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Workshop Agenda

MONDAY, MARCH 8

10:30	Virtual Platform Opens
11:00	Opening Remarks
	Steven Moss, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
	Todd Anderson, U.S. Department of Energy
	TJ Ha, Johns Hopkins University (Organizing Committee Chair)
11:15	Keynote Address: Quantum Concepts in Biology
11:15	Thorsten Ritz, University of California, Irvine
11:45	Keynote Address: New Quantum Theory Applications for Biology
11:45	Marlan Scully, Texas A&M University
12:15	Break
12:20	Session 1: Probing Intracellular and Intercellular Correlations in Biology
	Description: Biological systems are characterized by the dynamic organization of multiscale physical processes in nonequilibrium environments. Sensing and imaging tools derived from terahertz spectroscopy, fluorescence correlation spectroscopy, optogenetics, nuclear magnetic resonance, and various arenas of quantum information science are important to understanding these characterizations. We aim to further understand: (1) How these technologies may be poised to elucidate a range of phenomena across intracellular and intercellular domains and (2) how such novel approaches could be transformative in shaping our ability to manipulate and engineer biological systems for energy and information processing applications.
	Moderator: Philip Kurian, Howard University
	Panelists:
	Marco Pettini, Aix-Marseille University
	Allyson Sgro, Boston University
	Martin Plenio, University of Ulm
	Gürol Süel, University of California, San Diego

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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2021. Quantum Science Concepts in Enhancing Sensing and Imaging Technologies: Applications for Biology: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26139.

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1:15	Break
1:30	Session 2: Bioelectromagnetic Fields
	Description: Nanoscale interactions with electromagnetic fields might be impactful for biology. Through the study of these interactions, we aim to answer the following questions: (1) What are needed and existing tools to demonstrate the presence, causality, and consequences of such interactions? (2) To which extent are these interactions “quantum”? (3) How might organisms regulate them in vivo? (4) How can they be manipulated to technological and therapeutic advantage?
	Moderator: Clarice Aiello, University of California, Los Angeles
	Panelists:
	Michael Levin, Tufts University
	Margaret Ahmad, Sorbonne University
	Douglas Wallace, University of Pennsylvania
	Wendy Beane, Western Michigan University
2:25	Break
2:30	Session 3: Quantum Photonics in Biological Systems
	Description: Quantum optics and photonics intersect at various scales in biological systems. Related to this, scientists are seeking to unravel the role of coherence in the spatial and temporal dynamics of these systems. To study these coherences, researchers are bridging across spectroscopy approaches to understand these biological quantum systems, and further understand energy and charge transfer. This session will explore how different techniques are advancing the study of photonics in biological systems, and what the major challenges are to advancing this research.
	Moderator: Prineha Narang, Harvard University
	Panelists:
	Michelle Digman, University of California, Irvine
	Scott Cushing, California Institute of Technology
	Giuseppe Luca Celardo, Benemérita Universidad Autonóma de Puebla
	Tjaart Krüger, University of Pretoria
3:25	Transition to Breakout Groups

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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2021. Quantum Science Concepts in Enhancing Sensing and Imaging Technologies: Applications for Biology: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26139.

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	During this transition time we encourage participants to move around the ePosterboards virtual platform and explore the different rooms and capabilities. Please join a breakout group within 5–10 minutes.
4:00	Adjourn Day 1
5:00	Virtual Platform Closes

TUESDAY, MARCH 9

10:30	Virtual Platform Opens
11:00	Joint Keynote Address
	Karl K. Berggren, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
	Elizabeth Villa, University of California, San Diego
11:45	Break
11:50	Session 4: Quantum Principles for Enhanced Measurement and Imaging in Microscopy
	Description: Advances in microscopy have managed to unlock details of biology on a number of different scales, from single-molecule observations to multicellular imaging. This session will explore advances in using quantum-enabled microscopy to understand properties of biological systems, as well as the potential that exists in applying emerging microscopy technologies to explore different biological entities.
	Moderator: Prem Kumar, Northwestern University
	Panelists:
	Theodore Goodson III, University of Michigan
	Ted Laurence, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
	Melissa Skala, University of Wisconsin–Madison (replaced by Kevin Eliceiri, University of Wisconsin–Madison, during the workshop)
12:45	Break
1:00	Session 5: Broadband Spectroscopies of Collective Dynamics in Biology
1:00	Description: Quantum-enhanced measurement and imaging is a multifaceted and rapidly expanding field of research that promises to

