editorial board of ChemPlusChem and an editorial board member of over 10 journals including Angewadte Chemie, Accounts of Chemical Research and ACS Nano. Dr. Fan has published more than 700 papers in peer-reviewed journals (with ~80, 000 citations and H-index 138), and been recognized as Highly Cited Researchers by Clarivate Analytics since 2014.
