Polymers: random coils and beyond
Title: Influence of morphology on the relaxation behavior of vulcanised PB-SBR diblock copolymers
Date: 04.11.2016 at 10.00am
Location: SR 1.27, Von-Danckelmann-Platz 4, 06120 Halle
Assessing the labour market is not an easy thing to do. Finding the “right” job is a challenge and is an investment in time and energy. A clear roadmap will help to focus research about job positions and not to get lost in the many interesting opportunities offered by employers.
In this workshop, participants worked on their road map to a job in industry. The concept was based on intensive working units and coaching sessions to support participants in developing strategies for searching for the right jobs. Understanding the aim of application documents and combining the “right” information in those documents was one key aspect of the workshop. Understanding the mechanisms of personnel recruitment and the employer’s perspective was another important aspect to better meet employers’ needs. Providing hands-on methods and practical exercises directly on the participants’ profiles helped to initiate the first steps on their job road map.
Congratulations to Peter Leube (MLU) and Falk Frenzel (UL) our new speakers of doctoral students.
The still rising number of publications dealing with stimuli-responsive polymers prove the high interest in such smart materials. Poly(N,N-dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate) (PDMAEMA) exhibits thermo-, pH- and ionic strength responsive behavior in aqueous solutions, being a multiresponsive homopolymer [1]. The goal of this study is to under- stand, how the pH and ionic strength affect the thermoresponsivity of PDMAEMA.
Protein Crystallography – Sträter
[M.Sc. Struc. Chem. and Spect.]
Tue or Thu 17.15-18.45, seminar room in BBZ (on appointment)
Bioorganic Chemistry – Beck-Sickinger
[M.Sc. Adv Spec in Chem]
Mon 8.30-10.00, Kl. Hörsaal / Brüderstr. 34
NMR on Biosystems – Matysik
[M.Sc. Struc. Chem. and Spect.]
Thu 10.15-11.45, R 115
[M.Sc. Phys/IPSP]
Tue 9.15-10.45 Linnéstr. 5, SR 532
Wed 13.30-15.00 Linnéstr. 5, SR 532
Introduction to Computer Simulations I – Janke
[M.Sc. Phys/IPSP]
Wed 9.00-10.30, Brüderstr. 16, R 210
Theory of Soft and Bio Matter – Kroy
[M.Sc. Phys/IPSP]
Tue and Thu 11:00-12:30, Brüderstr. 16, R 114
Introduction to polymer physics – Saalwächter
[MA Phy]
Wed 10.15-11.00, VDP3 3.16
Thu 10.15-11.45, VDP3 1.12
Biophysik – Balbach
[B.Sc. Phy]
Wed 12.15-13.45, VDP3 1.04
Einführung in die NMR-Spektroskopie – Saalwächter/Hempel/Balbach
[MA Phy]
Mon 14.15-15.45, VDP3 1.06
Physikalische Chemie der Polymere – Kreßler/Saalwächter
[M.Sc.]
Tue 15.15-16.45, VDP4 1.27
This module addressed doctoral students in chemistry, physics, biophysics, and related fields with interest in understanding and using Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy (IRRAS). It introduced the basic theoretical and technical concepts of infrared spectroscopy in general and the specific features of IRRAS at the air/water interface. The potential of this technique as well as their applicability to polymeric systems were discussed.
Day 1:
Day 2:
S. Pylaeva on Molecular dynamics simulations of polyQ14: structural and spectroscopic parameters (abstract)
P. Leube on Characterization of the multiresponsive Poly(N,N-dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate) by spin probing EPR spectroscopy (abstract)
E. Schreck on Polymers on Surfaces – or how to catch them all (abstract)
Z. Evgrafova on Amyloid Beta Aggregation in the Presence of Temperature-Sensitive Polymers (abstract)
A. Korn on Serine substitution in Amyloid-β – a possible link between β-Methylamino-L-alanine and Alzheimer’s disease? (abstract)
P. Enke on The effect of different crowding agents on structure and dynamics of unfolded proteins.
Polyglutamine proteins (PolyQ) are members of a big family of intrinsically disordered proteins or IDPs. Very flexible as monomers in solutions PolyQs tend to aggregate and form amyloid fibrils which were shown to be neurodegenerative. [1]
