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DTSTART:20130125T213000Z
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LOCATION:2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 4:30 pm)
SUMMARY:Quantum Coherence in Biology\, Physics Department Colloquium\,
  K. Birgitta Whaley\, University of California\, Berkeley
DESCRIPTION:Recent years have seen mounting evidence for the existence
  of dynamical phenomena in biological systems that involve coherent qu
 antum motion\, requiring us to revise the long standing view of quantu
 m effects in biology being restricted to understanding of molecular en
 ergetics\, stability and kinetics.  I shall describe the considerable 
 evidence that quantum coherent electronic dynamics contributes to the 
 extremely efficient light-harvesting stage of photosynthesis\, then pr
 esent theoretical studies that analyze the nature of this coherence\, 
 its relation to the non-local quantum correlations characteristic of e
 ntanglement\, and a possible functional role for long range unidirecti
 onal energy transport.  
URL:https://www.physics.wisc.edu/events/?id=2709
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