Forthcoming Institute Conferences

Physics Meets Biology 2008

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Biologically inspired Physics is an extraordinarily wide field, covering systems that vary in scale from single molecular machines to organisms and even ecosystems. Physics Meets Biology will provide a broad view of the most recent and exciting research across a broad range of topics, including: signalling, control, noise; molecular motors and cyto-skeletal mechanics; biomolecular self-assembly; bionanotechnology and biomolecular electronics and photonics.  The conference is organised around an international programme of invited speakers and will include contributed talks and poster sessions. Its state-of-the-art research coverage is designed to inform experts of the latest developments; it will also provide a valuable introduction to biophysical research for junior researchers, including graduate students. Physics Meets Biology is the inaugural conference of the Biological Physics Group of the Institute of Physics.

Confirmed speakers to date include:

• New Designed Self-Assembling Peptide Hydrogel Matrices for Tissue Engineering
  A Aggeli, University of Leeds, UK
  
• Cell Mechanics through the Cell Cycle, in Development and Disease
  B Baum, University College London, UK
  
• J H P Bayley, University of Oxford, UK
  
• Torque generation and Switching in the Bacterial flagellar motor
  R M Berry, University of Oxford, UK
  
• Solid state nanopores for single-molecule studies
  C Dekker, TU Delft, The Netherlands
  
• Novel Photonics for the Biomedical Sciences
  K Dholakia, University of St Andrews, UK
  
• Title to be confirmed
  T A J Duke, University College London, UK
  
• Title to be confirmed
  E Frey, LMU
  
• Hybridization of Semiconductor Chips and Brain Tissue
  P Fromherz, MPI Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany
  
• Fluid Dynamics and the Evolution of Biological Complexity
  R Goldstein, University of Cambridge, UK
  
• Title to be confirmed
  J Hopfield, Princeton University, USA
  
• Mechanical Signaling by Motor Proteins during Mitosis and Cell Motility
  J Howard, MPI Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany
  
• Site-Directed Surface Modification by Controlled Lipid Film Spreading and Mixing
  O Orwar, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
  
• From Cell to Tissue Dynamics
  J Prost, Institut Curie, France
  
• Title to be confirmed
  B Shraiman, UCSB
• Hidden Symmetries in Virus Architecture and their Implications for Virus Assembly and Viral Evolution
  R Twarock, University of York, UK
  
• Molecular Programming with DNA
  E Winfree, CalTech, USA
  

Bursaries

A limited number of student bursaries are available. Bursaries are awarded to students only, who meet the following criteria:

• • The applicant is currently studying for a Masters or doctoral degree
  • The applicant has submitted an abstract for the conference where by the work is predominantly that of the individual

To apply for a student bursary, please download the application form and return by Tuesday 13 May 2008.

Exhibition:

A small table top exhibition will be held during the event. To receive further information about exhibiting, please contact claire.garland_AT_iop.org

Organising Committee

A J Turberfield (Chair) Department of Physics, University of Oxford, UK
M Howard, Department of Systems Biology, John Innes Centre, UK
M S Turner, Department of Physics, University of Warwick, UK

Contacts

Conference Chair:
Professor A J Turberfield
Clarendon Laboratory
University of Oxford
Parks Road
OXFORD
OX1 3PU

E-mail: A.Turberfield_AT_physics.ox.ac.uk

Conference Organiser:
Claire Garland
The Institute of Physics
76 Portland Place
LONDON
W1B 1NT

E-mail: claire.garland_AT_iop.org

Programme Organiser:
Lisa Cornwell
The Institute of Physics
76 Portland Place
LONDON
W1B 1NT

E-mail: lisa.cornwell_AT_iop.org

Sponsors

Co-Sponsors

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