Sequence Specific Recognition of the DNA Minor Groove by Im/Hp/Py Polyamides

The long range goal is a general chemical solution to unique recognition of any predetermined sequence in the human genome. [Read more]

Peter Dervan Wins National Medal of Science.

Peter B. Dervan, the Bren Professor of Chemistry at the California Institute of Technology, has been named one of eight recipients of the 2006 National Medal of Science. The award was announced Monday, July 16, by the White House. [Read more]

For a link to a video created by NSF to mark the occasion of the National Medal of Science 50th Anniversary:

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Recent Lecture: Molecular Frontiers Symposium, Chalmers University of Technology, May 2015:

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