Second Indo-American Symposium
Indo-U.S. Science and Technology Forum – U.S. National Academy of Sciences
January 18-20, 2007
Irvine, California
Sessions:
- The Magnetic Universe
- Stress in Neurodegeneration
- Systems Biology
- Molecular Architectures and Assemblies
- Stimuli Responsive Materials
- Climate Connection
- Algebra and Computation
- Macromolecular Machines
The Magnetic Universe
Organizers: Sarah Gibson and Gautam Menon
Chair:
The Magnetic Universe
Chris Reynolds, University of Maryland
Speakers:
The "Magnetism" of Neutron Stars
Yashwant Gupta, National Center for Radio Astrophysics
The Magnetic Sun
Mark Miesch, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Stress in Neurodegeneration
Organizers: Dora Kovacs and Shyamala Mani
Chair:
The Role of Global and Cellular Stress in Neurodegenerative Diseases
Huaxi Xu, Burnham Institute
Speakers:
Silent Synapses Speak Up In the Amygdala: “Good Plasticity” In a “Bad Neighborhood”
Sumantra Chattarji, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
The Role of Endoplasmic Reticulum: Stress in Neurodegenerative Diseases
Gopal Thinakaran, University of Chicago
Systems Biology
Organizers: James Holden and L.S. Shasidhara
Chair:
Systems Biology
Adam Arkin, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Speakers:
Network Biology: Understanding Emergent Complexity in Living Systems
Sitabhra Sinha, Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSC)
Protein Network Comparative Genomics
Trey Ideker, University of California, San Diego
Molecular Architectures and Assemblies
Organizers: Sandeep Verma and Greg Weiss
Chair:
Exploring Non-Covalent Interactions for Creating Complex Molecular Architectures and Assemblies
S. Ramakrishnan, Indian Institute of Science
Speakers:
Molecular Architectures and Assemblies from Natural and Unnatural Amino Acids
James Nowick, University of California, Irvine
Molecular Self-assemblies with Tunable Size, Shape and Optical Properties
A. Ajayaghosh, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)
Stimuli Responsive Materials
Organizer: Shrikant Joshi and Greg Weiss
Chair:
Responsive Interfaces and Materials
Jeffrey S. Moore, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Speakers:
Functional Structures with Nanoscale Materials
Arun Chattopadhyay, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG)
Molecular Design of Stimuli Responsive Polymers
Stephen Craig, Duke University
Climate Connection
Organizers: Peter Girguis and Rajiv Sinha
Chair:
The Monsoon: From Mountain Building to Air Quality
Beth Pratt-Sitaula, Central Washington University
Speakers:
Monsoon Induced Erosion and Recent Deformation in The Himalayan Mountain Belt
Malay Mukul, Center for Mathematical Modeling and Computer Simulation (CMMACS)
Air Quality and the Monsoon
Mike Bergin, Georgia Institute of Technology
Algebra and Computation
Organizers: Sara Billey and Govindan Rangarajan
Chair:
Polynomails and Computation
Jaikumar Radhakrishnan, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Speakers:
Numbers of Strange Kind and Their Applications
Manindra Agrawal, Indian Institute of Technology
Local Decoding of Polynomials and its Applications
Chris Umans, California Institute of Technology
Macromolecular Machines
Organizers: L.S. Shasidhara and Greg Weiss
Chair:
Macromolecular Machines of the Biological World: An Insight into their Function
Rajan Sankaranarayanan, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB)
Speakers:
Learning Drug Design from Nature: the Amazing Molecular Machineries of Fatty Acid and Polyketide Mega-Synthases
Shiou-Chuan (Sheryl) Tsai, University of California, Irvine
Multienzymatic Catalysis in Natural Product Biosynthesis
Rajesh Gokhale, National Institute of Immunology