Third Chinese-American Symposium
Chinese Academy of Sciences - U.S. National Academy of Sciences
October 20-22, 2000
Irvine, California
Sessions:
- Formation of Planetary Systems
- Mechanism of Pain
- Mechanisms of Plant Development
- Nanoscience
- Quantum Computing
- Stem Cell Research
- Supramolecular Chemistry
- Tectonics and Topography
Formation of Planetary Systems
Organizers: Matthias Steinmetz and Wang En-ge
Chair: Andrea Ghez, University of California, Los Angeles
Speakers:
Ji Yang, Purple Mountain Observatory, CAS
Star Formation: From Interstellar Medium to Protoplanetary Systems
David Koerner, University of Pennsylvania
Observations of Protoplanetary Disks
Mechanism of Pain
Organizers: Yishi Jin and Jiarui Wu
Chair: Michael Gold, University of Maryland
Speakers:
Xu Zhang, Institute of Neuroscience, SIBS
The Mechanism of Reduced Morphine Efficacy in Chronic Pain Following Peripheral Nerve Injury
Cheryl L. Stucky, Medical College of Wisconsin
Cellular Physiology of Two Nociceptors
Mechanisms of Plant Development
Organizers: Jiarui Wu and Tian Xu
Chair: Philip Benfey, New York University
Speakers:
Jiayang Li, Institute of Genetics, CAS
A New Type of Programmed Cell Death in Plants
M. Kathryn Barton, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Nanoscience
Organizers: Vijay Pande and Wang En-ge
Chair: Lu Li, Institute of Physics & Condensed Matter Physics Center, CAS
Speaker:
Hou Jianguo, University of Science and Technology of China, CAS
Physics and Chemistry with Single Molecules: Experiment and Theory
Quantum Computing
Organizers: Fengshan Bai and Vijay Pande
Chair: Li Shu Sheng, Institute of Semiconductor, CAS
Speaker:
Long Gui Lu, Tsinghua University
Stem Cell Research
Organizers: Hong Wu and Jiarui Wu
Chair: Hong Wu, University of California, Los Angeles
Speakers:
Xuetao Pei, Military Medical Academy
Engineering of Stem Cells : The New Generation of Cellular Therapeutics
Nobuko Uchida, Stemcell Inc.
Supramolecular Chemistry
Organizers: SonBinh Nguyen and Wang Chen
Chair: Douglas Gin, University of California, Berkeley
Speakers:
Xi Zhang, Jilin University
Supramolecular Chemistry at Interface: Nano-Patterning via Molecular Self-Assembly
Joseph Hupp, Northwestern University
Functional Supramolecular Chemistry: Mesoporous Materials, Universal Chemosensors, and Artificial Enzymes
Tectonics and Topography
Organizers: Ellen Wohl and Zhang Zhibin
Chair: Dorothy Merritts, Franklin and Marshall College
Speakers:
Frank Pazzaglia, Lehigh University
Xiong Xiong, Wuhan Institute of Tectonics, CAS
