Membrane protein synthesis in cell-free systems: From bio-mimetic systems to bio-membranes

Bio-Mimetic Sensors Based on Molecularly Imprinted Membranes

An important challenge for scientific research is the production of artificial systems able to mimic the recognition mechanisms occurring at the molecular level in living systems. A valid contribution in this direction resulted from the development of molecular imprinting. By means of this technology, selective molecular recognition sites are introduced in a polymer, thus conferring it bio-mime...

Bio-systems as Self-organizing Quantum Systems

Part III: Integrated Bio-Systems

Our paper analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of a subfield of industrial ecology called integrated bio-systems (IBS). Consistent with the principles of industrial ecology, the goal of an IBS is to reduce pollution by transforming linear material flows into closed, cyclical processes that produce value-added product. The presence of large, concentrated quantities of compost, generated as a re...

Bio-algorithms and Med-systems

The number of known natural protein sequences, though quite large, is infinitely small as compared to the number of proteins theoretically possible with the twenty natural amino acids. Thus, there exists a huge number of protein sequences which have never been observed in nature, the so called “never born proteins”. The study of the structural and functional properties of "never born proteins" ...

Bio-algorithms and Med-systems

Contemporary pharmacology in its quest for more relevant and effective drugs needs to examine large range of biological structures to identify biological active compounds. We consider large grid environment the only platform to face such a computational challenge. In our project, the search is focused on peptide-like molecules containing about 70 amino acids in a single polypeptide chain. The l...