Faraday Discussions Blog

Call for oral abstracts deadline – 20 July 2012

Photo-initiated quantum molecular dynamics is not only core fundamental science, it has potentially wide impact. We are now challenged to develop such a detailed understanding of energy flow in molecules, following the absorption of a photon, that we can begin to develop the knowledge and tools to control photochemistry.

Photo-initiated Quantum Molecular Dynamics: Faraday Discussion 163 will focus on the following themes:

• Single molecules: photochemistry and photophysics in isolated molecular systems
• Extended systems: photochemistry and photophysics of chromophores in proteins,
• solution or clusters
• Controlling molecular dynamics: controlling photochemistry using sequences of light
• pulses, shaped light pulses or bond selection prior to photoexcitation
• Applications of molecular dynamics to global challenges: photovoltaic cells, photodynamic
• therapy, imaging.

We invite you to submit your abstract today as an email attachment to RSC Events.
Please head your message “FD163 oral abstract” and follow the submission guidelines.

We do hope you will take the opportunity to join this Discussion where you will be able to hear excellent speakers, including:

• Albert Stolow, Queen’s University, Canada
• Robert W Field, MIT, USA
• Wolfgang Domcke, TU München, Germany
• Eberhard Riedle, LMU München, Germany
• Ursula Rothlisberger, EPFL, Switzerland
• Jennifer Herek, University of Twente, Netherlands
• Phil Bucksbaum, Stanford University, USA
• Greg Scholes, University of Toronto, Canada
• Joachim Burgdörfer, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
• Graham Fleming, UC Berkeley, USA

In addition you will be able to take advantage of networking with other delegates with interest and experience in photo-initiated quantum molecular dynamics, at both the interactive poster sessions and the conference dinner.

Professor Helen Fielding and the rest of the Scientific Committee look forward to welcoming you and your colleagues to Nottingham in April 2013.

Call for oral abstracts deadline – 13 July 2012

The last ten years have seen dramatic developments in our understanding of the surface science of nanoparticles grown on solid surfaces. These developments are continuing apace, not least in our understanding of nanoparticle structures at the atomic scale.

Fabrication, Structure and Reactivity of Anchored Nanoparticles: Faraday Discussion 162 will focus on the following themes:

• Novel chemical methods for anchored nanoparticle fabrication
• The surface science of anchored nanoparticles
• CO-oxidation on nanoparticles studied in-situ
• Theoretical aspects of anchored nanoparticle structure/reactivity

We invite you to submit your abstract as an email attachment to RSC Events. Please head your message “FD162 oral abstract” and follow the submission guidelines.

We do hope you will take the opportunity to join this Discussion where you will be able to hear excellent speakers, including:

• Charlie Campbell (Introductory) University of Washington Seattle
• Gabor Somorjai (Closing), University of California at Berkeley, USA
• Scott Anderson, University of Utah
• Simon Beaumont, University of California at Berkeley, USA
• Niklas Nilius, FHI Berlin
• Kiyotaka Asakura, Hokkaido University
• Swetlana Schauermann, FHI Berlin
• Philippe Sautet, University of Lyon
• Matt Neurock, University of Virginia

In addition you will be able to take advantage of networking with other delegates with interest and experience in nanoparticle structures and reactivity, at both the interactive poster sessions and the conference dinner.

Professor Mike Bowker and the rest of the Scientific Committee look forward to welcoming you and your colleagues to Berlin in April 2013.

Registration for Ion Specific Hofmeister Effects: FD160 is now open.

Be sure of your place at this timely and exciting discussion, and also benefit from the fantastic savings currently available:

• Early bird discount – £50 saving on the standard fee

• Member rate – available to RSC members

• Student rate – available to undergraduates and postgraduates on a full time course

• Bursaries – a limited number offered to students and younger members of the RSC in
the early stages of their career – worth £150

Taking part in a Faraday Discussion is a great way to get your research work better known. You can also have your own poster abstract space at the meeting, so submit yours now.

