Meeting Support for the 2019 OSA Quantum Bio-Photonics Incubator, 28-30 April 2019

生物系统中量子现象的研究和识别是一个跨学科的领域，在过去的几十年里引起了越来越多的关注，但并没有像需要的那样蓬勃发展。这项提议的主要目标是聚集纳米制造、量子光学、单分子生物物理学、能量收集、物理化学、理论和实验量子生物学的专家，以了解量子行为如何影响生物分子功能。这次研讨会将使来自不同科学学科的年轻和资深科学家汇聚一堂。该提案将探讨一些问题，如光合作用过程中量子动力学的量子相干性测量，分子环境对此类系统功能的量子相干性保持的影响，设计超出当前技术水平的电光设备，实现利用量子动力学现象的生物启发装置或算法，以及使用合成生物学方法修改生物分子系统以提高其量子性能。该研讨会将促进学术界和产业界之间更多的合作伙伴关系，并将有助于发展一支多样化的、具有全球竞争力的STEM工作队伍。该研讨会由生物科学总监分子和细胞生物科学部的分子生物学计划资助。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 study and identification of quantum phenomena in biological systems is an interdisciplinary field that has attracted increasing attention in the past few decades but hasn't developed as robustly as needed. The main goal of this proposal is to gather experts in nanofabrication, quantum optics, single molecule biophysics, energy harvesting, physical chemistry, theoretical and experimental quantum biology to understand how quantum behavior affects bio-molecular function. This workshop will bring young and senior scientists together from different scientific disciplines. The proposal will explore questions such as measurements of quantum coherence about quantum dynamics in photosynthetic processes, impact of molecular environment on the preservation of quantum coherence for the function of such systems, engineering electro-optical devices beyond the current state of the art, realization of bio-inspired devices or algorithms to exploit quantum dynamics phenomenon and the use of synthetic biology methods to modify biomolecular systems to improve their quantum performance. This workshop will foster increased partnership between academia and industry and will aid in the development of a diverse, globally competitive STEM workforce.This workshop is funded by the Molecular Biophysics Program in the Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences in the Biological Sciences DirectorateThis 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.