Focus Session: Quantum Coherence in Biology I

Presentations

• Indicators of quantum coherence in light-harvesting dynamics

  COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

  March 22, 2011, 8:00 AM – March 22, 2011, 8:36 AM

  Authors

  • Alexandra Olaya-Castro

    • University College London
    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London

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• Phonon-mediated path-interference in electronic energy transfer

  ORAL

  March 22, 2011, 8:36 AM – March 22, 2011, 8:48 AM

  Authors

  • Hoda Hossein-Nejad

    • University of Toronto

  • Alexandra Olaya-Castro

    • University College London
    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London

  • Gregory D. Scholes

    • University of Toronto

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• Efficiency of the energy transfer in the FMO complex using hierarchical equations on Graphics Processing Units

  ORAL

  March 22, 2011, 8:48 AM – March 22, 2011, 9:00 AM

  Authors

  • Tobias Kramer

    • University of Regensburg, Germany

  • Christoph Kreisbeck

    • University of Regensburg, Germany

  • Mirta Rodriguez

    • IEM CSIC, Madrid, Spain

  • Birgit Hein

    • University of Regensburg, Germany

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• Efficient GPU calculation of 2D-echo spectra of excitonic energy-transfer in systems with large reorganization energy

  ORAL

  March 22, 2011, 9:00 AM – March 22, 2011, 9:12 AM

  Authors

  • Birgit Hein

    • University of Regensburg, Germany

  • Christoph Kreisbeck

    • University of Regensburg, Germany

  • Tobias Kramer

    • University of Regensburg, Germany

  • Mirta Rodriguez

    • IEM, CSIC, Madrid, Spain

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• Simulation of dissipative quantum dynamics in the presence of strongly-interacting and structured environments: a many-body approach to memory effects

  ORAL

  March 22, 2011, 9:12 AM – March 22, 2011, 9:24 AM

  Authors

  • Alex Chin

    • Ulm University

  • Javier Prior

    • Universidad Polit\'ecnica de Cartagena

  • Susana F. Huelga

    • Ulm University

  • Martin B. Plenio

    • Ulm University

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• Optimal Excitation energy transfer dynamics in light-harvesting systems

  ORAL

  March 22, 2011, 9:24 AM – March 22, 2011, 9:36 AM

  Authors

  • Jianlan Wu

    • Chemistry Department, MIT

  • Jianshu Cao

    • Chemistry Department, MIT

  • Robert Silbey

    • Chemistry Department, MIT

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• A quantum landscape study of energy transfer efficiency in light-harvesting complexes

  ORAL

  March 22, 2011, 9:36 AM – March 22, 2011, 9:48 AM

  Authors

  • Alireza Shabani

    • Princeton

  • Masoud Mohseni

    • MIT

  • Herschel Rabitz

    • Princeton

  • Seth Lloyd

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • MIT

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• Fast and efficient excitation transfer across disordered molecular networks

  ORAL

  March 22, 2011, 9:48 AM – March 22, 2011, 10:00 AM

  Authors

  • Andreas Buchleitner

    • Physikalisches Institut, Albert-Ludwigs-Universit\"at Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Str. 3, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany

  • Torsten Scholak

    • Physikalisches Institut, Albert-Ludwigs-Universit\"at Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Str. 3, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany

  • Fernando de Melo

    • Instituut voor Theoretische Fysica, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium

  • Thomas Wellens

    • Physikalisches Institut, Albert-Ludwigs-Universit\"at Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Str. 3, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany

  • Florian Mintert

    • Freiburg Institute of Advanced Studies, Albertstr. 18, 79014 Freiburg, Germany

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• Regenerative quantum coherence in photosynthesis under natural conditions

  ORAL

  March 22, 2011, 10:00 AM – March 22, 2011, 10:12 AM

  Authors

  • Stephan Hoyer

    • University of California, Berkeley

  • K. Birgitta Whaley

    • University of California, Berkeley

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• Enhanced exciton diffusion length via cooperative quantum transport

  ORAL

  March 22, 2011, 10:12 AM – March 22, 2011, 10:24 AM

  Authors

  • Masoud Mohseni

    • MIT

  • Damian Abasto

    • USC

  • Seth Lloyd

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • MIT

  • Paolo Zanardi

    • USC

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• Concatenated quantum codes in biological systems

  ORAL

  March 22, 2011, 10:24 AM – March 22, 2011, 10:36 AM

  Authors

  • Seth Lloyd

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • MIT

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• A possible mechanisms for quantum coherence assisted ion transport in ion channels

  ORAL

  March 22, 2011, 10:36 AM – March 22, 2011, 10:48 AM

  Authors

  • Alipasha Vaziri

    • Max F. Perutz Laboratories (MFPL), University of Vienna, Austria and the Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP)

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