DNA Computing and Molecular Programming

《DNA计算与分子编程》第22期会议将于2016年9月4日至8日在德国慕尼黑的路德维希-马克西米利安大学举行。会议将汇集广泛的演讲者；从领先的理论计算机科学家/数学家到积极与实验者合作的理论家，再到其实验工作支持新的科学和计算平台开发的分子生物学家、生物化学家和工程师。自1994年以来，该会议已举办了21次(http：//www.dna-culting.org/index.html)，每四年轮换一次：北美、欧洲、北美、亚洲(2015年在波士顿哈佛大学举行)。这次会议是由国际纳米科学计算与工程学会(http://www.isnsce.org).)主办的该社区在催化细胞计算、合成生物学应用以及极其成功的DNA折纸技术等新研究领域的发展方面发挥了极大的影响力。这次会议的主要目标是：(A)通过将跨学科研究界聚集在一起并促进开放的科学互动，推动核酸计算和分子编程领域的发展，以及(B)促进公开讨论和提供合作机会，特别是在鼓励新的研究发展方面，促进各国研究生和知名研究人员之间的互动。智力价值在“DNA计算和分子编程”会议的框架下，正在发展和推进几个主要研究方向：(A)分子计算模型，(B)自组装基础，(C)DNA纳米技术，(D)化学反应电路，(E)分子机器人。会议展示了这些主题中最重要的成果，并以该领域最杰出的研究人员为特色。此外，通过这次会议促进的相互作用，该领域的几个主要发展已经启动，例如：新颖的分子计算模型、链置换过程、DNA拼接和算法自组装、分子步行器。计算机科学、数学、理论和实验物理、化学和分子生物学是代表的学科之一。DNA计算和分子编程领域对新想法和开放获取政策仍然非常开放。例如，个别小组在结果公布之前很久就会分享。这次会议的中心目标之一就是进一步弘扬这种精神，促进开放的交流，促进世界各地研究生和新近毕业的博士之间的互动。正如过去已经证明的那样，这些互动将导致长期的研究合作，并促进他们目前研究兴趣的思想交流。这次会议在将不同群体聚集在一起方面有着良好的记录。该社区在吸引新学生和促进新的科学发展方面非常成功，多年来稳步发展，2015年有超过220名参与者(超过90名学生)。在过去的10年里，DNA纳米技术在世界各地的几个实验室中得到了实践，并在世界各地的数百个地方得到了探索。其中大量科学家通过科学会议接触到DNA/RNA纳米技术，最引人注目的是上述会议。国际合作：DNA计算和分子编程会议于2016年9月4日至8日在慕尼黑路德维希-马克西米利安大学(LMU)与慕尼黑理工大学(TUM)合作举办。这是来自德国、丹麦和美国的组织者之间的国际合作。通过纳米科学中心(Pi-Tim Liedl，LMU)和慕尼黑纳米系统倡议(Pi-Fredrich Simmel，TUM)获得了部分资金。额外的资金来自德国联邦发展和发展基金。美国国家科学基金会的资金将支持美国学生参加会议。将优先考虑代表人数不足和少数族裔的学生。感谢美国国家科学基金会全球风险基金在国际科学与工程办公室的部分支持，以及来自计算机和信息科学与工程局的项目基金。

The 22nd installment of the conference "DNA Computing and Molecular Programming" will be held at Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich, Germany from 4th till 8th of September 2016. The conference will bring together a wide range of speakers; from leading theoretical computer scientists/mathematicians through theoreticians who actively collaborate with experimentalists, to molecular biologists, biochemists and engineers whose experimental work supports development of new scientific and computing platforms. Since 1994, the conference has been held 21 times (http: //www.dna-computing.org/index.html) with alternating locations cycling every four years: North America, Europe, North America, Asia (in 2015 it was held in Boston at Harvard University). The conference is organized under the auspices of the International Society for Nanoscale Science Computing and Engineering (ISNSCE) (http://www.isnsce.org). The community has been exceedingly influential in catalyzing the development of novel fields of research such as cellular computing, applications to synthetic biology, as well as the extremely successful DNA origami technique. The main objective of this conference is (a) to advance the field of nucleic acid computing and molecular programming by bringing interdisciplinary research communities together and promoting open scientific interactions, and (b) to promote open discussions and provide opportunities for cooperation, in particular interactions between graduate students and established researchers from all countries in inciting new research developments. Intellectual MeritSeveral major directions of research under the umbrella of the "DNA Computing and Molecular Programming" conferences are being developed and advanced: (a) Molecular computing models, (b) Foundations of self-assembly, (c) DNA nanotechnology, (d) Chemical reaction circuits, (e) Molecular robotics. The conference presents the most significant results in these topics and features the most prominent researchers in the field. Moreover, several major developments in the field have been initiated through interactions fostered by this conference such as: novel molecular computing models, strand displacement processes, DNA tiles and algorithmic self-assembly, molecular walkers.Broader ImpactBy bringing together leading scientists in this multidisciplinary area of research, the conference represents an exciting venue for the exchange of knowledge and ideas. Computer science, mathematics, theoretical and experimental physics, chemistry and molecular biology are among the disciplines represented. The field of DNA computing and molecular programming remains extremely open to new ideas and open access policies. Individual groups, for example, share their results long before they are being published. One of the central goals of this conference is to further foster this spirit and stimulate the open exchanges as well as to promote interaction among graduate students and recent Ph.Ds from around the world. As has been proven in the past, these interactions will result in long-lasting research collaboration, as well as promote exchange of ideas in their current research interests. The conference has an excellent track record in bringing diverse groups together. The community has been extremely successful in attracting new students as well as promoting new scientific developments and has steadily grown over the years with over 220 participants (over 90 students) in 2015. In the last 10 years, DNA nanotechnology, which was practiced in a handful of laboratories world wide, has grown to be explored in hundreds of places worldwide. A large number of these scientists have been exposed to DNA/RNA nanotechnology through scientific meetings, most notably, the above named conference.International Collaboration: The conference DNA Computing and Molecular Programming is organized at the Ludwig-Maximilians University (LMU) in Munich 9/4--9/8, 2016 in cooperation with Tech University in Munich (TUM). This is an international collaboration among organizers from Germany, Denmark and USA. Partial funding has been secured through the Center for Nanoscience (PI-Tim Liedl, LMU) and Nanosystems Initiative Munich (PI-Fredrich Simmel, TUM). Additional funding comes from Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung BMBF. NSF funds will support US student travel to the conference. Preference will be given to under-represented and minority students. Partial support from the NSF's Global Venture Fund in the Office of International Science and Engineering and program fund from the Directorate of Computer and Information Science and Engineering is gratefully acknowledged.