12th German-American Symposium
Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung - U.S. National Academy of Sciences
June 21-24, 2006
Potsdam, Germany
Sessions:
- Extrasolar Planets
- Frontiers of Computing
- Gas Hydrates
- Gene Regulation by RNA Silencing
- How Migrating Animals Find Their Way
- Nanomedicine
- Preserving Health in a Changing Global Environment
- Theory of Mind
Extrasolar Planets
Organizers: Charles Keeton and Klaus Mecke
Speakers:
David Charbonneau, Harvard University
Sara Seager, Carnegie Institution of Washington
Günther Wuchterl, University of Jena
Frontiers of Computing
Organizers: Lada Adamic, Thomas Martinetz and Charles Delwiche
Speakers:
Andreas Buchleitner, Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden
Jens Eisert, University of Potsdam
Barbara M. Terhal, IBM Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY
Gas Hydrates
Organizers: Antje Schwalb and Robert Harris
Speakers:
Gregor Rehder, IFM GEOMAR, Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences, Kiel
Peter Flemings, Pennsylvania State University, University Park
Thomas Westerhold, University of Bremen
Gene Regulation by RNA Silencing
Organizers: Rudiger Blaschke, Patricia Clark and Jessica Kissinger
Speakers:
Ann E. Rougvie, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Julius Brennecke, Rockefeller University, New York City
Gunter Meister, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried
How Migrating Animals Find Their Way
Organizer: Ilse Storch
Speakers:
Thorsten Ritz, University of California, Irvine
Frontiers in Animal Migration and Navigation Research
Henrik O. Mouritsen, University of Oldenburg
Understanding the Behavioral and Physiological Mechanisms of Long Distance Navigation
Cordula V. Mora, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
How Animals Use Magnetic Fields as Navigation Tools
Nanomedicine
Organizers: Rainer Haag and John McKinney
Speakers:
Kevin Plaxco, University of California, Santa Barbara
Christoph Niemeyer, University of Dortmund
Felix Kratz (University of Freiburg) Nanotherapeutics
Preserving Health in a Changing Global Environment
Organizers: Robert Harris, Annette Peters and John McKinney
Speakers:
Jeff Shaman, College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University
Annette Menzel, Lehrstuhl für Klimaökölogie, Technische Universität München
Climate Change and Ecological Changes
Marie S. O'Neill, Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health, University of Michigan
Theory of Mind
Organizer: Martin Korte
Speakers:
Kai Vogeley, University of Cologne
Julian Paul Keenan, Montclair State University
Ricarda Schubotz, Max-Planck-Institut für Kognitions- und Neurowissenschaften, Leipzig
