Molecular Frontiers

Molecular Frontiers Symposium

The Molecular Frontiers Symposium is a think tank with the Scientific Advisory Board as its core, where leading scientists from different fields meet to discuss and analyze current scientific developments. The Molecular Frontiers Symposium also facilitates cross-disciplinary knowledge transfer and guides activities for the younger audience.


Upcoming Meeting

The next Molecular Frontiers Symposium is currently being planned for May 24- 25 2011 and will be held at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden. The topic for the symposium will be Chemistry of Life - from the molecular origin of life to how you may create artificial life - everything is chemistry!


Latest Meeting

The latest Molecular Frontiers Symposium was held at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden. The symposium was entitled “Alternative energy & Molecules,” and covered topics such as Photovoltaics, Hydrogen production and Solar concentration power. Speakers include Nobel Laureate Alan Heeger (2000), and also Sir Richard Friend, University of Cambridge, UK, Daniel G. Nocera, MIT, USA, and Paul Alivisatos, Berkeley, USA. The symposium will take place on June 3-4 at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden. Read the full program here.

The video streams from the symposium and Forum LIVE! will be available shortly.

Previous Meetings

The previous Molecular Frontiers Symposium was held in June 2009 at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden. The symposium was entitled "Of Molecules and Minds - the Machinery of Our Senses and Emotions" and included talks by Scientific Advisory Board members Roderick MacKinnon, Susan Lindquist and Sir Harold Kroto. HRH Crown Princess of Sweden, Victoria, attended the Symposium.

A Molecular Frontiers Symposium was held in May 2008 at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden. This title was "Energy and Nano: Emerging Molecular Science & Technology". Speakers included Richard Zare, Sir Aaron Klug and George Whitesides. Read the full program.

On February 2, 2007, a Molecular Frontiers symposium was held  at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden. The symposium covered significant advances in rapidly developing areas of molecular science. Read the full program.
A meeting entitled “On the Origin of Life” was held in June 2006 in Stockholm, Sweden. Proceedings from the conference can be found here.

What is Molecular Frontiers?

Molecular Frontiers is a global effort to promote the understanding and appreciation of molecular science in society. Read more

News

Dates set for the next Molecular Frontiers Symposium  Jun 23 2010

The next Molecular Frontiers Symposium will be held on
May 24 - 25, 2011.

Winners of the 2010 Molecular Frontiers Inquiry Prize announced!  Jun 22 2010


On Thursday, June 3rd, ten youngsters won the 2010 Molecular Frontiers Inquiry Prize (MFIP) for simply asking a good question.

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