Place: National Semiconductor, 955 Kifer Road, Santa Clara, CA Building 31
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Web link: www.ieee.org/nano
Talk Abstract:
The complex behaviors and patterns of nano-scale interactions between organic and inorganic materials are among the most difficult to decipher. By taking advantage of the recent advances in computational power and nano-scale chemical processing, Dr. Yamakawa’s team has developed a molecular signaling agent that is based on self-contained Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering. COIN Nanotags, or Composite Organic-Inorganic Nanotags, are the result. This has led to the development of a highly sensitive, high-resolution molecular marker with a signature-encodable shell, which could be used in identifying or observing specific target bio-molecular species in experimental samples.
Speaker Biography:
Dr. Mineo Yamakawa is a Staff Research Scientist in the Biomedical & Life Sciences R&D Division of the newly formed Digital Health Group at Intel Corporation. Previously he was part of the Microsystem (MEMS) Group. He received his BS in Applied Physics from Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan and his Ph.D. in Physiology and Biophysics from the University of Oklahoma, Health Sciences Center. During his early research years at the University of Pennsylvania and University of Vermont in 1980s, he pioneered and published in broadly interdisciplinary research areas, involving molecular genetics, protein/biochemical kinetics, in vivo physiology, and digital signal processing. Among his society memberships are included the American Chemical Society, American Physical Society, and the IEEE.