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   COLLOQUIUM OF THE LABORATORY FOR COMPUTER DESIGN OF MATERIALS        
        Institute for Computational Sciences and Informatics	
                           (CSI 898-Sec 001) 
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	 Hydrophobic Effects: From Small Solutes to Proteins
				   
			    Gerhard Hummer
    Laboratory of Chemical Physics, National Institutes of Health

Protein folding, membrane formation, or the immiscibility of oil and
water are just some of the phenomena driven in part by hydrophobic
effects.  I will discuss theoretical and computational approaches
developed to quantify hydrophobic effects at the molecular level.
Starting from the simplest manifestation of hydrophobic effects - the
poor solubility of nonpolar gases in water - systems of increasing
complexity will be analyzed.  Effects of thermodynamic variables such
as temperature, pressure, or salt concentration will be characterized.
In addition, I will comment on mesoscopic hydrophobic effects such as
dewetting of nonpolar surfaces.

                          Monday , March 20, 2000
                                  4:30 pm
                        Room 206, Science & Tech. I

Refreshments will be served.
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