Organic Seminar - Jia Niu
Event starts on this day
Apr
18
2025
Event Starts at:
3:30 pm
– 4:30 pm
Featured Speaker(s):
Jia Niu
Cost:
Free
Event starts on this day
Apr
18
2025
Organic Seminar - Jia Niu
Description
The Organic Seminar Series presents: Jia Niu
Boston College
Host: Cassi Callmann
Title: Advancing Precision Biomacromolecules and Mimetics: Synthetic and Evolutionary Strategies
Refreshments served at 3:15pm
Location: WEL 2.122
The development of novel biomacromolecules and their mimetics represents a central mission in modern chemistry. Our research aims to bridge polymer chemistry and directed evolution to design and optimize biomacromolecules that unlock new structure-property-function relationships. This presentation will highlight three case studies: the development of precision polysaccharides and pseudo-polysaccharides via living polymerization, new tools for decoding the sulfation patterns in biomolecules, and the intracellular selection of CRISPR-associated aptamers. Together, these examples illustrate the transformative potential of integrating synthetic and evolutionary strategies to develop next-generation biomacromolecule-based tools and materials.