U.S.-Mexico Workshop: Physical and Chemical Aspects of Molecular Biology. An International Workshop on Current Problems in Complex Fluids

这项美国-墨西哥奖将支持一个关于分子生物学的物理和化学方面的研讨会，作为关于复杂流体当前问题的一系列国际研讨会的继续。会议将于2007年1月3-6日在墨西哥普埃布拉举行，由卡内基-梅隆大学的Mathias Loesche教授与教授共同组织。墨西哥国立自治大学物理研究所的Rolando Castillo和圣路易斯·波托西自治大学物理研究所的Jaime Ruiz-Garcia。组织者旨在讨论分子和细胞生物学在跨学科背景下的当前发展，重点是物理学和生物学之间的接口。研讨会将包括与生物学相关问题相关的跨学科主题的研究报告和讨论，例如：受限几何中的核酸构象；脂膜动力学、结构和功能；二维基质中的蛋白质；以及作为2D和3D空间之间信息流耦合的细胞信号。会议将促进来自美国、墨西哥和欧洲的不同高级研究人员、各自领域的领导者和年轻研究人员(如终身教职教师、博士后和研究生)之间的交流和联系。因此，预计它将促进两国个人或团体在生物物理和数量生物学领域的具体研究项目上的合作，并促进使用特殊设施和实验室。将特别重视研究生和其他年轻研究人员的参与和培训。

This U.S.-Mexico award will support a workshop on the physical and chemical aspects of molecular biology as continuation of a series of international workshops on current problems in complex fluids. The meeting will be held in Puebla, Mexico, January 3 - 6, 2007, and has been organized by Prof. Mathias Loesche of Carnegie-Mellon University, together with Profs. Rolando Castillo of the Institute of Physics, National Autonomous University of Mexico, and Jaime Ruiz-Garcia of the Institute of Physics, Universidad Autonoma de San Luis de Potosi. The organizers aim to discuss current developments in molecular and cellular biology in an interdisciplinary setting that focuses on the interface between physics and biology. The workshop will include research presentations and discussions of interdisciplinary topics related to problems of relevance in biology, such as: nucleic acid conformation in confined geometries; lipid membrane dynamics, structure and function; proteins in two-dimensional matrices; and cell signaling as the coupling of information flow between 2D and 3D spaces.The meeting will foster communication and contact between a diverse group of senior researchers, leaders of their respective fields, and young researchers, such as tenure-track faculty, postdocs and graduate students, from the U.S., Mexico and Europe. As such, it is expected to foster collaboration in specific research projects between individuals or groups of both countries in areas of biological physics and quantitative biology and to promote access to special facilities, and laboratories. Particular emphasis will be placed on the participation and training of graduate students and other young researchers.