First German-American Symposium

Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung – U.S. National Academy of Sciences

June 22-25, 1995

Sessions:

Astrophysics: Gravitational Lensing - Galactic and Cosmological

Organizers: William Press, lngrid Daubechies

SPEAKERS:
Cosmological Applications of Gravitational Lensing
Peter Schneider, Max Planck Institut fiir Astrophysik, Miinchen, FRG

Searching for Galactic Dark Matter via Gravitational Microlensing
Christopher Stubbs, University of Washington, USA

DISCUSSION LEADER:
Edwin Turner, Princeton University, USA

Biology: How to See and Smell

Organizer: Harald Schmidt

SPEAKERS:
Making Sense of the Olfactory World
Cornelia Bargmann, University of California, San Francisco, USA

Activation of the G-Protein of the Rod Photoreceptor, Transducin, and Its Effector, the Cyclic GMP Phosphodiesterase
Martin Heck, Humboldt Universitii.t zu Berlin, FRG

Primary Events of Photoexcitation and Adaptation in Vertebrate Photoreceptor Cells
Karl-Wilhelm Koch, Forschungszentrum Jiilich, FRG

The Sense of Smell: Receptors for Odorants
Jorg Strotmann, Universitat Hohenheim, Stuttgart, FRG

DISCUSSION LEADER:
Jurgen Krieger, Universitii.t Hohenheim, Stuttgart, FRG

Chemistry: Delving into the Outer Limit - The Science of Surfaces

Organizer: Sylvia Ceyer

SPEAKERS:
Understanding Perfection · The Curious Properties of HF-etched Silicon
Melissa Hines, Cornell University, USA

Kinetic Oscillations on Single Crystal Surfaces
Ronald lmbihl, Universitat Hannover, FRG

Bouncing Gases Off Liquids
Gil Nathanson, University of Wisconsin, USA

DISCUSSION LEADER:
Sylvia Ceyer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

Mathematics: Computation and Visualization of Geometric Data

Organizer: Giinter M. Ziegler

SPEAKERS:
Discrete Tomography
Peter Gritzmann, Universitat Trier, FRG

Computation and Visualization of Geometric Data
Mathias Prokop, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, FRG

DISCUSSION LEADER:
Gunter M. Ziegler, Technische Universitat Berlin, FRG

Medicine and Pharmacy: Biological Barriers

Organizer: Claus-Michael Lehr

SPEAKERS:
Drug Delivery to the Brain
Ulrich Bickel, Phillips-Universitat Marburg, FRG

Permeation Pathways in Skin and Buccal Mucosa Using Confocal Microscopy
hristopher Cullander, University of California, San Francisco, USA

Identification and Characterization of Peptide and Protein Drug Therapies: Fantasy or Reality
Vincent H. L. Lee, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

DISCUSSION LEADER:
Claus-Michael Lehr, Universitat des Saarlandes, FRG

Oceanography: The Role of the Arctic in Global Change

Organizer: Deborah Penry, Marcia McNutt

SPEAKERS:
Global Environmental Change: The Northern North Atlantic
Gerhard Graf, GEOMAR Research Center for Marine Geosciences in Kiel, FRG

Northeast Water Polynya: Polar Sea Cruise Results
Jody Deming, University of Washington, Seattle, USA

DISCUSSION LEADER:
Richard Moritz, University of Washington, Seattle, USA

Physics: Molecular Spectroscopy -From Ground to Space

Organizer: Thomas Henning, Bernd Hess

SPEAKERS:
Molecules as Probes of the Interstellar Medium
Rainer Mauersberger, University of Arizona, USA

Molecular Spectroscopy: From Ground to Space -The Case of the Diffuse Interstellar Bands
Farid Salama, NASA Ames Research Center, USA

DISCUSSION LEADER:
Ewine van Dishoeck, Sterrewacht Leiden, Netherlands

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