<h3>Title</h3>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Molecules of Life</strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Abstract</span> :</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">On day 2, I will discuss (a) chiro-selective folding dynamics of a ribozymal RNA and (b) tweaking proteins into bio-machines. The preponderance of specific D- or L-chirality in fats, sugars, amino acids, and nucleic acids is ubiquitous in nature, yet the biological origin of such chiral dominance remains an open question. One plausible proposal for the predominance of L-chirality in amino acids through evolutionary templating of chiral RNA folding via chaperon activity will be the topic of presentation.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Proteins are unique molecules, which could be tweaked towards developing exciting engineering applications in the emerging field of Bio-nanotechnology by understanding their general design principles and mechanisms of operation. In this section, I will show a transformation of an isolated Ca+2 binding domain to an ion concentration and time pulsing sensor. I shall also discuss how either a repeat protein or a circularly permuted GFP can be used to develop a mechano-fluorescence sensor.</p>