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Call for Papers / MRS Symposium AA
Molecular
Motors, Nanomachines, and Engineered Bio-Hybrid Systems
Session
Topics | Invited
Speakers | Organizers | Abstract
Submission
This
symposium will cover the generation of motion at the nano-
and micrometer scale, including single- and multimolecule
motors of synthetic and biological origin. We will discuss
single-motor design and mechanics, and motor application
in solution and in engineered systems such as synthetic assemblies,
liquid crystal elastomers, engineered muscle, and motor-protein-driven
transport systems. This broad forum is meant to promote discussions
and collaborations across the molecular-motor field, thereby
advancing the development of nanomachines.
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Session
Topics
Papers of theoretical and experimental science are
solicited for, but not limited to, the following areas:
- Biological single-motor mechanics
- Biological motors in engineered systems
- Synthetic molecular machines
- Polymeric actuators
- Micro-organism-driven transport
The symposium will consist of
both invited and contributed talks.
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Invited
Speakers
Invited
speakers include: Dean
Astumian (Univ. of Maine), George Bachand (Sandia
National Labs), Steven Block (Stanford
Univ.), Alberto Credi ( Univ. of Bologna,
Italy) , Robert Dennis (Univ. of North
Carolina), Marileen Dogterom (FOM Inst.
for Atomic & Molecular Physics, The Netherlands), Amar
Flood (Univ. of California, Los Angeles), William
A. Goddard III (California Inst. of Technology), Zhibin
Guan (Univ. of California, Irvine), Henry
Hess (Univ. of Florida), Peter Palffy-Muhoray (Kent
State Univ.), James Spudich (Stanford
Univ.), and Rudolf Zentel (Univ. of
Mainz, Germany). |
Symposium
Organizers
Stefan
Diez
Max-Planck-Institute
of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
Bionanotechnology
and Optical Technology Development
Pfotenhauerstr. 108
D-01307 Dresden, Germany
Tel 49-351-210-2521
Fax 49-351-210-2020
diez@mpi-cbg.de
Banahalli
R. Ratna
Naval
Research Laboratory
Center for Bio/Molecular Science and
Engineering
Laboratory for Interfacial Interactions
Code
6930, 4555 Overlook Ave. SW
Washington, DC 20375-5320
Tel 202-404-6061
Fax 202-404-8426
ratna@nrl.navy.mil
J.
Fraser Stoddart
University
of California-Los Angeles
California NanoSystems
Institute
Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry
405 Hilgard Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Tel 310-206-7078
Fax 310-206-1843
stoddart@chem.ucla.edu
Linda
Turner
Rowland
Institute at Harvard
100 Edwin Land Blvd.
Cambridge,
MA 02142
Tel 617-497-4753
Fax 617-497-4627
turner@rowland.harvard.edu
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