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Genetically Engineered Materials
Science Engineering Center
NSF-MRSEC at the
University of Washington
MOLECULAR BIOMIMETICS Synthesis, Assembly and
Fabrication of Molecular Materials for Technology
and Medicine Using Genetically Engineered
Solid-Binding Peptides

• The life in organisms is due to the specific
  molecular interactions of proteins, called
  molecular recognition, that leads to a
  self-assembly and a large diversity of functions
  in biology
• Emulating biology, in Molecular Biomimetics,
  GEMSEC is developing novel protocols towards
  materials and systems based on proteins,
  engineered in our labs
• GEPI, Genetically engineered peptides for
  inorganics, are as building blocks synthesizers,
  erectors, and assemblers, in forming functional
  molecular materials for implementation in a broad
  range of fields from nanotechnology to molecular
  medicine.
• Molecular Biomimetics, through this MRSEC, is an
  emerging multidisciplinary research area

Supported by NSF via GEMSEC, MRSEC at UW
(DMR-0520567).
For more information, visit the Genetically
Engineered Materials Science and Engineering
Center at http//depts.washington.edu/gemsec/