Second Japanese-American Symposium
Science and Technology Agency, Japan Science and Technology Corporation - U.S. National Academy of Sciences
October 1-3, 1999
Tsukuba, Japan
Sessions:
- Advances in Microscopy
- Aging Mechanisms
- Emerging Viral Diseases
- Extrasolar Planets
- Geometry and Dynamics
- Learning and Memory
- Mantle Dynamics
- Neutrino Physics
Advances in Microscopy
Organizers: Pat Vaccaro, Kaoru Yamanouchi, Guillermo Bazan
Discussion Leader: Naomi Halas, Rice University
Speakers:
Takashi Funatsu, Osaka University
Imaging of Single Bio-molecule Dynamics in Vitro and in Vivo
Jay Trautman, SEQ, Limited
Aging Mechanisms
Organizers: Yoshiko Takahashi and Paul Ahlquist
Discussion Leader: Yoshiko Takahashi, Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Speakers:
Makoto Kuro-o, University of Texas
Klotho: A Novel Mouse Model for Human Aging
Fuyuki Ishikawa, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Why Do We Have Linear Chromosome? A Link Between Sex and Aging
Emerging Viral Diseases
Organizers: Paul Ahlquist and Norio Ishida
Discussion Leader: Stuart Nichol, Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Speakers:
Yoshihiro Kawaoka, University of Wisconsin
Mechanisms by which Pandemic Influenza Viruses Emerge
Jiro Arikawa, Hokkaido University
The Ecology of Hantaviruses Within Their Rodent Reservoir
Extrasolar Planets
Organizers: Andrea Ghez and Yukio Isozaki
Discussion Leader: Jack Lissauer, NASA/Ames Research Center
Speakers:
Geoffrey Marcy, University of California, Berkeley
Planets Around Sun Like Stars
Shigeru Ida, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Planet Formation Theory and Possible Diversity of Planetary Systems
Geometry and Dynamics
Organizers: Tom Mrowka and Hiroaki Kitano
Discussion Leader: Curtis T. McMullen, Harvard University
Speakers:
Yair Minsky, State University of New York at Stony Brook
Geometry, Topology, and Dynamics in Hyperbolic Space
Mitsuhiro Shishikura, University of Tokyo
Complex Dynamics and Fractals
Learning and Memory
Organizers: Yoshiko Takahashi, Paul Ahlquist
Discussion Leader: Hideyuki Okano, Osaka University
Speakers:
Takeo Hirano, Kyoto University
Synaptic Plasticity and Learning
Evan Balaban, The Neurosciences Institute
Mantle Dynamics
Organizers: Yukio Isozaki and Mandy Joye
Discussion Leader: Yukio Isozaki, University of Tokyo
Speakers:
Thorne Lay, University of California, Santa Cruz
Toshiro Tanimoto, University of California, Santa Barbara
Internal Transition Region of the Mantle
Neutrino Physics
Organizers: Hideo Ohno and Andrea Ghez
Discussion Leader: Masahiro Teshima, University of Tokyo
Speakers:
Takaaki Kajita, University of Tokyo
Neutrino Physics and Neutrino Astronomy
Doug Michael, California Institute of Technology
After Dinner Speakers
Kazuo Hirai, Honda Automobile Company
Robotics
William Schopf, University of California, Los Angeles
The Oldest Life on Earth: Solution to Darwin's Dilemma
