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150%;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Our webpage: <a
href="http://www.iccmp.br/">www.iccmp.br</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=western style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:150%;background:white'><b><font size=3
color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
150%;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold'>WORKSHOP ON MOLECULAR
MOTORS<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=western style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:150%;background:white'><font size=3
color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
150%;font-family:Arial;color:black'>December 1<sup>st</sup></span></font><span
class=apple-converted-space><font color=black><span lang=EN-US
style='color:black'> </span></font></span><font color=black face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>- 5<sup>th</sup>, 2008</span></font><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=western style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:150%;background:white;-webkit-background-clip: initial;
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background-attachment:scroll'><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Brasília-DF</span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=western style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:150%;background:white;-webkit-background-clip: initial;
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%'> </span></font><strong><b><font
color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>Directors:</span></font></b></strong><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=western style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:150%;background:white;-webkit-background-clip: initial;
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0%;background-position-y:50%;
background-attachment:scroll'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%'> </span></font><font
color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>Bechara
Kachar (NIH, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Bethesda</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place>)</span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=western style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:150%;background:white;-webkit-background-clip: initial;
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0%;background-position-y:50%;
background-attachment:scroll'><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>H. Moyses Nussenzveig (Department of Physics, UFRJ, <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Rio de Janeiro</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Brazil</st1:country-region></st1:place>)</span></font><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=western style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:150%;background:white;-webkit-background-clip: initial;
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0%;background-position-y:50%;
background-attachment:scroll'><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Oscar N. Mesquita (Department of Physics, UFMG, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Belo Horizonte</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Brazil</st1:country-region></st1:place>)</span></font><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=western style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:150%'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=western style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:150%'><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Molecular motors are proteins that have essential roles in all
steps of cell metabolism and development. With the help of optical tweezers,
their properties have been studied and also their functioning mechanism, in
many cases within the space of a single molecule.</span></font><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=western style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:150%'><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>The Workshop goal is to present mini-courses and seminars about
the physics and biology of molecular motores, study methods and relationship
with cellular activity, especially motility, as well as the most recents
results in this particular area.</span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=western style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:150%'><strong><b><font size=3 color=black
face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>Applications</span></font></b></strong><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=western style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:150%'><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>We ask all participants and speakers to fill-up the</span></font><span
class=apple-converted-space><font color=black><span lang=EN-US
style='color:black'> </span></font></span><font color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial;color:black'><a
href="http://www.iccmp.br/index.php/inscricoes"><font color=aqua><span
lang=EN-US style='color:aqua'>online form</span></font></a></span></font><font
color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>.</span></font><span
class=apple-converted-space><font color=black><span lang=EN-US
style='color:black'> </span></font></span><font color=black face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>The deadline for applications
will be November 23<sup>rd</sup>, 2008. The deadline fr applying for financial
support is November 16<sup>th</sup>, 2008.</span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=western style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Application fees:</span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:150%'><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Students</span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=western style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:150%'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=western style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:150%'><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Coffee break and lunch: R$ 100,00</span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=western style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:150%'><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Coffee break, lunch and conference dinner: R$ 160,00</span></font><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=western style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:150%'><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Professors and Doctors</span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=western style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:150%'><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Coffee break and lunch: R$ 200,00<br>
Coffee break, lunch and conference dinner: R$ 260,00</span></font><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=western style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:150%'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=western style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:150%'><strong><b><font size=3 color=black
face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>Lodging, Food and Transportation</span></font></b></strong><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=western style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:150%'><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>The Workshop promoters will provide transportation to the
participants and speakers in the route hotel-ICCMP-hotel. Transportation to the
restaurant will also be provided. More information will be delivered later on.</span></font><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=western style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:150%'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=western style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:150%'><strong><b><font size=3 color=black
face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>Invited Speakers and their Speeches:</span></font></b></strong><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=western style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:150%'><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><font
size=3 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Albert Libchaber</span></font></st1:PersonName><font
color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>
(Laboratory of Experimental Condensed Matter Physics, The Rockefeller <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">University</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">New
York</st1:State>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place>):
“<em><i><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>Origins of Life</span></font></i></em>”.</span></font><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=western style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:150%'><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Bechara Kachar (NIH, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Bethesda</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place>): “<em><i><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>Mechano-Sensory Transduction</span></font></i></em>”.</span></font><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=western style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:150%'><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>H. Moysés Nussenzveig (Department of Physics, UFRJ, <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Rio de Janeiro</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Brazil</st1:country-region></st1:place>): “<em><i><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>Membrane Nanotubes” and
“Absolute Calibration of Optical Tweezers – Theory”.</span></font></i></em></span></font><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=western style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:150%'><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><font
size=3 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Jonathon Howard</span></font></st1:PersonName><font
color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>
(<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Technology</st1:PlaceName>,
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Dresden</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Germany</st1:country-region></st1:place>): “<em><i><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>Mechanics of Motor Proteins</span></font></i></em>”.</span></font><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=western style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:150%'><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Justin Molloy (National Institute for Medical Research, <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">London</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">United
Kingdom</st1:country-region></st1:place>): “<em><i><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'>Optical Tweezers and Motor Proteins</span></font></i></em>”.</span></font><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=western style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:150%'><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><font
size=3 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Jacques Prost</span></font></st1:PersonName><font
color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>
(<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Institute</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Curie</st1:PlaceName>,
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Paris</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">France</st1:country-region></st1:place>): “<em><i><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>Active Gels and Cytoskeleton
Dynamics</span></font></i></em>”.</span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=western style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:150%'><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><font
size=3 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Julie Theriot</span></font></st1:PersonName><font
color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Arial;color:black'> (Department
of Biochemistry, <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Stanford</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Medical</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">School</st1:PlaceType>, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Palo Alto</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place>):
“<em><i><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>Cell Motility</span></font></i></em>”.</span></font><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Oscar N. Mesquita
(Department of Physics, UFMG, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Belo
Horizonte</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Brazil</st1:country-region></st1:place>):
“<em><i><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>Defocusing
Microscopy and Applications</span></font></i></em>”.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Ana Claudia Vargas<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>International Center for Condensed Matter Physics/UnB - Brasília/DF -
Brazil<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'>Phone Number: 61 3307-2571 Extension: 12<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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