Ion Specific Hofmeister Effects
Faraday Discussion 160
3 – 5 September 2012
Queens’ College Oxford, UK
Deadline for Oral Abstracts: 11 November 2011
Ion Specific Hofmeister Effects: FD160 aims to respond to the emerging situation in which science has matured enough to be able to provide answers about the molecular nature of ion specific effects. The meeting will address the following themes:
• Solvation of ions in the aqueous bulk and at interfaces
• Ion-ion interactions in water
• Interactions between ions and biomolecules (proteins, nucleic acids, membranes, etc.) in water
• Specific Hofmeister effects of ions and osmolytes on protein association, precipitation, folding/unfolding, and activity
Confirmed invited speakers:
• Professor Thomas Record (Introductory), University of Wisconsin – Madison, USA
• Professor Robert Baldwin (Closing), Stanford University, USA
• Professor Colin Bain, University of Durham, UK
• Professor Chris Dempsey, University of Bristol, UK
• Professor Angel Garcia, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA
• Professor Daniel Harries, Hebrew University Jerusalem, Israel
• Professor Werner Kunz, University of Regensburg, Germany
• Professor Mikael Lund, Lund University, Sweden
• Dr Phil Mason, Cornell University, USA
• Professor Douglas Tobias, University of California, Irvine, USA
We invite you to submit an abstract for an oral presentation by 11 November 2011
We hope that this conference is of interest and that you will attend this exciting Faraday Discussion next year. For further information on attending Faraday Discussion 160, please visit www.rsc.org/FD160.
Please keep Faraday Discussions’ sister journal Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (PCCP) in mind. PCCP brings you content of the highest quality in physical chemistry, chemical physics and biophysical chemistry. With high-impact research, and a truly international readership, PCCP is the ideal place to publish. We invite you to submit your research to PCCP today.
Recent PCCP Perspective review articles in this area include:
Hofmeister effects: interplay of hydration, nonelectrostatic potentials, and ion size
Drew F. Parsons, Mathias Boström, Pierandrea Lo Nostro and Barry W. Ninham
DOI: 10.1039/C1CP20538B
Aggregation behavior of gemini surfactants and their interaction with macromolecules in aqueous solution
Yuchun Han and Yilin Wang
DOI: 10.1039/C0CP01196G
Interactions and dynamics in electrolyte solutions by dielectric spectroscopy
Richard Buchner and Glenn Hefter
DOI: 10.1039/B906555P
Protein–water electrostatics and principles of bioenergetics
David N. LeBard and Dmitry V. Matyushov
DOI: 10.1039/C0CP01004A
Or you can browse the recently published PCCP themed issue on Water in biological systems.
