Molecular Frontiers Symposium/Forum 2008

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Sponsors:
Insititute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology
Biomedical Research Council
Agency for Science, Technology and Research

Co-Sponsors:
Nanyang Technological University
National University of Singapore

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The 1^st Molecular Frontiers Forum 2008

Symposium Program (Download PDF)
Thursday, January 10, 2008

Time	Program*
9:30am to 9:35am	Welcome Address by Chair, 2^nd Molecular Frontiers Symposium Professor Jackie Y. Ying Executive Director, Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, Singapore
9:35am to 9:40am	Address by Chair, Molecular Frontiers Foundation Professor Bengt Nordén Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
9:40am to 10:40am	Plenary Lecture Click Chemistry: Modular Synthesis for Function Professor K. Barry Sharpless Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2001) The Scripps Research Institute and The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, USA
10:40am to 11:10am	Tea Reception
11:10am to 11:55am	Keynote Lecture Self-Assembling Peptide Systems Professor Shuguang Zhang Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
11:55am to 12:55pm	Lunch
12:55pm to 1:55pm	Plenary Lecture Catalytic Reduction of Dinitrogen to Ammonia Under Mild Conditions with Protons and Electrons Professor Richard Schrock Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2005) Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
1:55pm to 2:40pm	Keynote Lecture Excited Electronic States of Ag Nanocrystals Professor Louis Brus Columbia University , USA
2:40pm to 3:25pm	Keynote Lecture Nanocomposite Engineering of Biomaterials Professor Jackie Y. Ying Executive Director, Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, Singapore
3:25pm to 3:55pm	Coffee/Tea
3:55pm to 4:55pm	Plenary Lecture Discovery of Carbon Nanotubes Professor Sumio Iijima The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Gregori Aminoff Prize (2007) NEC Corporation, Meijo University and Research Center for Advanced Carbon Materials, Japan
4:55pm to 5:40pm	Keynote Lecture Dynamic Aspects of Molecular Recognition, Assembly and Function Professor Bengt Nordén Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
5:40pm	End of Day One

Friday, January 11, 2008

Time	Program*
9:30am to 10:30am	Plenary Lecture Asymmetric Catalysts: Structural and Functional Engineering Professor Ryoji Noyori Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2001) RIKEN and Nagoya University, Japan
10:30am to 11:00am	Coffee/Tea
11:00am to 11:45am	Keynote Lecture Mini-DNA with Interesting Properties Synthesized by Click Chemistry Professor Tom Brown University of Southampton , UK
11:45am to 12:45pm	Lunch/End of Day Two

* Program details are subject to change.