Merg lab receives an NSF LEAPS-MPS award on developing coiled coil peptide tiles! News: September 18, 2023
2D Crystal Engineering of Nanosheets Assembled from Helical Peptide Building Blocks Publication: Journal Article Merg, Andrea D., Gavin Touponse, Eric van Genderen, Xiaobing Zuo, Alisina Bazrafshan, Thorsten Blum, Spencer Hughes, Khalid Salaita, Jan Pieter Abrahams, and Vincent P. Conticello. 2019. “2D Crystal Engineering of Nanosheets Assembled from Helical Peptide Building Blocks”. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 58 (38): 13507-12.
Adjusting the Metrics of 1-D Helical Gold Nanoparticle Superstructures Using Multivalent Peptide Conjugates Publication: Journal Article Merg, Andrea D., Joseph Slocik, Martin G. Blaber, George C. Schatz, and Nathaniel L. Rosi. 2015. “Adjusting the Metrics of 1-D Helical Gold Nanoparticle Superstructures Using Multivalent Peptide Conjugates”. Langmuir 31: 9492-9501.
Yumie and Nayeli were awarded fellowships through the UC LEADS and CAMP programs, respectively! Congrats Yumie and Nayeli! News: February 17, 2022
Emil Samson Person: Graduate Student B.S. Chemistry - University of California, Irvine Year Joined: 2021 esamson2@ucmerced.edu
Diliveya Enwaya Person: Undergraduate Student Year Joined: 2021 Research Project: DNA nanoimprinting/collagen assembly
Kunle wins UC Merced's Grad Slam competition! He will represent UCM at the Grad Slam finals in Sacramento! Way to go Kunle! News: March 12, 2025