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SUMMARY:Limits to nonequilibrium response - Jordan Horowitz (U Michigan)
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CONTACT:Sarah Loos
DESCRIPTION:Away from equilibrium\, energy can serve as a resource that op
 ens the door to what seems like limitless potential for novel phenomena. T
 o date\, however\, our understanding of energy’s role has been largely g
 leaned through individual case studies\, leaving it an open question to id
 entify universal principles.  In this talk\, I will discuss how advances i
 n the field of nonequilibrium thermodynamics allow us to make such general
  quantitative statements.  I will introduce a series of equalities and ine
 qualities---akin to the Fluctuation-Dissipation theorem but valid arbitrar
 ily far from equilibrium---that constrain a system’s sensitivity by its 
 structure and how strongly it is driven away from equilibrium.  To illustr
 ate these results\, I will draw on examples from biophysics and chemistry\
 , where the effectiveness of numerous biochemical systems depends on being
  exquisitely sensitive to changes in chemical inputs.  We will see how the
 se predictions rationalize known energetic requirements of some common bio
 chemical motifs and provide new limits to others.\n\n
LOCATION:Center for Mathematical Sciences\, Lecture room MR4
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