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Invited Talks

  Sarikaya has presented over 200 invited/keynote/plenary talks over the last 15 years.An example list from 2007 includes:
1. M. Sarikaya, Molecular Biomimetics Series of Presentations, at Ecotopia Science Institute, Nagoya University, Japan, January 12, 2007. 1. “Hybrid Nanocomposite Design: Lesson from Mother Nature;” 2. “Protein Control of Inorganics;” 3. “Genetic Design of peptides for Materials Fabrication and Assembly.” http://www.esi.nagoya-u.ac.jp/eng/index.html
2. M. Sarikaya, “Molecular Biomimetics – Genome-based Materials using Peptides,” 7th Ann Workshop of Biomimetic Materials Processing, BMMP-07, Nagoya, Japan, Jan. 23-25, 2007. Keynote http://eco-t.esi.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~takai/BMMP7/indexenglish.html
3. M. Sarikaya, “Molecular Biomimetics – A Tutorial,” at Symp. on Biological Materials Science and Engineering, TMS Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, Feb 25-March 1, 2007. http://www.tms.org/Meetings/Annual-07/AnnMtg07Home.html
4. M. Sarikaya, “Molecular Biomimetics and GEMSEC,” CNT Seminar Series, Center for Nanotechnology, University of Washington, Seattle, March 13, 2007; http://www.nano.washington.edu/index.asp
5. Sarikaya, M., Molecular Biomimetics and Bionantotechnology for Medicine, 2nd International Congress of Molecular Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, March 22-26, 2007. Keynote. http://www.nano.washington.edu/index.asp
6. Sarikaya, M. “Genome-based Materials Science,” in Exploring and Exploiting Nature with Biomimetics, organized by graduate students, 233rd National meeting of the American Chemical Society, Chicago, IL, March 27, 2007. http://www.divched.org/DivCHED/2007SpringACSSymposia.pdf
7. Sarikaya, M., Genetically Engineered Peptides for Technology and Medicine, in Symp. Peptide-Based Biotechnology, Annual Meeting of the Society of Biomaterials, Chicago, April 18-21, 2007. Keynote http://www.biomaterials.org/Meetings/07AnnualMeeting/index.cfm
8. Sarikaya, M. “Genetically Engineered Materials Using Peptides,” at Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, University Wisconsin, Madison, WI, April 24, 2007. http://www.mrsec.wisc.edu/index.php
9. M. Sarikaya, F. Baneyx, A. Jen, J. S. Evans, R. Samudrala and C. Tamerler, “Engineered Proteins for Assembly of Materials, FNANO’06, Foundational Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Snowbird, Salt Lake City, UTAH, April 16-18, 2007. http://www.cs.duke.edu/~reif/FNANO/
10. Sarikaya, M., “Molecular Biomimetics,” Materials Days, International Workshop, University of Rostock, Germany, May 3-4, 2007. Keynote  http://wwwswt.informatik.uni-rostock.de/englisch/tycho/highlights/matdays07/matdays07.html
11. Sarikaya, M., “Genetically Engineered Peptides for Nanotechnology and Medicine,” in 2nd International Workshop on Bionanotechnology, Istanbul, Turkey, May 23-25, 2007. Plenary http://www.mobgam.itu.edu.tr/
12. Sarikaya, M., “Kinetics and Thermodynamics of Peptide-Solid Interactions,” in Modeling and Interactions of Biomolecules with Inorganic Surfaces,” CECAM Conf., Lyon, France, July 24-27, 2007. Plenary http://www.cecam.org/workshop-140.html
13. Sarikaya, M. “Crystal Morphogenesis using Engineered Peptides,” International Conference on Crystal Growth,” Salt Lake City, UTAH, Aug. 12-17, 2007. http://www.crystalgrowth.us/iccg15/index.php
14. Sarikaya, M., “Genome-Designed Materials,’ American Chemical Society, 234th Meeting, Boston, MA, Aug. 19-23, 2007. http://acswebcontent.acs.org/nationalmeeting/boston2007/home.html
15. GEMSEC workshop, Friday Harbor marine Laboratory, San Juan Island, WA; Sept. 6-8, 2007;  http://depts.washington.edu/gemsec/meetings/FHL2007.html
16. M. Sarikaya, “Genetically Engineered Peptides as Molecular Blocks in Medical Applications,” at Medical Biology and Genetics Conf., Antalya, Turkey, Sept 6-9, 2008. Keynote http://www.kongre.net/kongre.php?kongre=208
17. M. Sarikaya, “Molecular Biomimetics,” Keck Colloquium, Gulf Coast Consortia, Rice University, Houston, Texas, Oct. 25, 2008. http://cohesion.rice.edu/CentersAndInst/GCC/
18. M. Sarikaya, “Molecular Biomimetics for Defense Applications,” in Workshop titled “Bionanotechnology for Defense Applications,” (sponsored by I-ARPA, Intelligence Advance Research Project Activity), Univ of Maryland/ONR, College Park, U. Maryland, Nov. 13-14, 2007. http://www.nanocenter.umd.edu/nanobiotechnology_conference/2007/speakers.php
19. M. Sarikaya, “Peptide-based Materials Design,” Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proven Grounds, Maryland, Nov. 15, 2008. http://www.arl.army.mil/www/default.htm
20. M. Sarikaya, “Genetically-Designed Materials for Technology and Medicine,” ISET’07, Ecotopia Science Institute, Nagoya, Japan, Nov. 23-25, 2007. http://www.esi.nagoya-u.ac.jp/h/isets07/
21. M. Sarikaya et al., “Molecular Biomimetics: Engineered Peptides as Molecular Building Blocks in Technology and Medicine,” MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, Nov 27-Dec 3, 2007. http://www.mrs.org