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	shed new light on biological systems. The aim of this session is to discuss metrology and microscopy of dynamics in biological systems in conditions of low-light, special spectral ranges, and the promise of using the nonclassical properties of light for quantum-enhanced imaging.
	Moderator: Prineha Narang, Harvard University
	Panelists:
	Prem Kumar, Northwestern University
	Philip Hemmer, Texas A&M University
	Kim Lewis, Howard University
	Michelle O’Malley, University of California, Santa Barbara
1:55	Break
2:00	Session 6: Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Biological Reporters
	Description: Networks of aromatic molecules, characterized by specific delocalized charge responses, are ubiquitous in biology. The fundamental principles of fluorescence for these quantum reporters of biological behavior have been understood for decades. More recently, work has started to explore properties across the entire ultraviolet light-visible-infrared spectrum at subpicosecond scales. This session looks to understand how multidimensional spectroscopies probing the cooperative and coherent behaviors of protein and nucleic acid complexes could be game changing in studies of the interaction of light and living systems.
	Moderator: Philip Kurian, Howard University
	Panelists:
	Majed Chergui, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
	Dongping Zhong, The Ohio State University
	Michelle Y. Sander, Boston University
	Bern Kohler, The Ohio State University
2:55	Break
3:10	Poster Session
4:00	Adjourn Day 2
5:00	Virtual Platform Closes

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10

10:30	Virtual Platform Open
11:00	Welcome and Summary from Days 1 and 2
11:00	TJ Ha, Johns Hopkins University
11:15	Keynote Address
11:15	Michelle O’Malley, University of California, Santa Barbara
11:45	Break
11:50	Session 7: Current Capabilities and Limitations in Plant Imaging
	Description: Microscopy allows us to visualize and quantify those fundamental processes that govern plant growth, cell division and differentiation, sensing and response to the environment, protection from pathogens, and the wide array of interactions that constitute symbioses. A varied and exciting range of tools are being developed to allow ever more precise characterization of organellar, cellular, and tissue-scale processes. This session will examine new and emerging approaches to plant imaging that exist on either side of the quantum–classical boundary, with an effort to explore as-yet unattainable information that may be found using quantum approaches.
	Moderator: Jason West, Texas A&M University
	Panelists:
	Ross Sozzani, North Carolina State University
	Keiko Torii, The University of Texas at Austin
	Christopher Topp, Donald Danforth Plant Research Center
12:45	Break
1:00	Session 8: Measurement and Sensing Needs for Microbial Communities
	Description: This session will discuss the critical knowledge gaps in our understanding of functionality and interactions in environmental microbiomes and current limitations of existing imaging techniques—specifically time resolution, 3D imaging, molecular sensitivity, and phototoxicity—that could be overcome with quantum approaches.
	Moderator: Jennifer Pett-Ridge, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2021. Quantum Science Concepts in Enhancing Sensing and Imaging Technologies: Applications for Biology: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26139.

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	Panelists:
	Victoria Orphan, California Institute of Technology
	Alice Dohnalkova, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
	Elizabeth Shank, University of Massachusetts Medical School
1:55	Break
2:00	Session 9: Education, Training, and Workforce Needs to Move the Quantum Biology Community Forward
	Description: In this session, we will discuss what the community building and education needs are in working to establish a quantum biology workforce. We aim to answer the following questions: (1) What are current models for quantum biology education? (2) How are interdisciplinary challenges addressed during the training of the workforce? (3) How do we attract and establish a diverse and inclusive quantum biology workforce?
	Moderator: Clarice Aiello, University of California, Los Angeles
	Panelists:
	Johnjoe McFadden, University of Surrey
	Thomas A. Searles, Howard University
	Thorsten Ritz, University of California, Irvine
	Wendy Beane, Western Michigan University
2:55	Closing Remarks and Breakout Session Instructions
2:55	TJ Ha, Johns Hopkins University
3:00	Town Hall–Style Breakout Group and Informal Networking Time
4:00	Adjourn Workshop