Mesoscale Chemistry: A Workshop Summary (2015)
Chapter: Appendix A: Workshop Agenda
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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.
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 |
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
| 3:40-4:00 | 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 | |
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.
| 1:00-1:20 | 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 |
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