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Ronald Zuckermann, Ph.D. |
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Nanobioscience Research
at the intersection of Chemistry, Biology & Engineering
Specializing in:
- Molecular biomimicry with bio-inspired polymers
- Combinatorial chemistry
- Solid-phase synthesis
- Peptoids and non-natural oligomers
- Self-assembly and folding of protein-mimetic polymers
- Laboratory automation
- Custom instrumentation
- Mechanical engineering & Fluidics
Contact InformationRonald Zuckermann, Ph.D.
Biological Nanostructures Facility
The Molecular Foundry
Lawrence Berekeley National Laboratory
1 Cyclotron Rd., MS 67-5110
Berkeley, CA 94530Phone: (510) 387-9364
E-mail: ron@ronznet.com
About RonRonald Zuckermann received his B.S. in Chemistry in 1984 from Harvey Mudd College where he did undergraduate research in synthetic organic chemistry. He then went on to UC Berkeley to study Bioorganic Chemistry with Dr. Peter Schultz. His thesis work was on the synthesis of semi-synthetic nucleases capable of the sequence-specific cleavage of RNA. After receiving the first Schultz group Ph.D. in 1989, he became one of the founding chemists at Protos Corp., a combinatorial drug discovery start-up in Emeryville, CA. There he helped develop several key drug discovery technologies such as robotic combinatorial library synthesizers, affinity selection methods and a novel class of heteropolymers called "Peptoids". Chiron Corp. acquired Protos in 1991 where this work continued and was applied to small molecule drug discovery, new biomaterials and DNA delivery. Dr. Zuckermann was promoted to Research Fellow in 2003. In early 2006, he left Chiron to join the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, where he is currently Facility Director of the Biological Nanostructures Facility at The Molecular Foundry. He was promoted to Senior Scientist in 2011. He has published over 90 papers and is co-inventor on 27 patents.
What's Hot!
May 2003
RZ receives Chiron Research Fellow Award at all employee meeting from Craig Wheeler.
Audio capture (mp3, 7:39).May 2007
Interview in Nano World News:
"Techniques for Rapid Drug Discovery Now Focusing on Nanoscience Research"
May 2008
Feature story in LBNL News Center:
July 2008
Feature story in LBNL News Center:
August 7-8th, 2008
The 6th Peptoid Summit was held on at the Molecular Foundry.
April 12, 2010
Wired Science at WIRED.com:
"Floating Nanosheets Could Be the Plywood of Nanotechnology"
April 19, 2010
News of the Week story at Chemical & Engineering News:
April 22, 2010
Eric Drexler's blog on MetaModern:
August 2011
Award-winning lecture presented at the Annual Retreat of the LBNL Materials Sciences Division
Perspective: Safety Culture (slides only; e-mail me if you have comments!)
Profile in Safety story about my safety management philosophy in "Today at LBNL"
September 2011
Top story in the Dept. of Energy's Energy Frontier Research Newsletter:
September 2011
Special issue of Biopolymers Peptide Science devoted to papers presented at the 7th Peptoid Summit:
7th Peptoid Summit Special Issue
October 17, 2011
Feature story in LBNL News Center:
Original article in press at J. Am. Chem. Soc.
October 17, 2011
Science Concentrate in Chemical & Engineering News
"Surprise Route to Peptoid Nanosheets"
pdf version: here.
November 2, 2011
Journal of Visualized Experiments published a detailed 14 minute video and accompanying written protocol on how to make peptoids and self assemble them into nanosheets. Now anyone can get involved!
See a 1 min preview here!
February 2012
The 8th peptoid Summit will be held in Berkeley on August 9-10, 2012
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