<p><br>** PLEASE DISTRIBUTE **</p><p><br>Computational Materials & Biosystems -- Mardi Gras Conference</p><p>February 16-18, 2012, LSU Campus</p><p><br><a href="http://www.cct.lsu.edu/mardigras2012">http://www.cct.lsu.edu/mardigras2012</a></p>
<p><br>**Registration Deadline February 13th! View the full schedule at: <a href="http://www.cct.lsu.edu/mardigras2012">www.cct.lsu.edu/mardigras2012</a></p><p>The LSU Center for Computation & Technology invites you to participate in the 18th Annual Mardi Gras Conference on Computational Materials and Biosystems. The meeting will start Thursday, February 16, at 9:00 a.m. and run through approximately Noon on Saturday, February 18, 2012.</p>
<p>Scope & Audience: This conference will be of interest to scientists from academia and research labs, postdoctoral researchers, and graduate students working in the wide domains of computational materials and biosystems. It will promote the exchange of ideas, experiences and research results, and discussion of the current challenges and the new methods and advances in these areas. </p>
<p> </p><p>Invited Speakers: </p><div>Tunna Baruah, University of Texas, Dept. of Physics</div><div><br>Thomas Beck, University of Cincinnati, Dept. of Chemistry</div><p>Michal Brylinski, Louisiana State University, Dept. of Biological Sciences</p>
<p>Alexander Burin, Tulane University, Dept. of Chemistry</p><p>Stefano Curtarolo, Duke University, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science</p><p>Manolis Doxastakis, University of Houston, Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering</p>
<p>Gennady Gutsev, Florida A&M University, Dept. of Physics</p><p>Mahesh Hosur, Tuskegee University, Materials Science and Engineering</p><div>Jerzy Leszczynski, Jackson State University, Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry<br>
</div><div>David Mobley, University of New Orleans, Dept. of Chemistry</div><p>Juana Moreno, Louisiana State University, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy</p><div>Mark Novotny, Mississippi State University, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy<br>
</div><div>Susan Rempe, Sandia National Laboratories, Nanobiology Dept.</div><div> </div><div>Jianmin Tao, Tulane University, Dept. of Physics<br></div><div>John Weeks, University of Maryland, Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry</div>
<p>Collin Wick, Louisiana Tech, Dept. of Chemistry</p><div> </div><div>Registration: $450 per person. Deadline to register is February 13, 2012. To register, visit: <a href="http://www.cct.lsu.edu/mardigras2012">http://www.cct.lsu.edu/mardigras2012</a> </div>
<p>Organizers:</p><p>Dorel Moldovan, LSU, Department of Mechanical Engineering and CCT (chair)<br>Hank Ashbaugh, Tulane University, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering<br>Thomas Bishop, Louisiana Tech, Departments of Physics & Chemistry<br>
Michal Brylinski, LSU, Department of Biological Sciences<br>Bin Chen, LSU, Department of Chemistry<br>Randall Hall, LSU Department of Chemistry and CCT<br>Francisco Hung, LSU Department of Chemical Engineering<br>Mark Jarrell, LSU Department of Physics & Astronomy and CCT<br>
David Mobley, University of New Orleans, Department of Chemistry<br>Juana Moreno, LSU Department of Physics & Astronomy and CCT<br>John Perdew, Tulane University, Department of Physics & Engineering Physics<br>Lawrence Pratt, Tulane University, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering<br>
Ramu Ramachandran, Louisiana Tech University Department of Chemistry<br>Steven Rick, University of New Orleans, Department of Chemistry<br>Collin Wick, Louisiana Tech University Department of Chemistry </p><p>For more information, please visit: <a href="http://www.cct.lsu.edu/mardigras2012">http://www.cct.lsu.edu/mardigras2012</a></p>
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