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The Molecular Foundry is a DOE User Facility charged with providing support to nanoscience researchers in academic, government and industrial laboratories around the world. The Foundry provides users with instruments, techniques and collaborators to enhance their studies of the synthesis, characterization and theory of nanoscale materials. Its six facilities focus on both “soft” (biological and polymeric) and “hard” (inorganic and microfabricated) nanostructured building blocks, and their integration into complex functional assemblies. Users are invited to submit proposals requesting free access to Foundry instruments, techniques, and skilled staff.

Silicon Nanowires Deliver Genes
into Mammalian Cells
User Bruce Conklin, (Inorganic Facility) grew stem cells on a Si surface arrayed with vertically aligned DNA-coated Si nanowires. The wires penetrated the cells without apparent damage and the DNA was successfully delivered and then expressed inside.

W. Kim, J. K. Ng, M. E. Kunitake, B. R. Conklin, P. Yang J. Am. Chem. Soc. 129, 23 (2007).

Berkeley Lab Guest House Construction has begun.
Nano*High: Nanoscience for High School Students

A. Paul Alivisatos–
2008 MRS Fred Kavli Dist. Lectureship in Nanoscience

Frantisek Svec–
2008 ACS Award in Chromatography

Molecular Foundry–
LEED Gold Certification
Molecular Foundry–
“Secretary of Energy's Excellence in Acquisition Award"