Fourth German-American Symposium
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung – U.S. National Academy of Sciences
June 4-6, 1998
Irvine, California
Sessions:
- The Age, Mass Density, and Ultimate Fate of the Universe
- Emerging Fluorescence Sensing Technologies
- Genomics
- Global Chemical Fluxes
- Mathematics of Microstructures
- Smart Materials: The "IQ" of Materials in Systems
- Telomeres/Telomerases
- Ultrafast Detection and Control of Molecular Dynamics
The Age, Mass Density, and Ultimate Fate of the Universe
Organizers: Alice Gast and Roland Fisher
Chair: Hans-Walter Rix, University of Arizona
Speakers:
Guinevere Kauffmann, Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik
The Formation of Galaxies
Alexei V. Filippenko, University of California, Berkeley
Supernovae and their Cosmological Implications
Emerging Fluorescence Sensing Technologies
Organizers: Anthony Czarnik and Claus-Michael Lehr
Chair: A.P. de Silva, Queens University of Belfast
Fluorescent Sensing; Why and How
Speakers:
Gregor Zlokarnik, Aurora Biosciences Corporation
Fluorescence Detection Of Receptor-Regulated Gene Expression And Cell Sorting With Beta-Lactamase as Reporter
Jens Eilers, Universität des Saarlandes
High-Resolution Fluorescence Microscopy of the Nervous System: From Cells to Networks
Genomics
Organizers: Mark Kay and Sevil Weinkauf
Chair: Patrick Brown, Stanford University
Speakers:
André Rosenthal, Institut für Molekulare Biotechnologie, Jena
David Lockhart, Affymetrix Inc.
Genes, Genomics and DNA Chips
Global Chemical Fluxes
Organizers: Bradford Clement and Ruth Knoche
Chair: Ken Caldeira, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Speakers:
Terry Plank, University of Kansas
The Ins and Outs of Volcanoes
Andreas Luettge, Yale University
CO2 Consumption by Weathering of Silicates and Recycling of CO2 into the Earth’s Mantle: The Balance Between CO2 Production and CO2 Consumption
Mathematics of Microstructures
Organizers: Stefan Müller and David Zuckerman
Chair: Richard D. James, University of Minnesota
Minimizing Energies that have No Minimizer and the Design of New Materials
Speakers:
Kaushik Bhattacharya, California Institute of Technology
Mathematical Models of Microstructure and the Search for New Shape-Memory Alloys
Gero Friesecke, University of Oxford
How Three Simple Rules Lead to Infinitely Complex Patterns, and Why Knowing the Rules but Not the Patterns Is Enough to Predict What Happens on a Larger Scale
Smart Materials: The "IQ" of Materials in Systems
Organizers: Frank Mücklich and Mats Selen
Chair: Rainer Waser, RWTH Aachen University of Technology, Aachen
Speakers:
Wenwu Cao, Pennsylvania State University
Materials Born to be Smart and Made to be Smart
Harley H. Cudney, Virginia Institute of Technology
Designing Controllers for Smart Structures: Present Practices and Future Goals
Telomeres/Telomerases
Organizers: Glenn Telling and Sevil Weinkauf
Chair: Michael Speicher, Ludwig-Maximilans Universität
Speakers:
Kathleen Collins, University of California, Berkeley
Structure and Function of a Specialized Reverse Transcriptase, Telomerase
Petra Boukamp, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum Heidelberg
Telomerase Activity in Normal Human Cells
Ultrafast Detection and Control of Molecular Dynamics
Organizers: Georg Jansen and Mats Selen
Chair: Volker Engel, Universität Würzburg
Speakers:
Philip A. Anfinrud, Harvard University
Using Physics to Probe Chemistry in Biology: Recent Progress and New Opportunities
Regina de Vivie-Riedle, Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik