************OWARI COMPLEX SEMINAR LXXIII*************

Title: Nonequilibrium relaxation processes in 
       biomolecular systems

Speaker: Prof. Shigenori Tanaka

Affiliation: Kobe University

Date: Tue. Dec. 5th, 3:00 pm (Almost one hour)

Place: 1st Lecture Room (1F) 
       Graduate School of Informatics

Abstract:
Nonequilibrium relaxation processes in biomolecular 
systems are theoretically described in this talk. 
Coarse-grained descriptions of reduced degrees of freedom 
(reaction coordinates) of biomolecular systems are given 
to investigate the temporal evolution of thermodynamic 
functions by employing the correspondence to imaginary-
time (diffusive) quantum mechanics, thus elucidating the 
importance of entropic force. 
Model calculations are then performed toward bottom-up 
understanding of informational, nonequilibrium 
thermodynamics from microscopic (electronic, atomic and 
molecular) to macroscopic (organelle and cellular) 
levels, including: structural transitions and energy 
transfers of proteins, roles of solvents around 
biomolecules (solvation and crowding effects), and 
dynamical reaction network of photosynthetic systems. 


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