17th Chinese-American Symposium
October 14-16, 2016
Irvine, California, US
Sessions:
- Aging
- Animal Models
- Collider SUSY and HIGGS
- Design Optimization in 3D Printing
- Genome Editing
- Near-Earth Asteroids
- Neural Circuits Underlying Innate Behaviors
- Ocean Acidification
- Sustainable / Green Chemistry
Video AvailableAging
Organizers: Jennifer Reed and Chen Zhiguo
SPEAKERS:
Using Stem Cell And Gene Editing Techniques To Study And Treat Aging-Associated DisordersGuang-hui Liu, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Animal Models
Organizers: Katalin Gothard
CHAIR:
Autism-like behaviors and germline transmission of transgenic monkeys overexpressing MeCP2 Qiu Zilong, Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences
SPEAKERS:
Animal models in basic and pre-clinical research: Ethical and practicalLi Chengyu, Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Collider SUSY and HIGGS
Organizers: Michael Kirby and Shen Xiaoyan
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SPEAKERS:
From LHC to CEPC: Higgs boson discovery and its property studiesJin Shan, Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
Design Optimization in 3D Printing
Organizers: Mark Campbell and Shen Li-Yong
CHAIR:
SPEAKERS:
Design of Materials for the Additive Manufacturing of Wearable RobotsRob Shepherd, Cornell University
Genome Editing
Organizers: Ahmad Khalil and Zhang Yan
CHAIR:
From Reading Genomes to Interpreting Genomes (to Rationally Engineering Genomes)Prashant Mali, University of California, San Diego
SPEAKERS:
Genome Editing and High-throughput Functional Screening of Coding and Non-coding GenesWei Wensheng, Peking University - presented by, Qiu Zilong, Institute of Neuroscience, CAS
Quantifying the Evolutionary Dynamics of Human Tumor ProgressionChristina Curtis, Stanford University
Near-Earth Asteroids
Organizers: Li Ji and Sarah Horst
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SPEAKERS:
Asteroid 4179 Toutatis: New observations as Closely Observed by Chang’e2Ji Jianghui, Purple Mountain Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Understanding the Surface Compositions of Near-Earth AsteroidsChristina Thomas, Planetary Research Institute
Neural Circuits Underlying Innate Behaviors
Organizers: Katalin Gothard and Hu Hailan
CHAIR:
Neural Circuits Underlying Innate BehaviorsDavid Leopold, National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), National Institutes of Health (NIH)
SPEAKERS:
The Visual Pathways to Trigger Innate Fear ResponsePeng Cao, Institute of Biophysics, CAS - presented by Chen Yelin, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, CAS
Ocean Acidification
Organizers: Magali Billen and Cheng Hefa
CHAIR:
Ocean Acidification and other Stressors: What does the future hold?Tessa Hill, University of California, Davis and Bodega Marine Laboratory
SPEAKERS:
Marine Primary Producers under Influence of Ocean AcidifcationGao Kunshan, State Key Laboratory for Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University
Forecasting of ocean acidification and hypoxic ocean conditions in the Pacific NorthwestSamantha Siedlecki, University of Washington
Sustainable / Green Chemistry
Organizers: Jovica Badjic and Wang Jiangyun
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The Chinese-American Kavli Frontiers of Science symposia are sponsored by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Major support is provided by the Kavli Foundation, with additional funding from the National Academy of Sciences
