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March - August 2023 programme poster
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Big Quantum Bio Meetings
This seminar series is jointly organised by our Leverhulme Quantum Biology Doctoral College Training Centre (QB-DTC) and the Quantum Biology Tech (QuBiT) Lab at UCLA.
Seminars will be held via Zoom every Thursday from 3pm - 4pm UK time (7am PST / 10am EST / 11am BRT / 4pm SAST, CEST / 11pm JST).
For further information contact: Dr Youngchan Kim, youngchan.kim@surrey.ac.uk.
Programme
| 2023 dates | Talks |
|---|---|
| 5 January | Town hall meeting |
| 12 January | Quantum standards: From the physical to the geopolitical, and NIST on a chip: Revolutionizing metrology through quantum standards Barbara Goldstein (National Institute of Standards and Technology, US) |
| 19 January | Towards a quantum biological mechanism underlying muscle stem cell regenerative potential Fabrisia Ambrosio (Harvard Uni., US) |
| 26 January | Towards quantum-enhanced nonlinear imaging Lucia Caspani (Uni. of Strathclyde, UK) |
| 2 February | Molecular mechanisms of photoprotection in plants Alizée Malnoë (Umea Uni., Sweden) |
| 9 February | How to use quantum resources to give artificial intelligence novel abilities Hartmut Neven (Google, US) |
| 16 February | Hosting chromophores: How antenna proteins promote light-harvesting Susannah Bourne-Worster (Uni. of Bristol, UK) |
| 23 February | Controlling strong vibrational coupling toward quantum bioengineering Keisuke Goda (Uni. of Tokyo, Japan) |
| 2 March | Manipulating matter by strong coupling to the vacuum field Thomas Ebbesen (University of Strasbourg) |
| 9 March | Primary cilia: unique sensors in the brain Carolyn Ott (Janelia Research Campus) |
| 16 and 23 March | Online Pre-GRC School and GRC Quantum Biology!!! |
| 30 March | Mitochondria: role in the evolution, physical principles of operations, and Lev G. Murokh (City University of New York) |
| 13 April | High-resolution mid-infrared molecular spectroscopy for precision measurements and tests of fundamental physics Benoit Darquie (Sorbonne-Paris North University) |
| 20 April | Quantum life science: nanoscale quantum biosensors, quantum hyperpolarized MRI, and quantum biology/biotechnology Youshinobou Baba (Nagoya University) |
| 27 April | Quantum sensors for neurology: non-invasive measurement of brain currents and muscle functions Thomas Middelmann (Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt) |
| 4 May | Enhancing macromolecular design approaches with quantum computing and quantum chemistry Vikram Mulligan (Flatiron Institute) |
| 11 May | Quantum diamond NMR at the scale of single cells Ron Walsworth (University of Maryland) |
| 18 May | Schroedinger’s bacteria: implications for physics and biology Vlatko Vedral (University of Oxford) |
| 25 May | Make MRI accessible to all with an ultrasensitive SQUID detection system Dimitri Labat (Chipiron) |
| 1 June | Investigation of magnetic field-sensitive flavin photochemistry with high-sensitivity Lewis Antill (Saitama University) |
| 8 June | Interfacing coherent qubits with biological targets Peter Maurer (University of Chicago) |
| 15 June | Magnetic control of emissivity in multichromophoric molecular systems Seigei Vinogradov (University of Pennsylvania) |
| 22 June | TBA Sabre Kais (Purdue University) |
| 29 June | Giant atoms: a new frontier in quantum optics Franco Nori (Riken University) |
| 6 July | Weak magnetic fields in vertebrate development and regeneration Kelly Tseng (University of Nevada) |
| 13 July | The nicotine/cotinine interaction in planarians: simple antagonism, regulatory site, or (perhaps) a quantum effect? One Pagan (Westchester University) |
| 20 July | Curious effects of non-Markovian dynamics and how it can be important for quantum sensing in biological systems Murphy Niu (University of Maryland) |
| 27 July | TBA Amy S. Gladfelter (University of North Carolina) |
| 3 August | TBA Alfredo Franco-Obregon (National University of Singapore) |
| 10 August | Building an equitable physics community Katherine Wright (American Physical Society) |