THE 8TH INT CONFERENCE ON ORGANIZED MOLECULAR FILMS

描述（根据申请人的摘要和具体目标改编）： 应用程序请求支持将两个相对不同的 小组，物理学家和医生，在一个特别的专题讨论会， “界面医学”在第八届国际会议组织 分子电影 研讨会旨在促进以下方面的合作： 这两个群体，他们有一套普遍未被承认的共同利益， 脂质膜的界面性质。 座谈会并 会议将在太平洋格罗夫的阿西洛马会议中心举行， 1997年8月24日至29日在加州举行。 会议中心相对 会议设施齐全，大多数与会者将留下来， 在现场用餐，允许大量的正式和非正式的 讨论 专题讨论会的主要内容是物理和化学 肺表面活性剂的研究，在单层，多层体等;与 特别强调用于治疗呼吸道疾病的替代表面活性剂 痛苦综合症。 有组织分子生物学国际会议 电影，其中这是第八次在一年两次的系列，在过去处理 主要是有组织的分子膜的物理和化学， 超分子组装体 这些会议一般都专门讨论 界面科学与技术基础研究 Langmuir-Blodgett（LB）和自组装膜，特别是具有 光学或电子应用。 典型的出席人数在 600-700.

DESCRIPTION (Adapted from applicant's abstract and specific aims): This application requests support to bring together two relatively diverse groups, physicists and physicians, in a special symposium entitled "Interfacial Medicine" at the Eighth International Conference on Organized Molecular Films. The symposium is designed to foster collaboration between these two groups, who have a generally unrecognized set of common interests in the interfacial properties of lipid membranes. The symposium and conference will be held at the Asilomar Conference Center in Pacific Grove, California from August 24-29, 1997. The conference center is relatively self-contained and most of the conference participants will be staying and having their meals on-site, allowing for plenty of formal and informal discussion. The main thrust of the symposium will be physical and chemical studies of lung surfactants, in monolayers, multilamellar bodies, etc.; with a special emphasis on replacement surfactants for treatment of Respiratory Distress Syndrome. The International Conferences on Organized Molecular Films, of which this is the 8th in a biannual series, have in the past dealt primarily with the physics and chemistry of organized molecular films and supramolecular assemblies. The conferences have generally been devoted to fundamental studies of the interfacial science and technology of Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) and self-assembled films, especially those with optical or electronic applications. Typical attendance is in the range of 600-700.