Professor Scott White Memorial Tribute
University of Illinois aerospace engineering professor Scott R. White, an innovator of self-healing and self-regulating materials, died on May 28, 2018, of cancer at age 55.
In this tribute video, White discusses his work on autonomous systems and shows his keen sense of humor in outtakes from an interview about one of his group's publications.
White was recognized globally as an expert in autonomous materials—materials that can adapt or respond on their own. His Autonomous Materials Systems Group at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the U. of I. developed self-healing plastics, electronics, batteries and coatings; coatings and materials that indicate when they are damaged or strained; self-destructing devices to reduce electronic waste; and many other innovations to make materials safer and more reliable on both the micro and macro scale.
To learn more about White and his work, please visit:
https://beckman.illinois.edu/news/2018/05/scott-white
http://autonomic.beckman.illinois.edu/
http://whitegroup.beckman.illinois.edu/
Polymers That Self-Protect, Self-Heal, and Self-Destruct
Pioneers in the field of autonomous materials discuss the current state-of-the-art in autonomous polymers that can self-protect, self-report, self-heal, regenerate, and finally trigger their own decomposition for recycling.
This research is conducted by the members of the Autonomous Materials Systems group at the Beckman Institute at the University of Illinois. The leaders of the group are Aerospace Engineer Scott White, Materials Scientist Nancy Sottos, and Chemist Jeffrey Moore.
This work is reviewed in the latest issue of NATURE Insight. To learn more, please visit:
"Towards Better 60 Second Science" - Sandra Tsing Loh (SmithGroup Lecture)
The Elevator Pitch. Scientists dread it, but they shouldn't. Sandra Tsing Loh analyzes the language, celebrates the science, lauds the presenters, and gives her take on remaking "60 Second Science" videos.
Tsing Loh is the host of the syndicated daily radio science minute and NPR podcast "The Loh Down on Science" and adjunct associate professor in drama and science communication at University of California, Irvine.
This lecture was presented at the Beckman Institute on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus on April 20, 2018.
For more information on the SmithGroup lecture series, please visit
www.beckman.illinois.edu/events/smithgroup-lectures.
"Cell Surface Glycans as Cellular IDs" - Dr. Laura Kiessling (Beckman-Brown Lecture)
Laura Kiessling, professor of chemistry at MIT, presents the 2017 Beckman-Brown Lecture on Interdisciplinary Science.
Her talk focuses on the roles of carbohydrate-binding proteins in checking glycan IDs. Topics include probing the fundamental chemical forces underlying the recognition of carbohydrates to understanding how nature exploits these interactions to detect microbes. Kiessling's research combines tools from organic synthesis, polymer chemistry, structural biology, and molecular and cell biology.
The Annual Beckman-Brown Lecture on Interdisciplinary Science honors Dr. Arnold O. Beckman, the founder of the Institute, and Dr. Theodore “Ted†Brown, the founding director. The series is funded by a gift from the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation.
The lecture was presented at the Beckman Institute on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus on November 3, 2017.
Klaus Schulten Memorial Symposium - Session 5
Honoring the life and career of Dr. Klaus Schulten, professor of physics and leader in the field of computational biophysics, the symposium took place at the Beckman Institute on November 7-9, 2017.
**OPENING REMARKS**
[00:01-00:38] Zan Luthey-Schulten, University of Illinois (chair)
[00:38-16:37] Tamer Basar, Center for Advanced Study, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois
[16:54-29:58] Jeffrey Moore, Director, Beckman Institute, University of Illinois
**SESSION 5**
[30:23-1:07:12] "In situ Structures of Molecular Complexes by Cryo-electron Tomography"
Peijun Zhang, University of Oxford
[1:07:12-1:44:36] "Large-scale Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Cadherin Complexes"
Marcos Sotomayor, Ohio State University
[1:45:20-2:11:25 ] "Magnetic Compass Sense of Migratory Birds: A Perspective"
Ilia Solov'yov, University of Southern Denmark
[2:11:59-2:39:09] "Building a Bridge from Molecular Simulation to Understand How Bacteria Work"
Peter Freddolino, University of Michigan
[ 2:39:33-3:17:24] "Computational Drug Discovery: From Proteome to Drugs"
Jerome Baudry, University of Alabama, Huntsville
[3:17:24-3:22:09] "Closing Remarks"
Organizing Committee: Zan Luthey-Schulten, Emad Tajkhorshid, Chris Chipot, and Alek Aksimentiev
For more information, please visit
go.illinois.edu/schulten
Klaus Schulten Memorial Symposium - Session 4
Honoring the life and career of Dr. Klaus Schulten, professor of physics and leader in the field of computational biophysics, the symposium took place at the Beckman Institute on November 7-9, 2017.
