Invited Presentations (Robert A. Scott)
1981.08.23-09.04 "The Biological Chemistry of Iron", NATO Advanced Study Institute, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada [Invited Talk]
1984.05.30-31 "Scientific Opportunities with a 6 GeV Synchrotron Radiation Source", Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL [Workshop Discussion Chairman]
1984.07.16-20 "3rd International EXAFS Conference", Stanford, CA [Invited talks (2), Discussion chairman]
1984.07.23-27 "Inorganic and Biochemical Perspectives on Copper Coordination Chemistry", 2nd Annual SUNY Albany Conference; Albany, NY [Invited talk]
1984.07.29-08.03 "XXIIIrd International Conference on Coordination Chemistry", Boulder, CO [Invited Poster, Discussion Chairman]
1984.10.03-06 "Cytochrome Oxidase: Structure, Function, and Physiological Role", International Symposium in Memory of Eraldo Antonini, Rome and Caprarola, ITALY [Invited Talk]
1985.04.15-19 "2nd International Conference on Bioinorganic Chemistry", The Algarve, Portugal [Invited Talk]
1985.04.28-05.03 "State of the Art Symposium on Bioinorganic Chemistry", 189th ACS National Meeting, Miami Beach, FL [Invited Talk]
1985.07.15-19 "Selective Recognition and Activation of Small Molecules and Ions in Bioinorganic Chemistry", NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands [Discussion Chairman, Invited Talk]
1986.04.13-18 "New Directions in Bioinorganic Chemistry", Symposium at ACS National Meeting, New York, NY [Invited Talk]
1986.09.07-12 "50 Years of Harry Gray", Symposium at ACS National Meeting, Anaheim [Invited Talk]
1987.01.26-30 "Metals in Biology", Gordon Research Conference, Santa Barbara [Invited Talk]
1987.04.05-10 "Biological Electron Transfer", Symposium at ACS National Meeting, Denver [Symposium Organizer]
1988.06.13-17 "3e Colloque", Lecture series at Universities of Bern, Fribourg, Neuchatel, Lausanne, Switzerland [5 Invited Lectures]
1988.06.20-24 "Cytochrome Oxidase. Structure, Function, and Physiopathology", Rome and Caprarola, Italy [Invited Talk]
1988.08.22-26 "XAFS V", Seattle, WA USA [Invited Talk]
1988.09.18-23 "2nd International Symposium on the Molecular Biology of Hydrogenases", Unicoi State Park, GA USA [Invited Talk]
1989.01.14-19 "Synchrotron Radiation", Symposium at AAAS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA USA[Invited Talk]
1989.01.23-27 "Metals in Biology", Gordon Research Conference, Ventura, CA USA [Session Chairman]
1989.03.02-04 "Inorganic Compounds with Unusual Properties. III. Electron Transfer in Biology and the Solid State", Biennial Inorganic Symposium, DIC, ACS, Athens, GA USA [Symposium Co-organizer]
1989.10.09-11 "Synthetic Models in Bioinorganic Chemistry", Symposium at Southeastern Regional American Chemical Society Meeting, Winston-Salem, NC [Invited Talk]
1990.07.02-06 "EXAFS Methodology Applied to Nickel in Biological Systems", Third International Conference on Biophysics and Synchrotron Radiation, Stanford, CA USA [Plenary Lecture]
1991.07.29-08.01 "X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy of [NiFe]Hydrogenases", Third International Conference on the Molecular Biology of Hydrogenases, Troia, Portugal [Invited Talk]
1991.08.05-09 "Long-Range Biological Electron Transfer", Fifth International Conference on Bioinorganic Chemistry, Oxford, United Kingdom [Invited Talk]
1994.08.14-19 "Comparative X-ray Absorption Spectroscopic Studies of [NiFe]Hydrogenases", Fourth International Conference on the Molecular Biology of Hydrogenases, Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands [Invited Talk]
1995.12.16-19 "Structure of the Nickel Sites in Hydrogenases by X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy", COST Workshop on Hydrogenases, Guy’s Hospital, London, United Kingdom [Invited Talk]
1996.08.26-30 "Structure of the Nickel Sites in Hydrogenases by X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy. Species Variation and Effects of Redox Poise", 9th International Conference on X-ray Absorption Fine Structure, ESRF, Grenoble, France [Invited Talk]
