2004 Interfacial Biology in Water

描述（由申请人提供）：牢房非常拥挤。因此，细胞内的大部分水都靠近大分子表面。众所周知，接近会改变水的物理化学行为。核心问题是这种改变的行为如何影响局部离子和大分子的行为以及随之而来的生物过程。尽管在这个问题上有很多猜测，但这个问题仍然有争议和未解决。戈登会议（GRC）已经成立，在一个开放的、跨学科的环境中深入探讨这些问题。会议将由Gerald Pollack（华盛顿大学）和Chaim Frenkel（罗格斯大学）共同主持，会议将于2004年6月6日至11日在霍利奥克山学院举行。GRC、华盛顿大学和罗格斯大学已经为种子项目提供了支持。由于水的主题是所有生物系统行为的核心，因此要求美国国立卫生研究院支持召开本次会议。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The cell is extremely crowded. As a result, much of the water inside the cell is in close proximity of macromolecular surfaces. Proximity is known to alter water's physical chemical behavior. The central question is the manner in which this altered behavior influences the behavior of local ions and macromolecules and attendant biological processes. Although there has been much conjecture on this subject, the issue remains controversial and unresolved. A Gordon Conference (GRC) has been set up to explore these issues in depth in an open, interdisciplinary setting. The meeting will be co-chaired by Gerald Pollack (University of Washington) and Chaim Frenkel (Rutgers University), and will be held at Mt. Holyoke College on June 6 - 11, 2004. Seed support has already been granted by the GRC, by the University of Washington and by Rutgers University. Because the subject of water is central to behavior of all biological systems, support from the NIH is being requested to conduct this meeting.