Workshop on Opportunities in Biological Physics
March 12, 2006
Baltimore Convention Center
Baltimore, Maryland
Organized by APS Division of Biological Physics
Biology is a rapidly changing field that has been making tremendous strides forward in recent years. Biology is changing from a descriptive to a quantitative and conceptually profound field. This workshop will showcase a sample of the rich opportunities in biology for physicists. It is aimed at physicists, especially graduate students and post-docs, who are curious about how a background in physics can provide a unique perspective of biological systems. We believe that physicists will make a substantial contribution to this revolution by working together with biologists.
Invited Speakers
William Bialek
Princeton
Robijn Bruinsma
UCLA
Hans Frauenfelder
Los Alamos
Klaus Lehnertz
Bonn
Yale Goldman
Penn
Charles Stevens
Salk Institute
Zuzanna Siwy
Irvine
Sunney Xie
Harvard
Co-Chairs of the Steering Committee
Dean Astumian, DBP Vice-Chair
Clare Yu
Members of the Steering Committee
Shirley Chan, DBP Secretary-Treasurer
Ken Cole, APS Liaison
Harold Craighead
Hans Frauenfelder
Marilyn Gunner, DBP Chair-Elect
Steve Hagen, DBP Member-at-Large
Peter Jung, DBP Chair
Herbert Levine, DBP Member-at-Large
Heiner Linke
Denis Rousseau, DBP Past-Chair
Zuzanna Siwy
Xiaowei Zhuang
Financial Support Provided By:
National Science Foundation (NSF)
International Institute for Complex Adaptive Matter(I2CAM)
University of California, Irvine Institute of Complex Adaptive Matter (UCI-ICAM)
Institute of Physics (IOP)
Baltimore Convention Center
Baltimore, Maryland
Organized by APS Division of Biological Physics
Biology is a rapidly changing field that has been making tremendous strides forward in recent years. Biology is changing from a descriptive to a quantitative and conceptually profound field. This workshop will showcase a sample of the rich opportunities in biology for physicists. It is aimed at physicists, especially graduate students and post-docs, who are curious about how a background in physics can provide a unique perspective of biological systems. We believe that physicists will make a substantial contribution to this revolution by working together with biologists.
Invited Speakers
William Bialek
Princeton
Robijn Bruinsma
UCLA
Hans Frauenfelder
Los Alamos
Klaus Lehnertz
Bonn
Yale Goldman
Penn
Charles Stevens
Salk Institute
Zuzanna Siwy
Irvine
Sunney Xie
Harvard
Co-Chairs of the Steering Committee
Dean Astumian, DBP Vice-Chair
Clare Yu
Members of the Steering Committee
Shirley Chan, DBP Secretary-Treasurer
Ken Cole, APS Liaison
Harold Craighead
Hans Frauenfelder
Marilyn Gunner, DBP Chair-Elect
Steve Hagen, DBP Member-at-Large
Peter Jung, DBP Chair
Herbert Levine, DBP Member-at-Large
Heiner Linke
Denis Rousseau, DBP Past-Chair
Zuzanna Siwy
Xiaowei Zhuang
Financial Support Provided By:
National Science Foundation (NSF)
International Institute for Complex Adaptive Matter(I2CAM)
University of California, Irvine Institute of Complex Adaptive Matter (UCI-ICAM)
Institute of Physics (IOP)
