DNA Computing and Molecular Programming

第22届会议“DNA计算和分子编程”将于2016年9月4日至8日在德国慕尼黑路德维希-马克西米利安大学举行。这次会议将汇集各种各样的发言者；从领先的理论计算机科学家/数学家到积极与实验学家合作的理论家，再到分子生物学家、生物化学家和工程师，他们的实验工作支持了新科学和计算平台的发展。自1994年以来，该会议已经举办了21届（网址：www.dna-computing.org/index.html），每四年轮流举办一次：北美、欧洲、北美、亚洲（2015年在波士顿哈佛大学举行）。本次会议由国际纳米科学计算与工程学会（ISNSCE） （http://www.isnsce.org）主办。该社区在催化新研究领域的发展方面具有极大的影响力，例如细胞计算，合成生物学的应用，以及极其成功的DNA折纸技术。本次会议的主要目标是(a)通过将跨学科研究团体聚集在一起并促进开放的科学互动来推进核酸计算和分子编程领域，以及(b)促进开放讨论并提供合作机会，特别是研究生与来自所有国家的知名研究人员之间的互动，以激发新的研究发展。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的研究方向：(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，并邀请了该领域最杰出的研究人员。此外，通过这次会议的互动，该领域的几个主要发展已经启动，如：新的分子计算模型，链位移过程，DNA瓦片和算法自组装，分子行走器。更广泛的影响通过汇集这一多学科研究领域的顶尖科学家，会议为交流知识和思想提供了一个令人兴奋的场所。计算机科学、数学、理论和实验物理、化学和分子生物学都是这些学科的代表。DNA计算和分子编程领域对新思想和开放获取政策仍然非常开放。例如，个别研究小组早在发表之前就分享了他们的研究结果。本次会议的中心目标之一是进一步发扬这种精神，促进开放的交流，促进来自世界各地的研究生和新博士之间的互动。正如过去所证明的那样，这些互动将导致长期的研究合作，并促进他们在当前研究兴趣方面的思想交流。该会议在将不同群体聚集在一起方面有着良好的记录。该社区在吸引新生和促进新的科学发展方面非常成功，多年来稳步增长，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，在世界范围内的少数实验室中被实践，已经发展到在全球数百个地方进行探索。这些科学家中的许多人通过科学会议接触到了DNA/RNA纳米技术，最值得注意的是上述会议。国际合作：DNA计算和分子编程会议于2016年9月4日至9月8日在慕尼黑路德维希-马克西米利安大学（LMU）与慕尼黑工业大学（TUM）合作举办。这是德国、丹麦和美国的国际合作。部分资金已经通过纳米科学中心（PI-Tim Liedl， LMU）和慕尼黑纳米系统倡议（PI-Fredrich Simmel， TUM）获得。额外的资金来自德国联邦政府<s:1>建设和发展基金。美国国家科学基金会将资助美国学生参加会议。将优先考虑代表性不足和少数民族的学生。感谢NSF国际科学与工程办公室的全球风险基金和计算机与信息科学与工程理事会的项目基金的部分支持。

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.