• Solid Oxide Fuel Cells & Electrolyzers
• Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells & Electrolyzers
• Electrodes & Solid Electrolytes for Batteries
• Fundamentals of Transport and Reactivity & Nanoionics
• Transparent Conducting Oxides
• Solid State Photoelectrochemistry
• Switching and Sensing PhenomenaÂ
• High Temperature Routes for Solar Fuels
• Ion Transport in Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Solids
• Permeation Membranes
• Proton-conducting Oxides

The meeting will follow the first similar conference (MultiPole-1) that was organized in November 2011, but with a modified scope. The purpose of the upcoming MultiPole-2 conference, which is organized in the wake of and as a summary of the International Year of Crystallography IYCr2014, is to discuss the advances in all aspects of structural sciences that have been promoted with the participation of scientists with Polish roots and/or with significant links to Poland, whether working in Poland or abroad. Although the focal point is crystallography, the scope encompasses all areas that are concerned with the study of the structure of matter, with emphasis on structural biology and structural chemistry. Participation of all interested scientists is encouraged. It is expected that presentations by the invited lecturers, as well as by speakers chosen from the abstracts, will show that investing in science and science education is the best option for Poland and that Polish scientists can and do have very successful careers. For students and young researchers it should become a venue to find positive career models and inspiration for fascinating interdisciplinary research in structural sciences.

Invited Speakers

• Matthias Bochtler International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Warsaw, Poland
  Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Warsaw, Poland
• Dominika Borek University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
• Krzysztof Brzezinski University of Białystok, Poland
• Marek Brzozowski University of York, United Kingdom
• Grzegorz Bujacz Technical University of Łódz, Poland
• Janusz Bujnicki International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Warsaw, Poland
  Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
• Maksymilian Chruszcz University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
• Marek Cieplak Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Science, Warsaw, Poland
• Tomasz Cierpicki University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
• Miroslaw Cygler University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
• Zbigniew Dauter National Cancer Institute, Argonne, IL, USA
• Zygmunt Derewenda University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
• Andrzej Dziembowski Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
• Maria Gdaniec Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
• Jolanta Grembecka University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
• Pawel Grochulski University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
• Robert Janowski Helmholtz Zentrum, Munich, Germany
• Mariusz Jaskólski Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
  Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznań, Poland
• Andrzej Joachimiak Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, USA
• Krzysztof Jozwiak Medical University of Lublin, Poland
• Andrzej Koliński University of Warsaw, Poland
• Lukasz Lebioda University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
• Janusz Lipkowski Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, Warsaw, Poland
• Jacek Lubkowski National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD, USA
• Karolina Majorek Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
  University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA
• Karolina Michalska Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, USA
• Wladek Minor University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA
• Piotr Neumann University of Göttingen, Germany
• Wieslaw Nowak Nicholas Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland
• Marcin Nowotny International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Warsaw, Poland
• Zbyszek Otwinowski University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
• Agnieszka Pietrzyk Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
• Waldemar Priebe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
• Urszula Rychlewska Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
• Wojciech Rypniewski Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznań, Poland
• Piotr Setny University of Warsaw, Poland
• Tadeusz Skarzynski Agilent Technologies, Oxford, United Kingdom
• Joanna Sulkowska University of Warsaw, Poland
• Marcin Suskiewicz Vienna Biocenter, VBC, Vienna, Austria
• Marta Szachniuk Poznan University of Technology, Poland
  Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Poznań, Poland
• Joanna Trylska University of Warsaw, Poland
• Alexander Wlodawer National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD, USA
• Krzysztof Wozniak University of Warsaw, Poland

Special Plenary Speaker

• Ada Yonath Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
  Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2009

Special Guest

• Iain Mattaj EMBL Heidelberg
  Director General
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One place, six conferences covering hot science trends. The main focus will be on Nanoscience & Nanotechnology in the fields of Graphene, Bio/Medicine, Optics, Photonics, Chemistry, Toxicology. Internationally renowned speakers will offer the attendees exceptional opportunities. The latest trends and discoveries in N&N from some of the world´s leading players in the field will be discussed.

