Biological
systems and soft materials:
Future
directions in statistical physics
A symposium on the interface of statistical
physics, biology, and chemistry
Department of Physics,
March 6 and 7, 2004
Supported by
and the
Program
Venue:
Lecture
Hall 130 of the new Physics/Chemistry Building (located behind the main Physics
building, Robeson Hall). Registration will be just outside of the lecture hall.
Refreshments during the coffee breaks (substantial enough to substitute for a
light breakfast) are included in the conference fee.
Schedule
for the symposium:
Invited
Speakers: 40 min + 5 min
discussion
Contributed
speakers: 5 min, 1-2 transparencies
Saturday,
March 6:
08:00 Registration opens, runs all day.
09:00 Welcome
09:15 James D. Gunton (always 40 min + 5 min
discussion)
10:00 Yi Jiang
10:45 Coffee Break
11:15 Contributed Session 1
2:00 Leah Shaw
2:45 Alan McKane
3:30 Coffee Break
4:00 Contributed Session 2
5:30 End of day
Sunday, March 7:
09:00
Ching-Hwa Kiang
09:45
Susan Liebman
10:30
Coffee Break
11:00
Mehran Kardar
11:45
Thank you and goodbyes
Noon
End
The VT Physics Department
Main Page Travel
and Accommodations Registration
Notice to students and
postdocs seeking financial support:
At the time of your registration on the
registration web site, please also send e-mail to Professor Beate Schmittmann
at schmittm@vt.edu
with your request and the following information:
Name:
Affiliation:
Brief reason for wanting to attend:
Brief description (2-3 sentences) of research:
Title of talk:
Name of PhD/postdoctoral advisor:
Organizers:
Beate Schmittmann, Department
of Physics, Virginia Tech. schmittm@vt.edu
Uwe C. Täuber, Department
of Physics, Virginia Tech. tauber@vt.edu
Per Arne Rikvold, Department
of Physics, Florida State University. rikvold@csit.fsu.edu
Bulbul Chakraborty, School of
Physics, Brandeis University. bulbul@brandeis.edu