Mesoscale Chemistry
A Workshop by the Chemical Sciences Roundtable
November 6-7, 2014—Washington, DC
November 6, 2014
12:30-12:40 | Introduction to Workshop and Topic |
Speaker: Jennifer Curtis |
Session 1: Overview
Chair: Jennifer Curtis
12:40-1:20 | Growing (Up) from the Nanoscale to the Mesoscale |
Speaker: Paul Weiss |
Session 2: Catalysis
Chair: Bruce Garrett
1:20-1:40 | Architectural Complexity at the Molecular Level |
Speaker: Andrew Borovik | |
1:40-2:00 | Bringing Mesoscale Properties to Molecular Catalysts by Attaching an Outer Coordination Sphere |
Speaker: Wendy Shaw | |
2:00-2:20 | Elucidating Key Features of Mesoscale Biocatalytic Systems and Employing Them in Designing Functional Artificial Enzymes with High Activity |
Speaker: Yi Lu | |
2:20-2:40 | Mesoscale Concepts for Design and Behavior in Heterogeneous Catalysis |
Speaker: Cynthia Jenks | |
2:40-3:00 | Strategies for the Synthesis of Mesoscale Catalyst Designs |
Speaker: Peter Stair | |
3:00-3:30 | Panel Discussion |
3:30-3:40 | Break |
Session 3: Membrane Behavior/Microchemical Systems
Chair: Vernon Anderson
3:40-4:00 | Asymmetric Lipid Vesicles Formation and Properties |
Speaker: Erwin London | |
4:00-4:20 | Digital Microfluidics: Not Just for Liquids Anymore |
Speaker: Aaron Wheeler | |
4:20-4:40 | Engineering at the Mesoscale: Microreactors and Membranes |
Speaker: Benjamin Wilhite | |
4:40-5:10 | Panel Discussion |
5:10 | Workshop Day 1 Adjourns |
November 7, 2014
Session 1: Biomineralization/Geochemical
Chair: Patricia Thiel
8:45-9:05 | Formation Pathways in Biominerals Revealed by Their Structure |
Speaker: Pupa Gilbert | |
9:05-9:25 | Slouching Toward the Mesoscale: Nucleation Events, Mineral Assembly, and Crystal Modifications Performed by Disordered Proteins |
Speaker: John Spencer Evans | |
9:25-9:45 | The Dynamics of Macromolecular Assembly and Subsequent Mineral Formation: Understanding the Emergence of Order |
Speaker: Jim De Yoreo | |
9:45-10:05 | Small Compositional Signals with a Big Impact: From Sub-Micron Geochemical Heterogeneity to Climate Records |
Speaker: Alex Gagnon | |
10:05-10:25 | Mesoscale Geochemistry Research Opportunities On, Within, and Beyond Earth |
Speaker: Andrew Madden | |
10:25-10:55 | Panel Discussion |
10:55-12:20 | Lunch on your own |
Session 2: Computational/Chemical Processes in Self-Assembly
Chair: Miguel Garcia-Garibay
12:20-12:40 | Designing Novel Self-Assembling Protein Materials: Recent Successes and Future Prospects |
Speaker: Todd Yeates | |
12:40-1:00 | Bottom-Up Multiscale Approaches for Mesoscale Phenomena: Progress and Opportunities |
Speaker: William Noid | |
1:00-1:20 | View of Intelligent Mesoscale Biological Systems at Chemical Resolution—What Can Be Learned |
Speaker: Klaus Schulten | |
1:20-1:40 | Emergence of Entropy, Order, and Function at the Mesoscale |
Speaker: Sharon Glotzer | |
1:40-2:00 | Multiscale Computer Simulation of Mesoscale Biomolecular Cooperativity |
Speaker: Gregory Voth | |
2:00-2:30 | Panel Discussion |
Closing Discussion
2:30-3:00 | Open Discussion |
3:00 | Workshop Day 2 Adjourns |