| SUNDAY |
| 2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | CONTROVERSIAL HISTORY OF BIOLOGICAL WATER: VOICE OF THE PROTAGONISTS |
| Discussion Leader: Phillip Ball, Nature, London, UK |
| Walter Drost-Hansen, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
"From vicinal hydration of biopolymers to cell function" |
| Gilbert Ling, Damadian Foundation, Melville, NY
"The Polarized Multilayer (PM) theory of protoplasmic
water in living cells" |
| MONDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 8:45 am | Photo |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY OF WATER AT BIOLOGICAL INTERFACES |
| Discussion Leader: Chaim Frenkel, Rutgers University |
| Elaine Zhu, Harvard University, Cambridge MA
"How water meets a hydrophobic surface" |
| Jacob Israelachvili, UC Santa Barbara
"Measurements of hydrophobic forces" |
| Martin Chaplin, South Bank University, London, UK
"Does water clustering determine biological structure?" |
| Gerald Pollack, Univ. of Washington, Seattle
"Solute behavior in the vicinity of hydrophilic surfaces" |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | INTERACTIONS BETWEEN MACROMOLECULES AND WATER |
| Discussion Leader: Martin Chaplin, South Bank University, London |
| Judith Herzfeld, Brandeis University, Waltham, Mass
"Crowding-induced order in cells" |
| Daryl Eggers, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
"Influence of interfacial water on
protein folding equilibria in crowded environments" |
| Teresa Head-Gordon, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
"Hydration dynamics near a model protein surface: Implications for
protein function and protein- protein assembly" |
| TUESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | BEHAVIOR OF WATER IN THE PRESENCE OF SOLUTES AT EXTREMELY LOW CONCENTRATION |
| Discussion Leader: Pascale Mentre, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France |
| Jacques Benveniste, DigiBio, Clamart, France
"Role of water in the transmission of molecular signals" |
| Yolene Thomas, CNRS, Saint Cloud Cedex, France
"Activation of human neutrophils by electronically transmitted phorbol-myristate acetate" |
| Mae-wan Ho, Director, Institute of Science in Society
"The cell as a liquid crystal" |
| Shiimon Mizrahi, Technion Israel
"Water mediated cosolutes effects on gels swelling and osmotic pressure of polymers" |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | BASIC BIOPHYSICAL PROCESSES INVOLVING WATER |
| Discussion leader: Miklos Kellermayer, Univ of Pecs, Hungary |
| James Clegg, Univ of Cal., Davis, CA
Anhydrobiosis (life without water) reveals the essential functions of intracellular water |
| Vladimir Voeikov, Moscow State University, Russia
"Self-organizing nature of
oxygen radical-dependent processes in aqueous systems" |
| Denys Wheatley, Univ. of Aberdeen, U. K.
"Metabolic control: diffusion, convection and encounter frequencies on
cytoplasmic surfaces" |
| WEDNESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | BEHAVIOR OF SOLUTES IN INTERFACIAL WATER |
| Discussion leader: John Sheehan, University of North Carolina |
| Norio Ise, Kyoto University, Japan
"When does like like like? -- Structure formation of macro-ions in
solutions" |
| David Weitz, Harvard University, Cambridge MA
"Aqueous gels and networks: Mechano-properties and mechano-sensing" |
| Guenter Albrecht-Buehler, Northwestern Univ., Chicago, IL
"Water structuring centers of mammalian cell surfaces" |
| Ludwig Edelmann, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany
"Electron microscopic detection of potassium and
water association at cellular proteins" |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | ROLE OF INTERFACIAL WATER IN CYTOSKELETAL PROCESSES |
| Discussion leader: Carlton Hazlewood, President, PetroClean, L.L.C., and Research Consultants, International |
| Ivan Cameron, University of Texas, San Antonio, TX
"Water: Biology's forgotten molecule" |
| Dan Urry, Univ. of Minnesota, Twin Cities, MN
"The fundamental role of differentiated water structure in
protein structure and function" |
| Frank Mayer, Univ. of Goettingen, Germany
"Interfacial Water: determinants for cell architecture and cell function" |
| THURSDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | ROLE OF INTERFACIAL WATER IN BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES |
| Discussion Leader: James Clegg, Univ. of California, Davis. |
| Virginia Shepherd, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
"Plant cells through the looking glass: Alternative
interpretations of cytoplasmic structure and electrophysiology" |
| Reuven Tirosh, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
"Ballistic protons, water solitons, and bioenergetics" |
| Sasha Safronov, Ural State University, Ekaterineburg, Russia
"Hydration in synthetic polyelectrolyte gels. Electrochemical potential and enthalpy of swelling" |
| Fabio Bruni, University of Rome
"The glassy state of water in model and real systems: Is it biologically useful?" |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | ROLE OF WATER IN BIOMATERIALS AND GELS |
| Discussion leader: Jacob Israelachvili, UC Santa Barbara |
| Erwin Vogler, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
"Role of water in protein adsorption/assembly at interfaces" |
| Hans Griesser, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
"Characterization of hydrated layers by colloid atomic force microscopy" |
| Allan Hoffman, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
"The role of water in PEGylated 'non-fouling' surfaces" |
| FRIDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Depart |