Title	Biomaterials Science: Structural Transitions in Viral Capsids
Creator	Twarock, Reidun
Publisher	Banff International Research Station for Mathematical Innovation and Discovery
Date Issued	2013-07-17
Description	A large number of human, animal and plant viruses have protein containers that provide protection for their genomes. In many cases the organisation of these containers can be described via surface lattices with icosahedral symmetry. In this talk, mathematical tools for the modelling of such capsid structures will be introduced and used to model the structural transitions these containers must undergo in order to become infective. These transitions result in expansions of the capsid with simultaneous rearrangements of the protein lattice and such containers and lattice transitions could provide inspiration for the design of new protein containers in bionanotechnology.
Extent	53 minutes
Subject	Mathematics; Mechanics of deformable solids; Calculus of variations and optimal control; optimization; Applied analysis / inverse problems
Type	Moving Image
File Format	video/mp4
Language	eng
Notes	Author affiliation: York University
Series	BIRS Workshop Lecture Videos (Banff, Alta)
Date Available	2014-08-06
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada
DOI	10.14288/1.0056626
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/49251
Affiliation	Non UBC
Peer Review Status	Unreviewed
Scholarly Level	Faculty
Rights URI	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/
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