Third German-American Symposium
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft – U.S. National Academy of Sciences
June 19-22, 1997
Munich, Germany
Sessions:
- Approximation Algorithms
- Cell Suicide
- Combinatorial Chemistry
- Computational Neurosciences: Beyond Rate Coding
- Core Geophysics
- Gene Therapy
- Molecular Transport/Nanomachines
- Scanning Probe Microscopy
Approximation Algorithms
Organizers: Trevor Wooley and Günter Ziegler
Chair: Andreas S. Schultz, TU Berlin
Speakers:
Andreas S. Schultz, TU Berlin
Computing Good Solutions to Hard Combinatorial Problems Quickly: A Tourist's Guide to the World of Complexity
David Shmoys, Cornell University
Using Coin Tosses and Linear Programming to Compute Good Routings and Schedules
David P. Williamson, IBM T.J. Watson Research Labs
From 100% Error To 13% Error Using Geometry, and Why We Can't Do Much Better
Cell Suicide
Organizers: Glenn Telling and Anne Ulrich
Chair: Marcus Peter, Deutsches Krebsforschungsinstitut
Speakers:
Michael O. Hengartner, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Programmed Cell Death in the Nematode C. elegans
Marcus Peter, Deutsches Krebsforschungsinstitut
Apoptosis Induced by the Death Receptors
Armin Heufelder, Medizinische Klinik der Uni München
Apoptosis in Endocrine Systems and Autoimmunity: Both Too Much and Too Little Can Be Harmful
Combinatorial Chemistry
Organizers: Eric Jacobsen and Georg Jansen
Chair: Anthony Czarnik, IRORI Quantum Microchemistry
High Volume Synthesis and Screening: Two Challenges That Must be Solved in Synchrony
Speakers:
Jon Ellman, University of California, Berkeley
Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of Small Molecule Libraries
Michael Famulok, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
RNA-Molecules with Novel Functions from Combinatorial Nucleic Acid Libraries
Computational Neurosciences: Beyond Rate Coding
Organizers: Leigh (Wiki) Royden and Martin Stutzmann
Chair: Andreas Herz, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Speakers:
Wulfram Gerstner, ETH Lausanne
Spike time Coding and Hebbian Learning in the Auditory System
Andreas Kreiter, Max-Planck Institut für Hirnforschung
Stimulus-dependent Synchronization and the Binding Problem
Henry Markram, Weizman Institute of Science
Plasticity of Neocortical Synapses: Relevance for Temporal Coding
Core Geophysics
Chair:
Bradford M. Clement, Florida International University
Speakers:
Astrid Holzheid, Universität zu Köln
Composition and Formation of the Earth’s Core
Andreas Tilgner, Universität Bayreuth
Dynamo Theory Applied to the Earth’s Core
Bradford M. Clement, Florida International University
Paleomagnetism and Magnetic Field Reversals - Implications
Gene Therapy
Organizers: Claus-Michael Lehr and Glenn Telling
Chair: Peter Hoogerbrugge, University Hospital, Leiden
Speakers:
Mark Kay, University of Washington
Hepatic Gene Therapy for Hemophilia and Hepatitis C Virus Infection
Dexi Liu, University of Pittsburgh
Lipid-Based, Self-Assembly Systems for Gene Delivery
Molecular Transport/Nanomachines
Organizers: Anna-Louise Reysenbach and Elmar Schiebel
Chair: Andrew Hoyt, Johns Hopkins University
Speakers:
Andrew Hoyt, Johns Hopkins University
Motor Proteins of the Mitotic Spindle
Martin Bähler, Institut fur Zellibologie-LMU
Myosins on the Move
Scanning Probe Microscopy
Organizers: Martin Stutzmann, Claus-Michael Lehr, Alice Gast, and John Huth
Chair: Roland Wiesendanger, Universität Hamburg
Speakers:
Roland Wiesendanger, Universität Hamburg
Nano-Science and Nano-Technology: An Excursion into a Small World
Hermann E. Gaub, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
Single Molecule Force Spectroscopy by AFM: A Novel Gadget in the Nanoscopic Toolbox
Joseph A. Zasadzinski, University of California, Santa Barbara
Nanometer Resolution of Organic and Biological Thin Films
After-Dinner Speaker
Organizer: Claus-Michael Lehr
Speaker: Simon D. M. White, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
