Systems Chemistry from Concepts to Conceptions Gordon Research Conference

该奖项由生命过程化学；化学催化；高分子、超分子和纳米化学；以及化学结构、动力学和机制计划；化学结构、动力学和机制计划以及分子和细胞生物科学系的系统和合成生物学集群以及材料研究部的生物材料计划支持于2018年7月29日至8月3日由埃默里大学的David G.Lynn教授和加州大学洛杉矶分校的唐毅教授举办的首届“系统化学”戈登研究会议。这次会议是国际性的，汇集了系统化学领域最有见识的研究人员，深入讨论了最先进的研究成果，并审查了未来的潜在优先事项。这次会议是非常及时的，有能力为一个迅速发展的化学学科带来定义和方向。系统化学是一项高度多学科的事业，几乎涉及到化学的所有方面。这是第一次系统化学从概念到概念GRC有两个主要焦点。第一个主题建立在美国国家科学基金会支持的另类生命化学研讨会的基础上，并扩展了这些主题。具体地说，自组织多组分系统中功能的出现，自复制系统，远离平衡运行的功能化学系统的设计和分析，以及复杂系统的化学进化。理论/实验连续体渗透到所有会议，并隐含地和明确地将地球上生命的化学与分析超分子分子组装的化学的新兴机会联系在一起。此外，会议通过构建和分析大学、政府实验室和私人研究机构的研究人员的多样化、非平衡分子网络，将美国、英国和欧盟独立出现的不同焦点联系起来，向研究界通报动态化学系统的限制。其次，正式的陈述、回答问题、海报会议上的讨论以及随意的互动构成了关于新主题和未来方向的想法出现的机会。从提交的摘要中挑选出的年轻学者和来自少数服务机构的学者参与了一项与知名科学家的合作，以实现更大的包容性卓越。来自学生谈话的及时的新结果扩展了讨论，并为指导打开了可能性。新的想法跨越并统一了当前涉及的学科的多样性。会议的代表性议题包括：化学网络的动态行为、非平衡化学网络、超分子化学和生命的替代化学。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The award from the Chemistry of Life Processes; Chemical Catalysis; Macromolecular, Supramolecular, and Nanochemistry; and Chemical Structure, Dynamics, and Mechanisms programs in the Division of Chemistry and the Systems and Synthetic Biology cluster in the Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences and the Biomaterials Program in the Division of Materials Research supports the inaugural "Systems Chemistry" Gordon Research Conference on 29 July-3 August, 2018 organized by Professor David G. Lynn of Emory University and Professor Yi Tang of the University of California at Los Angeles. The conference, which is international in scope, brings together the most knowledgeable investigators in the field of systems chemistry for in depth discussions of state-of-the-art research and an examination of potential priorities for the future. The conference is extremely timely, having the capacity to bring definition and direction to a rapidly expanding subject in chemistry. Systems chemistry is a highly multidisciplinary undertaking that impinges on virtually all aspects of chemistry.This first Systems Chemistry from Concepts to Conceptions GRC has two primary foci. The first builds on and extends themes that emerged from the NSF-supported workshop on Alternative Chemistries of Life. Specifically, the emergence of function in self-organized multi-component systems, self-replicating systems, design and analysis of functional chemical systems operating far from equilibrium, and chemical evolution of complex systems. The theory/experiment continuum permeate all sessions and connect the chemistry of life on earth implicitly and explicitly with the emerging opportunities for analyzing the chemistry of supramolecular molecular assemblies. Further, the conference connects the divergent foci that have emerged somewhat independently across the US, UK, and EU by constructing and analyzing the diverse, non-equilibrium molecular networks by researchers in universities, government laboratories, and private research institutes to inform the research community on the limits of dynamic chemical systems. Second, the formal presentations, response questions, discussions at poster sessions, and the casual interactions constitute an opportunity for ideas on new topics and future directions to emerge. Young scholars selected from submitted abstracts and scholars form minority serving institutions are engaged in a with established scientists to achieve greater inclusive excellence. Timely new results from student talks extend the discussions and open possibilities for mentoring. New ideas span and unify the current diversity of involved disciplines. Representative topics at the conference include: dynamic behaviors of chemical networks, non-equilibrium chemical networks, supramolecular chemistry, and alternative chemistries of life.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.