Prof. Merg and Anthony presented at the GRC-Chemistry and Biology of Peptides last week in Oxnard! Able to connect with many wonderful scientists in the field of peptide synthesis! News: November 07, 2022
A new ACS project SEED student has joined the lab for the summer! Welcome Caitlynn! News: June 05, 2023
The Merg lab welcomes Amanda to the group! She is a new Ph.D. student working on coiled coil peptides! News: June 17, 2024
Seeded Heteroepitaxial Growth of Crystallizable Collagen Triple Helices: Engineering Multifunctional Two-Dimensional Core-Shell Nanostructures Publication: Journal Article Merg, Andrea D., Eric van Genderen, Alisina Bazrafshan, Hanquan Su, Xiaobing Zuo, Gavin Touponse, Thorsten B. Blum, Khalid Salaita, Jan Pieter Abrahams, and Vincent P. Conticello. 2019. “Seeded Heteroepitaxial Growth of Crystallizable Collagen Triple Helices: Engineering Multifunctional Two-Dimensional Core-Shell Nanostructures”. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 141 (51): 20107-17.
Triblock peptide-oligonucleotide chimeras (POCs): programmable biomolecules for the assembly of morphologically tunable and responsive hybrid materials Publication: Journal Article Merg, Andrea D., Ryan V. Thaner, Soumitra Mokashi-Punekar, SonBinh T. Nguyen, and Nathaniel L. Rosi. 2017. “Triblock Peptide-Oligonucleotide Chimeras (POCs): Programmable Biomolecules for the Assembly of Morphologically Tunable and Responsive Hybrid Materials”. Chem. Commun. 53: 12221-24.
Systematic Adjustment of Pitch and Particle Dimensions within a Family of Chiral Plasmonic Gold Nanoparticle Single Helices Publication: Journal Article Mokashi-Punekar, Soumitra, Andrea D. Merg, and Nathaniel L. Rosi. 2017. “Systematic Adjustment of Pitch and Particle Dimensions Within a Family of Chiral Plasmonic Gold Nanoparticle Single Helices”. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 139: 15043-48.
Establishing the Porosity Gradients within Metal-Organic Frameworks using Partial Postsynthetic Ligand Exchange Publication: Journal Article Liu, Chong, Chenjie Zeng, Tian-Yi Luo, Andrea D. Merg, Rongchao Jin, and Nathaniel L. Rosi. 2016. “Establishing the Porosity Gradients Within Metal-Organic Frameworks Using Partial Postsynthetic Ligand Exchange”. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 138: 12045-48.
Kunle passes his qualifying exam with flying colors! Congrats Kunle on this important milestone! News: August 06, 2024