Scope and Symposium Topics

• Single-biomolecule experiments and their biological implications: measurements of force, energy efficiency, and dynamics.
• Fundamental principles of directed, nanoscale motion in thermal systems.
• Structure and function of biomolecular motors.
• Synthetic motors, nanomechanics and nanoscale fluidics.
• Integration of bio-molecules with artificial nanodevices.
• Applications of controlled nanoscale motion in physics, chemistry, biotechnology, and medicine.
• Interplay of controlled and stochastic processes in molecular-scale motility and recognition.

Scientific Advisory Committee

Dean Astumian, Robert Austin, Harold Craighead, Hermann Gaub, James Gimzewski, Peter Hänggi, Jonathon Howard, Kazuhiko Kinosita, Jacques Prost, Ivan Rayment

Organizing Committee

Jesper Haeggström, Bengt Kasemo, Heiner Linke, Alf Månsson, Pär Omling, Owe Orwar

Funded by the symposium fund of the Nobel Foundation. Participation is by invitation only.
Contact: Heiner Linke, linke@uoregon.edu