Graphene2015

• Other 2 dimensional materials (Transition metal dichalcogenides, phosphorene, silicene, BN, topological insulators,....)
• Growth, synthesis techniques and integration methods
• Spectroscopies (Optics, Raman, EELS) and microscopies (HRTEM, STM, AFM)
• Chemistry of Graphene
• Quantum transport
• Magnetism and Spintronics
• Nanoelectromechanical systems
• Applications (gas sensors, composites, nanoelectronic devices...)

NanoSpain2015

NanoSpain Conference has been organized over the past 11 years and is a reference meeting of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (N&N) in Spain. Over the past years, NanoSpain conference became more and more multidisciplinary and 2015 won’t be an exception. Nanospain 2015 will change its format and will be divided into 4 thematic conferences in order to deepen the current research in different themes. The conference NanoSpain 2015 will also serve as a link between industry and researchers.

PPM2015: Photonics, Plasmonics, Magneto-Optics

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The conference is organised by the iThemba Laboratory for Accelerator-Based Sciences, a group of multi-disciplinary research laboratories administered by the National Research Foundation (NRF) and the Department of Sciences and Technology (DST) of the Republic of South Africa

The PIXE conference is a biennial event with a long tradition of being the international forum to discuss recent developments and future prospects in particle induced X-ray spectrometry. The conference brings together physicists and scientists from different fields of application including biology and medicine, environmental and earth sciences, cultural heritage and materials research.

Topics

• Fundamental processes of ionisation, X-ray emission and absorption
• Fundamental parameter
• PIXE software
• PIXE methodology and facilities
• PIXE of complex and layered samples (mapping, depth profiling)
• Confocal PIXE and PIXE tomography
• Atmospheric aerosols
• Environmental and earth sciences
• Extra-terrestrial applications
• Biology and medicine
• Forensic science
• Archaeometry and Cultural Heritage
• Materials Science

Topics

Nanomaterials and Biomaterials
Metallic and Inter-metallic materials
Electronic and Optoelectronic materials
Magnetic and Semiconductor materials
Electronic structure of materials
Thin films and applications
Ion beam irradiation on matters
Crystal Growth and Characterization
Ceramics, Polymeric & Composites materials
Smart materials and Sensors
Materials Characterization
Computational Modeling
Ionic and Catalytic materials
Structure of Organic and Inorganic materials

For further information is given in NCHSM2015.pdf. For a registration form click here

Outline
The Okazaki conference has been one of the most important activities in Institute for Molecular Science (IMS), with its origin dated back to just after the foundation of IMS. The Conference has been normally held once or twice per year, with focusing on some specific topic that is emerging as a fundamental issue in the field of molecular science and related research area. The 74th Okazaki Conference is designated as "Frontier of X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy and Molecular Science." We would like to discuss new science that can be opened by advanced XAFS techniques like spatial and/or time-resolved measurements. Although XAFS has matured as a sophisticated promising technique, recent progress based on the advance of synchrotron radiation light sources is still outstanding. We will summarize here the advanced XAFS methods and discuss near-future XAFS techniques and more importantly new science. It will be also fruitful if the new XAFS science can contribute to construction plans of diffraction-limited synchrotron radiation facilities in Japan.

The thirteenth International Conference on Electron Spectroscopy and Structure: ICESS-15, will be held in Stony Brook, New York, Sept 28th to bring together some 400 people interested in the properties of electrons and their interactions in systems ranging from atoms and molecules to complex condensed matter materials. Specific topics fordiscussion will include Atomic and Molecular Science, Photochemistry, Quantum Materials, Imaging Spectroscopies, Novel Instrumentation, and Nanomaterials.

