Ninth Annual U.S. Symposium
November 6-8, 1997
Irvine, California
Sessions:
- Chemical Physics of Protein Folding
- Cretaceous-Tertiary (Dinosaur) Extinction
- Lifespan and Senescence
- Nanochemistry
- New Developments in the Biology and Treatment of HIV
- Prions and Prion Diseases
- Quantum Cryptography and Quantum Computing
- String Theory
Chemical Physics of Protein Folding
Organizer: Peter Wolynes, University of Illinois
Chair: Peter Wolynes, University of Illinois
Speakers:
Jose Onuchie, University of California, San Diego
Exploring the Energy Landscape of Protein Folding
Martin Gruebele, University of Virginia
Proteins: Efficient Folders
Charles Brooks, Scripps Research Institute
Exploring Protein Folding Free Energy Landscape at Atomic Resolution with Molecular Simulations
Cretaceous-Tertiary (Dinosaur) Extinction
Organizer: Mary Lou Zoback, U.S. Geological Survey
Chair: Kevin Pope, Geo Eco Are Research
New Environmental and Biological Evidence For a Meteorite Impact Cause
Speakers:
Steven D'Hondt, University of Rhode Island
Environmental and Evolutionary Consequences of the Impact on Time Scales of Seconds to Millions of Years
Charles Marshall, University of California, Los Angeles
Overcoming an Incomplete Fossil Record to Assess the Magnitude and Rapidity of the End-Cretacious Extinctions
Lifespan and Senescence
Organizer: Joanne Chory, The Salk Institute
Chair: Leonard P. Guarente, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Identification of a Molecular Cause of Aging
Speakers:
Richard Amasino, University of Wisconsin
Gary Ruvkun, Massachusetts General Hospital
Neuroendocrine Control of Metabolism and Longevity
Nanochemistry
Organizer: Nora Volkow, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Chair: Robert L. Whetten, Georgia Institute of Technology
Speakers:
Michael J. Natan, Pennsylvania State University
Architecture Using Nanoparticles
Paul Alivisatos, University of California, Berkeley
Nanocrystals: Building Blocks for Modern Materials Design
New Developments in the Biology and Treatment of HIV
Organizer: Tyler Jacks, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Chair: Frederic Bushman, The Salk Institute
Speakers:
Ned Landau, Aaron Diamond Center
Genetic Resistance to AIDS: What Does it Tell Us?
Prions and Prion Diseases
Organizer: Paul Wolynes, University of Illinois
Chair: David Westaway, University of Toronto
Speakers:
Glenn Telling, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine at St. Mary's
Transgenic Mouse Models of Prion Diseases
Suzette Priola, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease
Prions and Prion Diseases
Quantum Cryptography and Quantum Computing
Organizer: Steve Chu, Stanford University
Chair: Steve Chu, Stanford University
Speakers:
Chris Monroe, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Quantum Computing with Individual Atoms
Isaac Chuang, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Bulk Quantum Computation
Seth Lloyd, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Quantum Computers: What? Why? How?
Gilles Brassard, University of Montreal
Quantum Infromation Processing
String Theory
Organizer: Jennifer Chayes, Princeton University
Chair: David Morrison, Duke University
Speakers:
Brian Greene, Columbia University
String Theory and the Fabric of Spacetime
Joseph Polchinski, University of California, Santa Barbara
"What is String Theory"?
