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Home » Speakers » Carlos Bustamante
Carlos Bustamante

Carlos Bustamante

University of California, Berkeley

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Dr. Bustamante received his B.S. in biology from Cayetano Heredia Universtiy in Lima, Peru, and his M.S. in biochemistry from San Marcos University, also in Lima. He then moved to the University of California, Berkeley where here completed his Ph.D. in biophysics.

Currently, Dr. Bustamante is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator and a Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology, Physics, and Chemistry at UC Berkeley. His lab uses novel methods to visualize and manipulate single molecules of DNA, RNA and protein to better understand how just a few molecules can carry out complex processes within a cell.

Talks with this Speaker

Biochemistry in Singulo: Single Molecule Manipulation in Biochemistry (Spanish)

Carlos Bustamante explains how single molecule studies using optical traps provides detailed information about complex biochemical processes (in Spanish). (Talk recorded in September 2010)

Carlos Bustamante: Part 1 Spanish
Audience:
  • Researcher
  • Educators of Adv. Undergrad / Grad
Duration: 38:38

Optical Traps: An Introduction

Carlos Bustamante describes the principles of optical traps, and how light can exert force on physical objects, immobilizing them (often beads) in a focussed laser beam. (Talk recorded in September 2012)

  • Part 1: Optical Traps: An Introduction
    Part 1: Optical Traps: An Introduction
    Audience:
    • Researcher
    Duration: 30:30
  • Part 2: Optical Traps: Building and Calibrating
    Part 2: Optical Traps: Building and Calibrating
    Audience:
    • Researcher
    • Educators of Adv. Undergrad / Grad
    Duration: 22:59
  • Part 3: Optical Traps: Measuring Steps by Molecular Motors
    Part 3: Optical Traps: Measuring Steps by Molecular Motors
    Audience:
    • Researcher
    • Educators of Adv. Undergrad / Grad
    Duration: 39:52

Optical Tweezers: Single Molecule Manipulation in Biochemistry

Carlos Bustamante explains the advantages of using single molecule manipulation, like optical tweezers, to study complex biochemical processes. (Talk recorded in September 2010)

Carlos Bustamante: Part 1 Spanish
Audience:
  • Researcher
  • Educators of Adv. Undergrad / Grad
Duration: 38:28

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