Registration is quick and simple via our online booking system, so act today to be at the hub of discussion on ion specific effects.

The Scientific Committee look forward to welcoming you and your colleagues to Oxford in September 2012.

Good news! If you thought you’d missed the poster and early bird registration deadline, you still have a few days left. But please get your submissions in by Monday 13 February for a chance to be included.

By registering early you save £50 on standard fees. See www.rsc.org/FD156 for full details.

Tribology: Faraday Discussion 156
2 – 4 April 2012
University of Southampton, UK

We know a very busy festive season is coming up shortly so this is a gentle reminder that you haven’t taken any action yet about attending Tribology : FD156.

Poster abstract and bursary applications are now invited, and registration is open.

Chemists, physicists, theoreticians, engineers and biomedical researchers will all benefit from joining this forum for exploring advances in all the diverse aspects of experimental techniques which bear directly on the topic of tribology.

To keep up with the way tribology directly affects our lives you need to be part of our wide-ranging discussion. So please don’t miss out – act now before the end of year rush.

P.S. Don’t forget that registering early lets you make savings!

Join a Faraday Discussion which will explore the most important issues in understanding the chemistry and biological effects of ions: Ion Specific Hofmeister Effects: FD160.

There’s still time to submit your oral abstract for presentation – but don’t delay!

Lipid and Membrane Biophysics
Faraday Discussion 161
11 – 13 September 2012
Burlington House, London, UK

Deadline for Oral Abstracts: 18 November 2011

Submit now

Lipid and Membrane Biophysics: Faraday Discussion 161 will consider recent developments in the study of biomembrane structure, ordering and dynamics, with particular emphasis on the roles of lipids in these phenomena. This meeting will focus on the following themes:

• Lipid self-assembly
• Structure, ordering and dynamics of membranes
• Lateral segregation, trans-bilayer coupling and microdomains
• Membrane curvature, micromechanics and fusion
• Lipid-protein interactions: two-way coupling
• Interactions of signalling lipids and other molecules with membranes
• Biomedical and technological applications of lipid membranes

Confirmed invited speakers:

• Professor John Nagle (Introductory), Carnegie Mellon University, USA
• Professor Evan Evans (Closing), Boston University, USA
• Dr Olaf Sparre Andersen, Cornell University, USA
• Professor Alfred Blume, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
• Professor Markus Deserno, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
• Professor Dr Reinhard Lipowsky, MPI of Colloids and Interfaces, Germany
• Professor David Needham, Duke University, USA
• Professor Thomas Schmidt, Leiden Institute of Physics, The Netherlands
• Professor Dr Petra Schwille, TU Dresden, Germany
• Professor Håkan Wennerström, University of Lund, Sweden

We invite you to submit an abstract for an oral presentation by 18 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 161, please visit www.rsc.org/FD161.

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:

Lipidology and lipidomics––quo vadis? A new era for the physical chemistry of lipids
Ole G. Mouritsen
DOI: 10.1039/C1CP22484K

Porous biomimetic membranes: fabrication, properties and future applications
Bin Zhu, Jingjian Li and Dongsheng Xu
DOI: 10.1039/C0CP02757J

Functional liposomes and supported lipid bilayers: towards the complexity of biological archetypes
Debora Berti, Gabriella Caminati and Piero Baglioni
DOI: 10.1039/C0CP02400G

Multiscale modeling of emergent materials: biological and soft matter
Teemu Murtola, Alex Bunker, Ilpo Vattulainen, Markus Deserno and Mikko Karttunen
DOI: 10.1039/B818051B

Scoring functions and their evaluation methods for protein–ligand docking: recent advances and future directions
Sheng-You Huang, Sam Z. Grinter and Xiaoqin Zou
DOI: 10.1039/C0CP00151A

We would like to thank the British Biophysical Society for their co-sponsorship support of this discussion meeting.

Ion Specific Hofmeister Effects
Faraday Discussion 160
3 – 5 September 2012
Queens’ College Oxford, UK

Deadline for Oral Abstracts: 11 November 2011

Submit now

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.