**SESSION 4**
[00:01-08:32] Video: Sculpting Proteins
[08:32-8:59] Alek Aksimentiev, University of Illinois (Chair)
"Molecular Mechanisms of Synaptic Neurotransmitter Release"
Axel T. Brunger, Stanford University and Howard Hughes Medical Institute
(Removed at presenter's request)
[09:41-49:36] "Over a Decade of Studying Membrane-protein Insertion"
James 'JC' Gumbart, Georgia Institute of Technology
[50:23-1:32:48]
"Molecular Simulation at the Mesoscale"
Rommie E. Amaro, University of California, San Diego
[1:32:48-1:35:19] Video: Klaus Schulten Memorial Video Tribute
"Opening Windows into the Cell: Bringing Structure to Cell Biology using Cryo-electron Microscopy"
Elizabeth Villa, University of California, San Diego
(Removed at presenter's request)
[1:35:36-2:17:54]"Molecular Simulations of Lipid Membrane Sensing and Remodeling Dynamics"
Gerhard Hummer, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics and Goethe University
[2:18:11-3:00:53] "Accurate Prediction of Membrane Permeabilities in Rational Lead Discovery"
Chris Chipot, University of Illinois and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
[3:00:59-3:27:12] "Closing Remarks"
Sir Anthony Leggett, University of Illinois and Nobel Laureate (2003, Physics)
For more information, please visit
go.illinois.edu/schulten
Klaus Schulten Memorial Symposium - Session 3
Honoring the life and career of Dr. Klaus Schulten, professor of physics and leader in the field of computational biophysics, the symposium took place at the Beckman Institute on November 7-9, 2017.
**OPENING REMARKS**
[00:01-00:47] Chris Chipot, University of Illinois (Chair)
[00:47-11:43] Mark Berger, NVIDIA Corporation
[11:43-15:39] William Gropp, National Center for Supercomputing Applications
[15:39-27:47] Laxmikant 'Sanjay' Kale, Computer Science, University of Illinois
**SESSION 3**
[28:17- 1:11:57] "Towards a Mechanistic Understanding of Ribosomal Function"
Helmut Grubmuller, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry
"Physics of DNA and Chromatin Function"
Taekjip Ha, Johns Hopkins University
(Removed at presenter's request)
[1:12:29-1:49:58] "Molecular-level Description of Excitation Energy Transfer in Light-harvesting Systems"
Ulrich Kleinekathofer, Jacobs University Bremen
[1:50:52-2:24:54] "Computational Microscopy of Biological and Synthetic Nanopores"
Aleksei Aksimentiev, University of Illinois
For more information, please visit
go.illinois.edu/schulten
Klaus Schulten Memorial Symposium - Session 2
Honoring the life and career of Dr. Klaus Schulten, professor of physics and leader in the field of computational biophysics, the symposium took place at the Beckman Institute on November 7-9, 2017.
**SESSION 2**
[00:01-04:24] Attila Szabo, National Institutes of Health (Chair)
[04:24-50:32] "Cryo-electron Tomography or the Challenge of Doing Structural Biology in situ"
Wolfgang Baumeister, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry
[50:32-1:30:33] "Using Computer Simulations to Advance our Understanding of Biological Systems at the Atomic Level"
Benoit Roux, University of Chicago
"Proton-coupled Electron Transfer in Enzymes and Photoreceptor Proteins"
Sharon Hammes-Schiffer, University of Illinois
(Removed at presenter's request)
[1:30:45-1:36:21] Video: Biophysical Society Interview
[1:36:53-2:13:40] "Klaus' Computational Microscope Applied to Harvesting, Transfer, and Trapping Solar Energy for Photosynthesis"
Neil Hunter, University of Sheffield
[2:13:44-2:47:55] "Reaction Paths, Stochastic Modeling, and the Mean First Passage Time"
Ron Elber, University of Texas at Austin
[2:48:45-3:27:36] "Capturing Biological Membranes and Membrane Proteins in Action Using Advanced Simulation Technologies"
Emad Tajkhorshid, University of Illinois
[3:27:48-3:37:41] "Closing Remarks"
Theodore 'Ted' Brown, Founding Director of the Beckman Institute, University of Illinois
For more information, please visit
go.illinois.edu/schulten