Electronic structure is one of the fundamental properties of matter, and as such has been the subject of scientific investigation for more than a century. Â However the last two decades have witnessed important new discoveries in all areas ranging from the atomic level through to that of complex materials. Â There have also been significant developments in new methods, both theoretical and experimental, for investigating these properties. Â Â New experimental techniques have often evolved at the large scale facilities and by 2015 it is anticipated that the new state-of-the-art synchrotron radiation source at BNL, the NSLS II will be operational. Â It is anticipated that attendees will have the opportunity to tour this important facility.

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Symposia 1: Advances in Multifunctional Composite materials

Symposia 2: Advances in Thin Films

Symposia 3: Advances in Polymers and Ceramics

Symposia 4: Advances in Energy Storage and Conversion Devices

Symposia 5: Advances in Biosensors and Biomaterials

Symposia 6: Advances in Catalysis

Symposia 7: Low dimensional, Nano and 2D materials

Fundamental Mechanisms of Ordering from the Atomic to the Mesoscale

The Crystal Growth and Assembly Gordon Research Conference (previously known as "Thin Film and Crystal Growth Mechanisms GRC") is dedicated to the knowledge and understanding of the fundamental atomic and nanoscale physics and chemistry that are central to the nucleation and growth of crystals for a wide array of technologies. This well-established conference draws researchers from around the world from the fields of physics, chemistry, materials science, biology, and beyond. Historically, the conference has emphasized concepts rather than specific materials, technologies or growth methods. Attendees are drawn together by a common interest in understanding the mechanisms of crystal nucleation and growth and applying this understanding to the development of new materials. This focus has attracted scientists with a broad range of specializations: from biomineralization to quantum dots, from advanced scanning probe microscopies to multiscale molecular modeling, and from the interactions of proteins with inorganic materials to the role of stress in pattern formation. This dynamic conference brings together researchers who find common inspiration in seeing how the general principles of crystal thermodynamics and growth kinetics are applicable to many fields.

• Assembly Mechanisms
  (Peter Vekilov / Keynote: Daan Frenkel / Zvonimir Dogic)
• Surfaces and Interfaces
  (Alexander Chernov / Ulrike Diebold / Joanna Millunchick / David Srolovitz)
• Nanoparticles
  (Tobias Hanrath / Hongyuan Chen / Yu Huang)
• In Situ Characterization of Growth
  (Haimei Zheng / Mingwei Chen / Gen Sazaki / Eli Sutter)
• Bio-Inspired Crystallization
  (Yael Politi / Boaz Pokroy / Jeffrey Rimer)
• Nanowires
  (Frances Ross / Ritesh Agarwal / Jerry Tersoff / Erik Bakkers)
• Crystals for Energy Production
  (Aram Amassian / Alberto Salleo / Richard Lunt)
• Molecular Assembly and Crystallization
  (Michael McBride / Bart Kahr / Michele Parrinello / Boris Rybtchinksi)
• Quasicrystals and Colloids
  (Sharon Glotzer / Clemens Bechinger / Ulrich Wiesner)

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Energy Conversion, Storage, and Transport

From Model Studies to Complex Real World Systems

Converging Disciplines for the Advancement of Inter-RNA Interactions

Connecting G Protein-Coupled Receptor Mechanisms to Physiological Functions

Workshops on Membrane Protein Technologies: April 9, 2015

MPS 2015 Meeting: April 10-12, 2015

The goal of the meeting is to share developments in technologies appropriate for the determination of the structure of membrane proteins, membrane protein complexes with other proteins and ligands, and to highlight recent results. The meeting brings together keynote lectures, oral presentations and poster presentations. Subjects range from membrane protein construct design, expression to mass spectrometry, spectroscopic, X-ray diffraction, electron microscopy imaging, and hybrid approaches.Â

Industry sponsors are invited to participate fully in the meeting. Students and postdoctoral scholars are encouraged to submit abstracts for oral or poster presentations. Workshops are offered that share experience and training in most recent developments in areas including but are not limited to membrane protein expression systems, protein purification, solubilization, crystallization, LCP, free electron laser sample preparation, and NMR.

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