Focus Session: Brownian Motors in Physics, Chemistry, and Biology

Presentations

• Brownian Heat Engines -- from Leidenfrost Droplets to Nanowire Thermoelectrics

  COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

  March 7, 2007, 6:00 AM – March 7, 2007, 6:36 AM

  Authors

  • Heiner Linke

    • University of Oregon

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• Study of single flagellar propulsion with optical tweezers

  ORAL

  March 7, 2007, 6:36 AM – March 7, 2007, 6:48 AM

  Authors

  • Suddhashil Chattopadhyay

    • University of Pittsburgh

  • Xiao-Lun Wu

    • University of Pittsburgh

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• The stochastic dynamics of filopodial growth

  ORAL

  March 7, 2007, 6:48 AM – March 7, 2007, 7:00 AM

  Authors

  • Yueheng Lan

    • Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  • Garegin Papoian

    • Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    • The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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• Swimming movements of filaments in a linearly viscoelastic medium

  ORAL

  March 7, 2007, 7:00 AM – March 7, 2007, 7:12 AM

  Authors

  • Henry Fu

    • Brown University

  • Thomas Powers

    • Division of Engineering, Brown University
    • Brown University

  • Charles Wolgemuth

    • University of Connecticut Health Center

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• Fusion versus endocytosis: the stochastic entry of enveloped viruses

  ORAL

  March 7, 2007, 7:12 AM – March 7, 2007, 7:24 AM

  Authors

  • Tom Chou

    • UCLA
    • Department of Biomathematics and Mathematics, University of California, Los Angeles
    • Dept. of Biomathematics and Dept. of Mathematics, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1766

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• Exact results for random deposition-driven ratcheting

  ORAL

  March 7, 2007, 7:24 AM – March 7, 2007, 7:36 AM

  Authors

  • Maria-Rita D'Orsogna

    • UCLA

  • Tom Chou

    • UCLA
    • Department of Biomathematics and Mathematics, University of California, Los Angeles
    • Dept. of Biomathematics and Dept. of Mathematics, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1766

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• Molecular motors driven by asymmetric nucleation

  ORAL

  March 7, 2007, 7:36 AM – March 7, 2007, 7:48 AM

  Authors

  • Amit Lakhanpal

    • UCLA

  • Tom Chou

    • UCLA
    • Department of Biomathematics and Mathematics, University of California, Los Angeles
    • Dept. of Biomathematics and Dept. of Mathematics, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1766

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• Free boundaries and confinement in driven diffusive systems

  ORAL

  March 7, 2007, 7:48 AM – March 7, 2007, 8:00 AM

  Authors

  • Pak-Wing Fok

    • Caltech

  • Sarah Nowak

    • UCLA
    • Dept of Biomathematics, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1766

  • Tom Chou

    • UCLA
    • Department of Biomathematics and Mathematics, University of California, Los Angeles
    • Dept. of Biomathematics and Dept. of Mathematics, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1766

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• Slow axonal transport: Neurofilaments switch between distinct mobile and stationary states during their transport along axons

  ORAL

  March 7, 2007, 8:00 AM – March 7, 2007, 8:12 AM

  Authors

  • Peter Jung

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ohio University

  • Niraj Trivedi

    • Center for Molecular Neurobiology, Ohio State University

  • Lei Wang

    • The Burnham Institute, La Jolla

  • Anthoni Brown

    • Center for Molecular Neurobiology, Ohio State University

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• A Geometric Mechanism for Asymmetric Diffusion and Membrane Rectification

  ORAL

  March 7, 2007, 8:12 AM – March 7, 2007, 8:24 AM

  Authors

  • Robert Shaw

    • ProtoLife Srl.

  • Norman Packard

    • ProtoLife Srl.

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• Untying molecular friction knots

  ORAL

  March 7, 2007, 8:24 AM – March 7, 2007, 8:36 AM

  Authors

  • Serdal Kirmizialtin

    • The University of Texas at Austin

  • Dmitrii Makarov

    • The University of Texas at Austin

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• Exact Solutions of Burnt-Bridge Models for Molecular Motor Transport

  ORAL

  March 7, 2007, 8:36 AM – March 7, 2007, 8:48 AM

  Authors

  • Alexander Morozov

    • Department of Chemistry, Rice University

  • Ekaterina Pronina

    • Department of Chemistry, Rice University

  • Anatoly Kolomeisky

    • Department of Chemistry, Rice University

  • Maxim Artyomov

    • Department of Chemistry, MIT

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• Molecular Dynamics simulation of Buttiker-Landauer Refrigerator

  ORAL

  March 7, 2007, 8:48 AM – March 7, 2007, 9:00 AM

  Authors

  • Ronald Benjamin

    • University Of Alabama at Birmingham

  • Ryoichi Kawai

    • University of Alabama at Birmingham
    • University Of Alabama at Birmingham

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