Living cells are packed with myriads of molecules that self assemble into a daunting variety of structures, from lipid membranes to cytoskeletal networks, that carry out the functions of life. These structures and their functions provide models for new nonbiolgical materials. Materials science and related fields provide new methods of probing biological systems and new ways of thinking about their properties. This interplay between biology and materials, which has emerged as a frontier area of science, will be the subject of this symposium

Invited Speakers:

Didier Chatenay - Universite Louis Pasteur
Dennis Discher - University of Pennsylvania
William Gelbart - Dept. of Chemistry, UCLA
Paul Janmey - University of Pennsylvania
Fred MacKintosh - Dept. of Physics, Univeristy of Michigan
Jacques Prost - Institue Curie, Paris
Didier Roux - CRPP, Bordeaux
Daniel Scherman - Aventis
Jean-Louis Sikarov - CEA, Saclay
Friedrich Simmel - Lucent Technologies
B.R. Ratna - Navy Research Laboratory
Gerard Wong - Dept. of Materials Science, University of Illinois
Arjun Yodh - University of Pennsylvania

Registration Information

There is no registration fee for the Symposium. Lunch will be provided, however, so please submit the following pre-registration information to be included in the list:

  Name, Title/Affiliation
  Address, City, State, Zip
  Home Phone, Office Phone/Fax
  E-mail address

send to:


Kathy Kramer
Assistant to the Director
LRSM, University of Pennsylvania
3231 Walnut St.
Philadelphia Pa 19104-6202
kramer@lrsm.upenn.edu

(215) 898-5425, or by fax at (215) 898-8296
kramer@lrsm.upenn.edu

Accommodations

For those persons requiring overnight accommodation, advance reservations can be made at the following locations:

• Warwick Hotel
  $125.00 PENN rate
  Tel:.(215) 735-6000
• Divine Tracy Hotel
  $38.00 - $45.00
  (religious organization subject to availability)
  Tel: (215) 382-4310
• The Sheraton University City
  $119.00 PENN rate
  Tel: (215) 387-8000