Nanoscale Organisation and Dynamics

About Us

The Nanoscale Organisation and Dynamics Research Group (Nano) is a research group within the College of Health and Science.

Nano is a multidisciplinary research group which has the aim of establishing UWS as an internationally recognised research centre for molecular association, organisation and dynamics, with an emphasis on nanobiotechnical applications.

Nanotechnology is the study of a combination of sciences on the 'nano' scale (a nanometre is one milliardth of a metre), and the molecular level of organisation on which all scientific disciplines are based. Nanobiotechnology is the use of nanoscale principles and techniques to understand and transform biological systems to make new materials and devices.

Members of the group have an array of talents ranging from nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) to drug design and quantum mechanics. The research objectives of the group are to develop novel experimental (especially NMR-based) techniques and theoretical models for studying molecular association, organisation and dynamics.

One of the group's major aims is to obtain a comprehensive understanding of the effects of the environment (e.g. crowding effects, ionic strength, counterions, electrostatic interactions, pH, hydration and chaperones) on association phenomena in solution so that the behaviour can ultimately be predicted and controlled. This knowledge can then be applied to a range of practical problems.

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Key People

• Professor William S. Price (Group Leader)
  • Research Interests [Acrobat Document: 147Kb]
  • Short CV [Acrobat Document: 203Kb]
• Associate Professor Janice Aldrich-Wright
• Dr Gary Dennis
• Dr Vincent Higgins
• Dr Andrew Shalliker
• Dr Allan Torres
• Professor Peter Williams
• Professor Peter Leverett
• Dr Kamali Kannangara

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