Mesoscale Chemistry: A Workshop Summary (2015)

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Suggested Citation: "Appendix A: Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2015. Mesoscale Chemistry: A Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/21733.

Appendix A

Workshop Agenda

Mesoscale Chemistry
A Workshop by the Chemical Sciences Roundtable
November 6-7, 2014—Washington, DC

November 6, 2014

12:30-12:40Introduction to Workshop and Topic
Speaker: Jennifer Curtis

Session 1: Overview
Chair: Jennifer Curtis

12:40-1:20Growing (Up) from the Nanoscale to the Mesoscale
Speaker: Paul Weiss

Session 2: Catalysis
Chair: Bruce Garrett

1:20-1:40Architectural Complexity at the Molecular Level
Speaker: Andrew Borovik
  
1:40-2:00Bringing Mesoscale Properties to Molecular Catalysts by Attaching an Outer Coordination Sphere
Speaker: Wendy Shaw
  
2:00-2:20Elucidating Key Features of Mesoscale Biocatalytic Systems and Employing Them in Designing Functional Artificial Enzymes with High Activity
Speaker: Yi Lu
  
2:20-2:40Mesoscale Concepts for Design and Behavior in Heterogeneous Catalysis
Speaker: Cynthia Jenks
  
2:40-3:00Strategies for the Synthesis of Mesoscale Catalyst Designs
Speaker: Peter Stair
  
3:00-3:30Panel Discussion
  
3:30-3:40Break
Suggested Citation: "Appendix A: Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2015. Mesoscale Chemistry: A Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/21733.

Session 3: Membrane Behavior/Microchemical Systems
Chair: Vernon Anderson

3:40-4:00Asymmetric Lipid Vesicles Formation and Properties
Speaker: Erwin London
  
4:00-4:20Digital Microfluidics: Not Just for Liquids Anymore
Speaker: Aaron Wheeler
  
4:20-4:40Engineering at the Mesoscale: Microreactors and Membranes
Speaker: Benjamin Wilhite
  
4:40-5:10Panel Discussion
  
5:10Workshop Day 1 Adjourns

November 7, 2014

Session 1: Biomineralization/Geochemical
Chair: Patricia Thiel

8:45-9:05Formation Pathways in Biominerals Revealed by Their Structure
Speaker: Pupa Gilbert
  
9:05-9:25Slouching Toward the Mesoscale: Nucleation Events, Mineral Assembly, and Crystal Modifications Performed by Disordered Proteins
Speaker: John Spencer Evans
  
9:25-9:45The Dynamics of Macromolecular Assembly and Subsequent Mineral Formation: Understanding the Emergence of Order
Speaker: Jim De Yoreo
  
9:45-10:05Small Compositional Signals with a Big Impact: From Sub-Micron Geochemical Heterogeneity to Climate Records
Speaker: Alex Gagnon
  
10:05-10:25Mesoscale Geochemistry Research Opportunities On, Within, and Beyond Earth
Speaker: Andrew Madden
  
10:25-10:55Panel Discussion
  
10:55-12:20Lunch on your own

Session 2: Computational/Chemical Processes in Self-Assembly
Chair: Miguel Garcia-Garibay

12:20-12:40Designing Novel Self-Assembling Protein Materials: Recent Successes and Future Prospects
Speaker: Todd Yeates
  
12:40-1:00Bottom-Up Multiscale Approaches for Mesoscale Phenomena: Progress and Opportunities
Speaker: William Noid
  
Suggested Citation: "Appendix A: Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2015. Mesoscale Chemistry: A Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/21733.
1:00-1:20View of Intelligent Mesoscale Biological Systems at Chemical Resolution—What Can Be Learned
Speaker: Klaus Schulten
  
1:20-1:40Emergence of Entropy, Order, and Function at the Mesoscale
Speaker: Sharon Glotzer
  
1:40-2:00Multiscale Computer Simulation of Mesoscale Biomolecular Cooperativity
Speaker: Gregory Voth
  
2:00-2:30Panel Discussion

Closing Discussion

2:30-3:00Open Discussion
  
3:00Workshop Day 2 Adjourns
Suggested Citation: "Appendix A: Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2015. Mesoscale Chemistry: A Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/21733.

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