10th German-American Symposium
Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung - U.S. National Academy of Sciences
June 23-26, 2004
Hamburg, Germany
Sessions:
- Dark Matter and Dark Energy
- Evolution of Human Language
- Functional Supramolecular Chemistry
- Quorum Sensing
- String Theory and Extra Dimensions
- Tales of the Y Chromosome
- Topology
- Volcanic Hot Spots
Dark Matter and Dark Energy
Organizers: Robert Lupton and Matthias Bartelmann
Chair: Jens Niemeyer, University of Würzburg
Speakers:
Hiranya Peiris, Princeton University
Bruno Leibundgut, European Southern Observatory
Evolution of Human Language
Organizers: Martin Korte and Ting-Ting Huang
Chair: Julia Fischer, Max-Planck-Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Speakers:
Valerie Kuhlmeier, Yale University
Wolfgang Enard, Max-Planck-Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Functional Supramolecular Chemistry
Organizers: Kay Severin and David Patrick
Chair: SonBinh T. Nguyen, Northwestern University
Speakers:
Frank Würthner, Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Würzburg
Jeffrey Long, University of California, Berkeley
Quorum Sensing
Organizers: Koen Visscher and Korte/Klaenhammer
Chair: Clay Fuqua, Indiana University
Speakers:
Jörg Overmann, University of Munich
Jared R. Leadbetter, California Institute of Technology
String Theory and Extra Dimensions
Organizer: Koen Visscher
Chair: Keith Dienes, University of Arizona
Speakers:
James Wells, University of Michigan
Arthur Hebecker, Deutsche Elektronen-Synchrotron Theory Group
Tales of the Y Chromosome
Organizers: Jörg Gromoll and Kristin Hager
Chair: Rüdiger Blaschke, University of Heidelberg
Speakers:
Jennifer Hughes, Whitehead Institute
Rainer Wimmer, Institute for Human Genetics and Anthropology, University of Freiburg
Topology
Organizer: Klaus Mecke
Chair: Jesús A. De Loera, University of California, Davis
Speakers:
Olaf Delgado-Friedrichs, University of Tübingen
Jürgen Richter-Gebert, Technical University of Munich
Volcanic Hot Spots
Organizers: Robert Lupton and Irene Pundt
Chair: Hans-Peter Bunge, University of Munich
Speakers:
Stuart Gilder, Institute Physique du Globe
Raffaella Montelli, Princeton University
