BIO2001 HOME Description & Purpose Organizers Invited speakers Programme Participants Registration Abstracts Accommodation Travel info How to find the meeting site & maps POSTER: bio2001.pdf bio2001.ps SUPPORT: National Graduate School in Materials Physics

Biophysics is directed in gaining knowledge of the physical principles that govern living systems. Examples include the structure and function of cell membranes, the function of proteins, properties of single molecules such as DNA, and the formation of complex structures such as cationic liposomes that have a huge potential in practical applications, e.g., in gene transfer. Due to the large variety of systems and phenomena that comprise the field of biophysics, its cross-disciplinary nature attracts expertise from a number of fields such as biology, chemistry, medical sciences, and physics. Summer School: The purpose of this short, but intensive, Summer School is to give graduate students and young researchers an introduction to soft matter physics and, in particular, to the physics of biomembranes and complex formation. The lectures comprise various topics including A review of statistical mechanics Experimental aspects Theoretical aspects, e.g., elasticity and electrostatics Modeling and computer simulation of biosystems A detailed programme will follow shortly. Conference: The goal of this meeting is the following. We aim to get a number of distinguished experts together. The tentative list of speakers includes both theorists and experimentalists from a broad background, as expected. In addition, we aim to have a wide audience to increase the overlap between medical scientists, chemists, biologists, and physicists. Furthermore, the conference aims to offer a possibility for graduate students and postdocs from different fields to meet both each other and more senior fellows, and search for possible topics of mutual interest. Obviously, all participants will be given an opportunity to present their research results during the meeting. For that, a poster session will be organized and a small number of contributed talks will be accepted. Comments/questions? Mail to bio2001@lce.hut.fi Last updated Jan. 20, 2001