1996.10.23-25 "How to Get Maximum Structural Information from EXAFS Data Analysis", Workshop on Modern and Advanced Analysis of XAS Data, SSRL96, 23rd Annual Users’ Meeting, SSRL/SLAC, Stanford, California [Invited Talk]
1999.05.30-06.03 "The Zinc Ribbon, a Ubiquitous Structural Motif in Archaeal and Eucaryal Transcription", 99th Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology, Chicago [Invited Talk]
1999.07.11-16 "X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy in Metallobiology. The Outskirts of Structural Biology", 9th International Conference on Biological Inorganic Chemistry, Minneapolis, MN USA [Invited Talk]
2001.04.03 "Teaching Communication Skills in the 'Age of Information'", Award Symposium honoring Harry B. Gray's receipt of the George C. Pimentel Award in Chemical Education, ACS National Meeting, San Diego [Invited Talk]
2001.04.04 "Web-based Paperless Department Administration", Technology Expo 2001, University of Georgia, Athens, GA USA
2001.08.27 "Protein Determinants of Metal-Site Redox Potential. The Rubredoxin Paradigm Or a Caveat?" 10th International Conference on Biological Inorganic Chemistry, Florence, Italy [Invited Talk]
2001.10.17 "High-Throughput X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy for Structural Genomics", Workshop On the Roles of XAS and SAXS in Structural Genomics/Proteomics, 28th Annual SSRL Users' Meeting, SLAC, Stanford, CA USA [Invited Talk]
2003.06.22-27 "Metalloproteomics. X-Ray Spectroscopy in the Post-Genomics Era" 12th X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure (XAFS12) Conference, Malmö, Sweden [Invited Talk]
2003.06.29-30 "Bottlenecks and Roadblocks in High-Throughput XAS for Structural Genomics" 2nd BioXAS Study Weekend, Orsay, France [Invited Talk]
2003.07.19-23 "The Role of the Zinc Ribbon in Transcription Initiation in Archaea" 11th International Conference in Biological Inorganic Chemistry, Cairns, Australia [Invited Talk]
2003.09.16-19 "X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy of Metallobiomolecules. The Outskirts of Structural Biology" SSRL Summer School on Synchrotron Radiation and its Applications in Structural Molecular Biology, Stanford, CA USA [Invited Talk]
2004.01.18-23 "The Zinc Ribbon Motif in Transcription Initiation" Metals in Biology Gordon Research Conference, Ventura, CA USA [Invited Talk]
2004.08.16-20 "X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy of Metallobiomolecules. The Outskirts of Structural Biology" SSRL Summer School on Synchrotron Radiation and its Applications in Structural Molecular Biology, Stanford, CA USA [Invited Talk]
2004.08.29-09.02 "Toward High Throughput X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy for Structural Genomics" 7th International European Biological Inorganic Chemistry (EuroBIC7) Conference, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany [Invited Talk]
2004.09.07-11 "Toward High Throughput X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy for Structural Genomics" Biology and Synchrotron Radiation Conference, Himeji, Hyogo, Japan [Invited Talk]
2005.09.12-15 "X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy of Metallobiomolecules. The Outskirts of Structural Biology" SSRL Summer School on Synchrotron Radiation and its Applications in Structural Molecular Biology, Stanford, CA USA [Invited Talk]
2005.10.14-16 "X-Ray Spectroscopy in Post-Genomic Biology" 1st Annual UK-SE USA Symposium on Structural Genomics and Proteomics of Membrane and Metalloproteins, Athens, GA USA [Co-organizer; Invited Talk]
2005.10.20 "X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy. Utility and Applications" 31st Congress on Science and Technology of Thailand (STT2005), Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat), Thailand [Keynote Lecture]
