SUNDAY |
2:00 pm - 11:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Welcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff |
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm | OPENING SESSION |
| Discussion Leader: Linda Johnston (National Research Council of Canada) |
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm | Richard Givens (University of Kansas)
"Photoremovable Protecting Groups: The Risks and Returns with Modification" |
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm | Neil Branda (Simon Fraser University)
"Using Photoresponsive Molecules and Materials to Control Chemical Reactivity and Photodynamic Therapy" |
9:10 pm - 9:20 pm | Discussion |
MONDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
8:30 am | Group Photo |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | SUPRAMOLECULAR PHOTOCHEMISTRY |
| Discussion Leader: Andrei Kutateladze (University of Denver) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Cornelia Bohne (University of Victoria)
"Use of Supramolecular Systems with Multiple Binding Sites to Control Bimolecular Photoreactivity" |
9:40 am - 9:50 am | Discussion |
9:50 am - 10:05 am | Linda Shimizu (University of South Carolina)
"Photodimerization of Enones in the Presence of Porous Self-assembled Bis-urea Macrocycles" |
10:05 am - 10:10 am | Discussion |
10:10 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | V. Ramamurthy (University of Miami)
"Controlling Photochemical Reactions with Confinement and Weak Intermolecular Forces" |
11:10 am - 11:20 am | Discussion |
11:20 am - 12:00 pm | Jochen Mattay (Universität Bielefeld)
"Calixarenes in Supramolecular Photochemistry: Molecular Recognition, Switching and Single Molecule Processes" |
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS |
| Discussion Leader: Fred Lewis (Northwestern University) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Tetsuro Majima (Osaka University)
"Charge Transfer in DNA" |
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm | Discussion |
8:20 pm - 9:00 pm | Ana Moore (Arizona State University)
"Bioinspired Energy Conversion Schemes" |
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm | Discussion |
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm | Anny Slama-Schwok (Ecole Polytechnique)
"Synchronous Photo-initiation of Endothelial NO-synthase Activity by a Nanotrigger Targeted at its NADPC Site" |
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
TUESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | SPECTROSCOPY AND DYNAMICS |
| Discussion Leader: Glen Loppnow (University of Alberta) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Erik Nibbering (Max-Born Institute)
"Trans/cis Isomerization Dynamics of Photosensor Protein Chromophores Studied with Ultrafast Infrared Spectroscopy" |
9:40 am - 9:50 am | Discussion |
9:50 am - 10:05 am | John Simon (Duke University)
"Free Electron Laser Photoelectron Emission Microscopy (FEL-PEEM) of Melanosomes" |
10:05 am - 10:10 am | Discussion |
10:10 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | Albert Stolow (National Research Council of Canada)
"Ultrafast Dynamics of Non-adiabatic Photochemistry and its Quantum Control" |
11:10 am - 11:20 am | Discussion |
11:20 am - 12:00 pm | Todd Martinez (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
"Photochemistry from First Principles Dynamics" |
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm | Discussion |
12:10 pm - 12:25 pm | Valeria Kleiman (University of Florida)
"Ultrafast Energy Transfer Mechanisms in Dendritic Molecules" |
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | SINGLE MOLECULE SPECTROSCOPY |
| Discussion Leader: Linda Peteanu (Carnegie Mellon University) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Peter Lu (Bowling Green State University)
"Single Molecule Spectroscopy and Imaging of Protein Conformational Dynamics" |
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm | Discussion |
8:20 pm - 8:45 pm | Gonzalo Cosa (McGill University)
"Liposome Encapsulated Conjugated Polymers Observed at the Ensemble and Single Molecule Level" |
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
8:50 pm - 9:15 pm | Marcia Levitus (Arizona State University)
"Single Molecule Spectroscopy in Biology: Should We Worry about Photophysics?" |
9:15 pm - 9:20 pm | Discussion |
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | PHOTOCHEMISTRY ON THE NANOSCALE |
| Discussion Leader: Mike Wasielewski (Northwestern University) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Moungi Bawendi (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
"Nanocrystal Quantum Dots in Charge Transfer or Energy Transfer Systems: Quantum Dots in Light Emitting Devices, Photodetectors, and Chemical Sensors" |
9:40 am - 9:50 am | Discussion |
9:50 am - 10:05 am | David Spry (Stanford University)
"Excited-State Proton Transfer Dynamics and Proton Diffusion in Nanoscopically Confined Media" |
10:05 am - 10:10 am | Discussion |
10:10 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | Daniel Falvey (University of Maryland)
"Photoinduced Electron Transfer Reactions in Ionic Liquids and on Nanoparticles" |
11:10 am - 11:20 am | Discussion |
11:20 am - 12:00 pm | Gerald Meyer (Johns Hopkins University)
"Photodriven Multi-Electron Transfer Reactions" |
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:15 pm - 7:40 pm | Business Meeting |
| (Nominations for the next Vice Chair; Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair) |
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm | REACTIONS AND MECHANISMS |
| Discussion Leader: Steve Fleming (Brigham Young University) |
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm | John Toscano (John Hopkins University)
"Nanosecond Time-Resolved IR Studies of Nitrene Intermediates" |
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 8:45 pm | Malcolm Forbes (University of North Carolina)
"Photo-redox Chemistry of Amino Acids and Derivatives: Comparing Free Solution to Reverse Micelles" |
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
8:50 pm - 9:05 pm | Vladimir Popik (University of Georgia)
"Photochemical Triggering of Facile Thermal Bergman Cyclization" |
9:05 pm - 9:10 pm | Discussion |
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm | Jack Saltiel (Florida State University)
"Photoisomerization of 1,4-Ditolyl-1,3-butadiene in Glassy Media at 77K: Definitive Evidence against the Hula-twist Mechanism for Cis-trans Photoisomerization" |
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
THURSDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | FLUORESCENT BIOSENSORS |
| Discussion Leader: Bruce Armitage (Carnegie Mellon University) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Alan Waggoner (Carnegie Mellon University)
"Fluorescent Biosensors for Cell Pathways" |
9:40 am - 9:50 am | Discussion |
9:50 am - 10:05 am | Miaomiao Wang (Investigen Inc)
“Smart DNA Assay: a Rapid and Sensitive Assay to Detect Genomic DNA via a Specific Photobleaching Reaction” |
10:05 am - 10:10 am | Discussion |
10:10 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | Nancy Greenbaum (Florida State University)
"Use of a Förster Resonance Energy Transfer Method To Identify Locations of Site-Bound Metal Ions in the U2-U6 snRNA Complex" |
11:10 am - 11:20 am | Discussion |
11:20 am - 12:00 pm | Clemens Burda (Case Western University)
"Quantum-dot Based Energy Transfer- a Laser Spectroscopic Mechanistic Study" |
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm | Discussion |
12:10 pm - 12:25 pm | Kenneth Lo (City University of Hong Kong)
"Luminescent Biological Probes derived from Transition Metal Polypyridine Biotin Complexes" |
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | MATERIALS |
| Discussion Leader: Elizabeth Harbron (College of William and Mary) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | René Janssen (Eindhoven University of Technology)
"Photophysics of Molecular Materials in Organic Solar Cells" |
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm | Discussion |
8:20 pm - 9:00 pm | Kirk Schanze (University of Florida)
"Exciton and Charge Transport in Organometallic Molecular Wires" |
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm | Discussion |
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm | Evgueni Nesterov (Louisiana State University)
"Water-Soluble Temperature Responsive Fluorescent Polythiophenes with Tunable Emission Color" |
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Depart |