Talks

2019 –  Invited Talks

OHSU, Portland, OR “The role of protein dynamics in binding and function” 19 March 2019.

BIOMOLECULES AND NANOSTRUCTURES 7, Pomlewo, Poland, Protein Dynamics: Fluctuations and Binding Marina G. Guenza, May15-19, 2019.

The 2019 Berkeley Statistical Mechanics Meeting, Berkeley, CA Coarse Graining in Structure and Time Marina G. Guenza, January 11-13, 2019.

University of Pittsburgh, Chemistry Department Coarse-Grained Modeling of Polymers and Proteins Marina G. Guenza, 29 January 2019.

2018 –  Invited Talks

University of Vermont, Physics Colloquium Specific and Universal Behavior in the Dynamics of Protein Fluctuations Marina G. Guenza, 21 March 2018.

Freie Universität Berlin, Germany – Applied Mathematics Colloquium Integral equation theory of coarse-graining: effect of the degree of coarse-graining on structural and thermodynamic consistency, and on computational efficiency Marina G. Guenza, 4 June 2018.

Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany Integral equation theory of coarse-graining: effect of the degree of coarse-graining on structural and thermodynamic consistency, and on computational efficiency Marina G. Guenza, 7 June 2018.

Telluride Science Research Center Workshop, Telluride, CO, Coarse-Grained Modeling of Structure and Dynamics of Biomolecules Marina G. Guenza, July 23-27, 2018.

2017 –  Invited Talks

University of Oregon, Institute of Theoretical Science Seminar, Structure, Dynamics, and Thermodynamics: some key issues in Coarse-Graining Marina G. Guenza, 10 January 2017.

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD – Biophysics Department Colloquium, Universality and Specificity in Protein Fluctuation Dynamics Marina G. Guenza, 1 May 2017.

University of California at Davis, Davis, CA – Department of Chemistry Colloquium,Coarse-graining of molecular liquids: representability, transferability, and thermodynamic consistency Marina G. Guenza, 6 June 2017.

254rd ACS National Meeting, Liquid Theory: Symposium in honor of Ben Widom, Washington, DC Integral Equation Theory of Coarse-Graining, Marina G. Guenza, August 20-24, 2017.

The 2nd International Conference on Computational Genetics and Proteomics, Panama City, Panama, Specific and Universal Behavior in the Dynamics of Protein Fluctuations Marina G. Guenza, August 15, 2017.

8th International Discussion Meeting on Relaxation in Complex Systems, Wisla, Poland “Dynamics of Polymer Melts and Blends from the Unentangled to the Entangled Regime” Marina G. Guenza, July 23-28, 2017.

Eurofillers-Polymer Blends 2017, Heraklion, Crete, “Dynamics of Entangled Polymer Melts and Blends without “the tube”, Marina G. Guenza, Keynote Speaker, April 23, 2017.

253rd ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, “Coarse-graining of molecular liquids with integral equation theory” Session on “Dynamics and structure of molecular fluids: honoring the work and life of Branka Ladanyi” Marina G. Guenza, April 3, 2017.

2016 –  Invited Talks

Multiscale Simulation Methods in Soft Matter Systems II – October 4 – 6, 2016 Darmstadt, Germany – “Structure, Dynamics, and Thermodynamics: some key issues in Coarse-Graining” Marina G. Guenza, October 4th, 2016.

9th International Conference on Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopy and its Applications – September 11th-16th, 2016 CNR Campus, Pisa, Italy – “Inter- and intra-molecular contributions to the dynamics of polymer melts” Marina G. Guenza, September 12th, 2016.

4th Telluride Workshop on Coarse-Grained Modeling and Dynamics of Biomacromolecules –July 24th-29th, 2016 Telluride, CO – “Correlation between structure and dynamics, and function in proteins: a study with the LE4PD coarse-grained approach” Marina G. Guenza, July 26th, 2016.

Telluride Workshop on Nuclear Pore Complexes and Smart Polymers – July 24th-29th, 2016 Telluride, CO – “Correlation between Cooperative Fluctuations and Binding in Protein Recognition” Marina G. Guenza, July 25th, 2016.

8th International Conference – TIMES OF POLYMERS & COMPOSITES – June 19th– 23rd 2016 – Ischia – Italy – From Aerospace to Nanotechnology – “Inter- and intra-molecular contributions to the dynamics of polymer melts in the unentangled and entangled regime” Marina G. Guenza, June 23rd, 2016.

2nd CCPBioSim/CCP5 Multiscale Modeling Conference, Manchester Conference Center, UK, April 13-15, 2016 – “Protein Recognition and Binding with Coarse-Grained Dynamics” Marina G. Guenza, April 14th, 2016.

Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, Material Science and Engineering Colloquium “Coarse-Graining and Multiscale Modeling of Macromolecules” Marina G. Guenza, April 21, 2016.

