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Session 9: Biological Systems

Chairperson: M. Saraniti

  14:30 Simulating Biological Ion Channels using Computational Electronics Methods (Invited)
K. Hess
University of Illinois, USA
 
  15:00 Shockley-Ramo Theorem Measures Conformation Changes of Ion Channels and Proteins
B. Eisenberg1,2 and W. Nonner1
1Rush University and Argonne National Lab, USA
2University of Miami, USA
 
  15:15 Continuum Versus Particle Simulation of Model Nano-Pores
C. Millar, S. Roy, O. Beckstein1, M. Sansom1, and A. Asenov
University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
1University of Oxford, United Kingdom
 
  15:30 Exploring Free Energy Profiles Through Ion Channels: Comparison on a Test Case
E. Piccinini, M. Ceccarelli1, F. Affinito, R. Brunetti, and C. Jacoboni
CNR-INFM S3 National Research Center, Italy
1University of Cagliasi
 
  15:45 Improving the Efficiency of BD Algorithms for Biological Systems Simulations
D. Marreiro1, Y. Tang2, S. Aboud1, E. Jakobsson2,3, and M. Saraniti1,3
1Illinois Institute of Technology, USA
2University of Illinois at Urbana, USA
3National Center for Design of Biometric Nanoconductors, USA
 
  16:00 Closing Remarks