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    Biomaterials Monday Sessions

Session BI+SS-MoA
Role of Water in Biological Systems

Monday, October 29, 2001, 2:00 pm, Room 102


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2:00pm BI+SS-MoA1 Invited Paper
Simulation Studies of the Structure and Dynamics of Biological Hydration Water
D.J. Tobias, University of California, Irvine, M. Tarek, National Institute of Standards and Technology
2:40pm BI+SS-MoA3 Invited Paper
Local Solvation Shell Measurement in Water using a Carbon Nanotube Probe
S.P. Jarvis, Nanotechnology Research Institute, AIST, Japan, T. Ishida, Institute for Mechanical System Engineering, AIST, Japan, C.C. Liew, Research Institute for Computational Sciences, AIST, Japan, H. Tokumoto, Nanotechnology Research Institute, AIST, Japan., Y. Nakayama, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan
3:20pm BI+SS-MoA5
The Role of Interphase Water in Protein Resistance
J.G. Kushmerick, J.E. Houston, B.C. Bunker, Sandia National Laboratories
3:40pm BI+SS-MoA6 Invited Paper
Computer Simulation of the Behavior of Water near Model Surfaces and Self-Assembled Monolayers
A.J. Pertsin, T. Hayashi, M. Grunze, Heidelberg Universität, Germany
4:20pm BI+SS-MoA8
The Water Content of Proteins during Adsorption
J. Voros, M. Textor, N.D. Spencer, ETH-Zurich, Switzerland
4:40pm BI+SS-MoA9
X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy of Liquid and Gaseous Water
K.R. Wilson, R.J. Saykally, University of California-Berkeley, J.G. Tobin, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
5:00pm BI+SS-MoA10
Proton Dynamics in Ice: A Resonant Photoemission Study
D. Nordlund, Uppsala University, Sweden, M. Cavalleri, University of Stockholm, Sweden, H. Ogasawara, L.-Å. Näslund, M. Nagasono, Uppsala University, Sweden, L.G.M. Petterson, University of Stockholm, Sweden, A. Nilsson, Uppsala University, Sweden and Stanford University