2005.10.20-22 "Practical Application of X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy" Workshop on X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy, National Synchrotron Research Center, Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat), Thailand [Invited Lectures (2)]
2005.11.11 1st Computational and Systems Biology Symposium, University of Georgia, Athens, GA USA [Co-organizer]
2006.06.18-23 "Discovery and Prediction of Transcriptional Regulators. Environmental Stress Response" Environmental Bioinorganic Chemistry Gordon Research Conference, Proctor Academy, Andover, NH USA [Invited Talk]
2006.07.09-14 "XAS Study of the Fate of Platinum in Silicone Breast Implants" 13th International Conference on XAFS (XAFS13), Stanford University, Stanford, CA USA [Invited Talk]
2006.08.26-29 "Whole Proteome Analysis Using Non-Crystallographic SR-Based Techniques" 2nd Annual UK-SE USA Symposium on Structural Genomics and Proteomics of Membrane and Metalloproteins, University of St. Andrews, Scotland, UK, 26-29 August 2006 [Invited Talk]
2006.10.27 "The Promise of High Throughput X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy for Metalloproteomics" 69th Innovation Forum, Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China, 27 October 2006 [Invited Talk]
2006.10.31-11.03 "The Promise of High Throughput X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy for Metalloproteomics" 3rd Asian Biological Inorganic Chemistry Conference (AsBIC-III), Nanjing University, Nanjing, China, 31 October – 3 November 2006 [Invited Talk]
2007.02.06-08 "X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy of Metallobiomolecules. The Outskirts of Structural Biology" ESRF-EMBL-IBS Workshop on Spectroscopy around Biological Crystallography, Institute de Biologie Structurale, Grenoble, France, 6 – 8 February 2007 [Invited Talk]
2007.03.13-16 "X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy of Metallobiomolecules. The Outskirts of Structural Biology" SSRL SMB XAS Short Course, Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, SLAC, Stanford, CA, 13 – 16 March 2007 [Invited Talk]
2007.03.23 2nd Computational and Systems Biology Symposium, University of Georgia, Athens, GA USA [Organizer]
2007.07.09-10 SSRL Workshop on STXM and X-ray Nanoprobe Capabilities and Needs for Geo-, Environmental, and Biological Sciences, SSRL, Stanford, CA, 9-10 July 2007 [Group Leader]
2007.10.03 "Spiders and Scorpions and Crabs, Oh My! Metal-Halogen Biomaterials in Nature" Workshop: New Opportunities in Microfocusing, 2007 SSRL/LCLS Users Meeting, 3 October 2007 [Invited Talk]
2007.10.19-20 "Transcriptional Regulation Based on Metal Stress Response – from Microarray to Molecular Mechanism" 3rd Annual UK-Southeast USA Symposium on Structural Genomics and Proteomics of Membrane and Metalloproteins, Birmingham, AL, 19-20 October 2007 [Invited Talk]
2007.11.08 "X-Ray Microprobe Imaging of Metal-Halogen Biomaterials in Spider Fangs and Crab Claws" International Symposium on Synchrotron Radiation and Biology, Shanghai, China, 8 November 2007 [Invited Talk]
2008.11.13 "Discovery of SurR, a Redox-Switched Transcriptional Regulator Controlling H2 Production in Pyrococcus furiosus" 4th Asian Conference on Biological Inorganic Chemistry, Jeju Island, South Korea, 13 November 2008 [Keynote Talk]
2009.05.28 "X-Ray Microprobe Spectroscopy of Arthropod Cuticular Tools" 2nd Georgian Bay International Conference on Bioinorganic Chemistry, Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada, 28 May 2009 [Invited Talk]
2009.07.26 "Metal Speciation for Metalloproteomics using X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy" 14th International Conference on Biological Inorganic Chemistry (ICBIC14), Nagoya, Japan, 26 June 2009 [Invited Talk]
2009.09.08-11 "X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy of Metallobiomolecules. The Outskirts of Structural Biology" SSRL SMB XAS Short Course, Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, CA, 8 – 11 September 2009 [Invited Talk]