07:30 – 08:30 am
Check-in
08:30 – 10:00 am
Welcoming remarks Lecture open to the public - Mutation: is it quantum?
Speaker: Johnjoe McFadden, University of Surrey
10:00 – 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 – 12:00 am
Welcoming remarks Lecture open to the public
Speaker: Johnjoe McFadden, University of Surrey
12:00 – 13:45 pm
Lunch
Session 1: Introduction and Overview
01:45 - 02:15 pm
Discussion: Key questions for the meeting
Speaker: Clarice Aiello, UCLA
Session 2: Emerging potential evidence of quantum phenomena in biology
02:15 - 02:35pm
Weak Magnetic Field Manipulation of ROS Signaling During Regeneration
Wendy Beane, Western Michigan State University
02:35 – 02:55 pm
Cell viscoelasticity as a biological marker of the structure of the cytoskeleton and diseases
Jeanlex de Sousa, UFC
02:55 – 03:15 pm
Endegenous photosensitizers and the light/skin interactions
Maurício da Silva Baptista, USP
03:15 – 03:35 pm
Phase Transition and Aggregation of Mutant p53 in Cancer: Biophysical and Quantum Biology Studies
Jerson Lima, UFRJ
03:35 – 03:45 pm
Quick Coffee Break
03:45 – 04:05 pm
Quantum simulation and optimization with programmable Rydberg-atom arrays for real-life applications
Tommaso Macrì, UFRN
04:05 – 04:25 pm
Discussion: Unresolved issues for the chalkboard
Speaker: Marcelo Sousa and Clarice Aiello, Bright Photomedicine / UCLA
Session 3: The Necessary Ingredients for Quantum Biology
04:25 - 04:45pm
Avian magnetoreception - review and perspectives
Marcos Cesar Oliveira, Unicamp
04:45 – 05:05 pm
Quantum tunneling in cellular respiration and enzymatic catalysis
Guilherme Menegon, USP
05:05 – 05:25 pm
The puzzle of the cryptochrome quantum sensor
Daniel Kattnig, University of Exeter
05:25 – 05:40 pm
Quick Coffee Break
05:40 – 06:00 pm
Chemical sensing based on Carbon Quantum Dots
Pierre Fechine, UFC
06:00 – 06:20 pm
Discussion: Unresolved issues for the chalkboard
Clarice Aiello, UCLA
06:20 – 07:10 pm
IDOR Pioneer Science initiative and Launch Schrödinger Prize in Quantum Biology
Sergio Ferreira / Jorge Moll Neto, IDOR Science Pioneer
07:10 - 08:00pm
Poster session with refreshments