Third Indo-American Symposium
Indo-U.S. Science and Technology Forum – U.S. National Academy of Sciences
March 1-4, 2009
Agra, India
Sessions:
- Atmospheric Haze
- Bioinspired Chemistry
- Cellular Mechanisms for Encoding Information
- Infection and Cognition
- Particle Physics at the Energy and Intensity Frontiers
- String Theory and Geometry
- The Changing Brain
- Unraveling the Tiny Wrinkles in Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation: Determining the Past and Future Evolution of the Universe
Atmospheric Haze
Organizers: Mike Bergin and Anindya Sarkar
Chair:
Atmospheric Haze
S. Suresh Babu, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre
Speakers:
Aerosol’s Climatic impacts over Indian Region
Sachchida Nand Tripathi, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Quantifying the Sources of Atmospheric Haze and the Associated Impacts
James J. Schauer, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Bioinspired Chemistry
Organizers: A. Ajayaghosh and Greg Weiss
Chair:
Bioinspired Chemistry
Jonathan Wilker, Purdue University
Speakers:
First Blueprint, Now Bricks: DNA is Construction Material on the Nanoscale
Yamuna Krishnan, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Bioinspired Molecules: From Protein Chemistry to Drug Design
G. Mugesh, Indian Institute of Science
Cellular Mechanisms for Encoding Information
Organizers: Rob Mitra and L.S. Shashidhara
Chair:
Cellular Mechansms for Encoding Information
Vishwanath Iyer, The University of Texas at Austin
Speakers:
The Third Dimension of Gene Regulation: It’s All in the Looping!
Sanjeev Galande, National Centre for Cell Science
Examining Cell Division Mechanisms using Chemical Biology
Tarun Kapoor, Rockefeller University
Infection and Cognition
Organizers: Leigh Hochberg and Vasantha Padma
Chair:
Bugs and the Brain
Prabha S. Chandra, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences
Speakers:
A Big Role for Small Vessels in the Brain: Cerebral Amyloid, Vascular Dysfunction, Inflammation, and Cognitive Impairment
Anand Viswanathan, Massachusetts General Hospital
Cognitive Defects in HIV-1/AIDS Patients: Are Indian AIDS Patients Any Different?
Pankaj Seth, National Brain Research Center
Particle Physics at the Energy and Intensity Frontiers
Organizers: Bonnie Fleming and Sanjay Puri
Chair:
Particle Physics at the Energy and Intensity Frontiers
Andre de Gouvea, Northwestern University
Speakers:
Niki Saoulidou, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Physics at the 10^-18 M Scale
Debajyoti Choudhury, Delhi University
String Theory and Geometry
Organizers: Sujatha Ramadorai and Ken Perlin
Chair:
String Theory and Spacetime
Rajesh Gopakumar, Harish-Chandra Research Institute
Speakers:
Fluid Dynamics from Gravity
Shiraz Minwalla, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Cosmology, String Theory and Beyond
Stephon Alexander, Haverford College
The Changing Brain
Organizers: Molly Cummings and Apurva Sarin
Chair:
Neuroplasticity—A Lifelong Dialogue between your Brain and the Environment
Vidita A. Vaidya, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Speakers:
Neural Plasticity and Brain Repair Mechanisms
B.S.Shankaranarayana Rao, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences
Memories of a Fly: What would Aristophones think?
Josh Dubnau, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Unraveling the Tiny Wrinkles in Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation: Determining the past and Future Evolution of the Universe
Organizers: Yashwant Gupta and Chris Reynolds
Chair:
Unraveling the tiny wrinkles in Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation: Determining the Past and Future evolution of the Universe
Jasjeet Singh Bagla, Harish-Chandra Research Institute
Speakers:
Cosmic Saga encrypted in the Cosmic Microwave Background
Tarun Souradeep, Inter University Centre for Astronomy & Astrophysics (IUCAA)
The Physics of CMB Anisotropy
Wayne Hu, University of Chicago