Uncovering Fundamental Mechanisms in Biology and Beyond, One Molecule at a Time

The 2018 Gordon Conference on Single-Molecule Approaches to Biology will provide an interdisciplinary forum for researchers who develop single-molecule methodologies and apply them to solve important problems in biology and beyond. Single-molecule approaches capture transient intermediates and heterogeneous behavior at the molecular level and in real time; these methods therefore have the power to elucidate nanoscale mechanisms in complex environments. Single-molecule imaging, spectroscopy, and manipulation have uncovered how molecular systems effect function in living cells. This conference will bring together biologists, physicists, chemists, and engineers, and will feature sessions on single-molecule topics as diverse as super-resolution imaging, nanophotonics, enzymology, energy transfer, chemistry, and mechanics.