GORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCES: BIOELECTROCHEMISTRY
Molecular and Cellular Biophysics of the Alteration of
Biochemical Reactions and Transport by Electric and Magnetic Fields
[Complete program, with list of confirmed speakers, appears below.]
TIME AND PLACE
July 21 - 26, 1996, Salve Regina University, Newport, Rhode Island
COSTS
Conference fee (registration, board and room)
Double occupancy $540 per person
Single occupancy $590
TRAVEL - Individual responsibility
(in some cases partial funding may be available)
FINANCIAL SUPPORT - Some funding may become available to partially
support participation. This will depend on available
funds and individual needs.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE
[1] Make formal application to Gordon Research Conference to one of
Mail delivery:
Conference Application
Gordon Research Conferences
University of Rhode Island
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West Kingston, RI 02892-0984
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Conference Application
Gordon Research Center
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[2] Send written copy by mail to
James C. Weaver
20A-128, MIT
Cambridge, MA 02139
or by email to
grc_copy at geldrop.mit.edu
Sending us a copy of your application is important, because
in the past some applications apparently were misdirected,
and then lost. If we do not know early that you applied, it
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POSTERS - Participants are encouraged to present recent and ongoing work;
a number of these will be selected for brief oral presentation
and discussion (see PROGRAM)
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PROGRAM
Molecular and Cellular Biophysics of the Alteration of
Biochemical Reactions and Transport by Electric and Magnetic Fields
James C. Weaver, Chair; Paul Gailey, Vice Chair
July 21 Sunday (arrival) 18:00 Dinner/reception
July 22 Monday Morning
BIOPHYSICAL MECHANISMS OF MAGNETIC FIELD RECEPTION I.
Imre Gyuk (Discussion Leader)
08:45 Opening/Instructions
09:00 - 10:00 PETER VALBERG Magnetic particles in cells and tissues:
characteristics and their interactions with magnetic fields
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee break
10:30 - 11:00 ATSUKO KOBAYASHI Biogenic magnetite and ferromagnetic
contaminantion in biological materials
11:00 - 11:30 JOE KIRSCHVINK Ferromagnetism as a mechanism for electromagnetic
field effects
11:30 - 12:30 KLAUS SCHULTEN Recent developments in the understanding of
magnetically sensitive radical-pair reactions
12:30 Lunch
17:00 - 18:00 Social/Poster I
18:00 Dinner
Monday Evening
BIOPHYSICAL MECHANISMS OF MAGNETIC FIELD RECEPTION II.
Mike Marron (Discussion Leader)
19:30 - 20:30 CHUCK GRISSOM Radical pair interactions as the possible basis
for effects due to small fields
20:30 - 21:00 ROBERT ADAIR Limitations on radical pair interactions for weak
magnetic fields
21:00 - 21:30 TIMOTHY VAUGHAN Alteration of rates via magnetic particles
and radical pair processes
July 23 Tuesday Morning
BIOPHYSICAL MECHANISMS OF MAGNETIC FIELD RECEPTION III.
Chuck Rafferty (Discussion Leader)
09:00 - 10:00 JAN WALLECZEK Electromagnetic field effects on cell
calcium signaling and free radical mechanisms
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee break
BIOPHYSICAL MECHANISMS OF ELECTRIC FIELD RECEPTION I.
10:30 - 11:30 AD KALMIJN The response of ampullae of Lorenzini
to small dc and ac fields
11:30 - 12:30 KEN MCLEOD Response of bone-related cells to small
electric fields in vitro and in vivo
12:30 Lunch
17:00 - 18:00 Social/Poster II
18:00 Dinner
Tuesday Evening
MOLECULAR AND BIOPHYSICAL EVENTS IN MEMBRANE PROTEINS I.
Charles Bean (Discussion Leader)
19:30 - 20:30 FERNAN JARAMILLO The performance of biological sensory
systems: experimental behavior compared to theoretical limits
20:30 - 21:30 DEAN ASTUMIAN Biophysical mechanisms: fundamental constraints
on interactions involving voltage-deformed membrane proteins
July 24 Wednesday Morning
MOLECULAR AND BIOPHYSICAL EVENTS IN MEMBRANE PROTEINS II.
Felix Hong (Discussion Leader)
09:00 - 10:00 RICHARD ALDRICH Molecular biology and biophysics of voltage-gated
potassium channels
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee break
10:30 - 11:30 LOUIS DEFELICE Voltage-dependent neurotransmitter transporters
11:30 - 12:30 GARY YELLEN Molecular biophysics of voltage-gated potassium
channels
12:30 Lunch
17:00 - 18:00 Social/Poster III
18:00 Dinner
Wednesday Evening
ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN TRANSPORT ACROSS BIOLOGICAL BARRIERS I.
K. Kinosita (Discussion Leader)
19:30 - 20:30 PHILIP GREEN Transdermal drug delivery of peptides and
small molecules by iontophoresis
20:30 - 21:30 JANET TAMADA Electrically driven transport across the skin
for glucose sampling
July 25 Thursday Morning
ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN TRANSPORT ACROSS BIOLOGICAL BARRIERS II.
Harry Bodde (Discussion Leader)
09:00 - 10:00 EBERHARD NEUMANN Lipid rearrangements in the
electroporation-resealing cycle and biotechnological applications
10:00 -10:30 Coffee break
10:30 - 11:30 LESLIE TUNG Electroporation of cardiac cell membranes with
defibrillation-level electric fields
11:30 - 12:30 UWE PLIQUETT Quantitative characterization of ion and molecule
transport across skin using fluorescence and electrochemical methods
12:30 Lunch
17:00 - 18:00 Social/Poster IV
18:00 Dinner
Thursday Evening
ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN TRANSPORT ACROSS BIOLOGICAL BARRIERS III.
Veronique Preat (Discussion Leader)
18:00 - 18:15 Business meeting; conference evaluation forms
18:30 - 19:30 YURI CHIZMADZHEV Physical mechanism of ion and molecule
transport across skin from "low" to "high" voltages
19:30 Conference dinner
July 26 Friday Morning
ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN TRANSPORT ACROSS BIOLOGICAL BARRIERS IV.
Betty Sisken (Discussion Leader)
09:00 - 10:00 LLUIS M. MIR Electropermeabilization of living tissue for
medical therapy based on local drug delivery to tumors
10:00 Coffee available, but no formal break
10:00 - 11:00 CLAUDE NICOLAU Electroporation and electroinsertion for medical
therapy based on cell manipulation
11:00 - 12:00 RAPHAEL LEE Reversible and irreversible cell membrane
electroporation in electrical injury
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Bus departs for Boston airport
