News & Events Events RSC School Seminar - Prof Dorrit Jacobs (ANU) Biomineralization of clam shells and pearls schedule Date & time Date/time 10 Mar 2022 | 12pm next_week Event series Event series RSC Seminar Series contact_support Contact Wendy Andrewsrsc.admin@anu.edu.au Content navigation toc Description Title: Biomineralization of clam shells and pearls Speaker: Prof Dorrit Jacob Abstract: Clam shells and pearls are natural organic-inorganic nano-composite materials formed by organisms through mechanisms that are still almost entirely unknown. Despite this, they are routinely used for environmental and paleo-climatological reconstructions by relating their chemical composition to that of inorganic carbonates. Complications encountered by this methodology are often attributed to ill-defined physiological control of the organism on the mineralization of the shell. Studying the inorganic-organic building plan of clam shells and pearls using a suite of state-of-the-art micro-analytical methods highlights the complicated structure and allows insight into formation mechanisms. Location Bldg 138, Lvl 3, Rm 3.105 Upcoming events in this series 18 Apr 2024 | 12 - 1pm RSC School Seminar - A/Prof Hendrik Frisch (Queensland University of Technology) Title: Synthesis of Synthetic and Peptide-Based Macromolecular Architectures for Interactions with Light View the event