The colloquium thrives on the following principles:
1. Focus on fundamental science and essential knowledge
2. Significant educational component
3. Personal perspective on the future of a field
4. Online and completely free format for everyone
Connect via Zoom or watch YouTube Live!
Follow on Twitter:
Sign up for email alerts on upcoming talks:
Next Colloquium

April 6 at 18:00 European Time (9am PST, 12pm EST, 1am JST)
Prof. Arieh Warshel
Department of Chemistry University of Southern California, US
Computer Simulations of Electrochemical Processes in Biochemical Systems and the Relevance to non-Biological Systems
This presentation describes simulation studies of electrochemical effects in Biological systems and consider the general power of such simulations. We start by considering our pioneering microscopic simulations of redox potentials as well as electron and proton transport processes. Furthermore, the conversion of protonmotive force to mechanical energy is described in clear molecular details. We then move to simulations of voltage activated ion channels. These simulations involve explicit treatment of the electrolytes and the electrodes (which is not available in continuum studies). We further describe simulations of the potential generated by light induced charge separation processes.
Our approaches should provide a powerful way of studying artificial energy storage device and their light and chemical activation process.