ACS National Meeting – Spring Meeting- Multiscale Chemistry Symposium – Computers in Chemistry Thematic Program – San Diego, CA “Multiscale Modeling of Condensed Phase Systems: Insights and Predictions from Coarse-Grained Models” Marina G. Guenza, March 15, 2016.

2015 –  Invited Talks

PACIFICHEM – The International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies 2015. Honolulu, Hawaii, “Multiscale Modeling with the Integral Equation Coarse-Graining Approach” Marina G. Guenza,  December 19, 2015.

PACIFICHEM – The International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies 2015. Honolulu, Hawaii, “Predicting protein motion from structural ensembles: A coarse-grained model of protein dynamics” Marina G. Guenza, December 15, 2015.

Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA, Chemistry Colloquium, “Do polymers reptate like snakes? A new view of macromolecular motion” Marina G. Guenza, October 2, 2015.

CECAM Workshop – MolKin – Molecular and Chemical Kinetics, Zuse Institute Berlin, Freie Universitat, Berlin, Germany,  “Mode Localization in the Dynamics of Protein Recognition” Marina G. Guenza, September 7, 2015.

American Chemical Society National Meeting, Boston, MA, “Bridging length scales from the atomistic to the mesoscale with thermodynamically consistent coarse-grained models”  Marina G. Guenza, August 20, 2015.

American Physical Society March Meeting, San Antonio, TX, “Thermodynamically Consistent Coarse-Graining of Polymers” in Focus Session: Multiscale Modeling of Polymers Marina G. Guenza, March 5, 2015.

Willamette University, Salem OR, Chemistry Colloquium, “Molecules Move all the Time and they Manage to do Important Things in the Process: a Physical View of Molecular Liquids” Marina G. Guenza, February 9, 2015.

2014 –  Invited Talks

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, Colloquium, “Thermodynamic Consistent Coarse-Graining of Polymers” Marina G. Guenza, December 8, 2014.

University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, Informal Statistical Physics Seminar “Thermodynamic Consistency and other Challenges in Coarse-Graining Models” Marina G. Guenza, December 2, 2014.

Universita’ de La Sapienza, Rome, Italy, Physics Department Colloquium, “Bridging of Multiple Scales by Coarse-Graining Models: a Critical Overview” Marina G. Guenza, November 11, 2014.

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Department of Chemistry Colloquium, “Thermodynamic Consistency and other Challenges in Coarse-Graining Models” Marina G. Guenza, November 6, 2014.

CECAM workshop “Scale Bridging Techniques in Molecular Simulation: A critical appraisal” Marina G. Guenza, Berlin, Germany, August 25-27, 2014.

IUPAP Conference for Computational Physics (CCP 2014), Marina G. Guenza, Boston, “Soft-matter, polymer, and biological physics” Section: “Coarse-graining Methods for synthetic polymer systems” August  11-14, 2014.

“NISTCHiMaD: Workshop on Coarse-Grained Modeling of Polymers and Soft Materials Genome Initiative” Marina G. Guenza,  National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-1070, August 6-7 2014.

“American Conference Theoretical Chemistry”  Telluride, CO, “Modelling across multiple length scales while preserving structure and thermodynamics” Marina G. Guenza July 21-24, 2014.

Gordon Research Conference, “Polymer Physics”, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA “Modeling Phenomena Across Multiple Time Scales” Marina G. Guenza, July 12-18, 2014.

“Time Of Polymers Conference”, Ischia Napoli Italy, “Entangled Dynamics of Polyethylene Melts and Tracer Dynamics” Marina G. Guenza, June 22-26, 2014.

“Coarse-graining as a Frontier of Statistical Mechanics” La Fonda Hotel, Santa Fe , NM Marina G. Guenza, “Modeling Across Multiple Lengthscales while Preserving Thermodynamics and Structure,” June 15-18, 2014.

University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Physical Chemistry Colloquium “Modeling Across Multiple Lengthscales while Preserving Thermodynamics and Structure” Marina G. Guenza March 27th, 2014.

Portland State University, Physics Colloquium “Studies of Structure and Dynamics of Complex Fluids” Marina G. Guenza, February 24th, 2014.

2014 – Recent Contributed Talks

American Physical Society March Meeting, San Antonio, TX, “Protein dynamics from structural ensembles: Diffusive and activated contributions in a linear mode description” Jeremy Copperman, Marina G. Guenza, March 5, 2015.

American Physical Society, March Meeting, Denver Convention Center, Denver, CO “Effective Potentials for Multiscale Representations of Polymer Melts” Marina G. Guenza March 3, 2014.

American Physical Society, March Meeting, Denver Convention Center, Denver, CO “A theory for protein dynamics: Global anisotropy and a normal mode approach to local complexity.” Jeremy Copperman (presenting), Jay McCarty, Marina G. Guenza, March 5, 2014.