
21st Annual U.S. Symposium on Frontiers of Science
November 12-14, 2009
Irvine, California
Sessions:
- Antibiotic Resistance
- Game Theory, Economic Modeling, and Economic Regulation from a Computational Perspective
- Geoengineering
- Holography
- MicroRNA
- Our Hot and Uncertain Future: Is Adaptation to Climate Change Possible?
- Sex Differences in the Brain
- Understanding Dark Matter
Antibiotic Resistance
Organizers: Vanessa Sperandio, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and and Scott Silverman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Chair:Antibiotic Resistance
Eric Brown, McMaster University
Speakers: Overcoming Antibacterial Biological Approaches
Deborah Hung, Broad Institute of MIT and HarvardRevamping Drug Discovery Using Insights from Natural Product Molecules
Derek Tan, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Game Theory, Economic Modeling, and Economic Regulation from a Computational Perspective
Organizer: Anna Lysyanskaya, Brown University
Chair:Game Theory, Economic Modeling, and Economic Regulation from a Computational Perspective
Robert D. Kleinberg, Cornell University
Speakers:Game Dynamics and Network Structure
Amin Saberi, Stanford UniversityThe Scope and Design of Market Mechanisms
Ilya R. Segal, Stanford University
Geoengineering
Organizer: Victoria Meadows, University of Washington
Chair:Geoengineering
Eli Kintisch, Science
Speakers:The Case for Geoengineering Research
David Keith, University of CalgaryCan Geoengineering Save Us From A Climate Catastrophe?
Cecilia Bitz, University of Washington
Holography
Organizer: Emanuel Katz, Boston University
Chair: Holography
Juan Maldacena, Institute for Advanced Study
Speakers:Viscosity, Black Holes, and Holography
Dam Thanh Son, University of WashingtonHow to Get a Superconductor out of a Black Hole
Chris P. Herzog, Princeton University
MicroRNA
Organizer: Andy Dillin, Salk Institute for Biological Sciences
Chair: MicroRNAs
Frank Slack, Yale University
Speakers: MicroRNAs: The Big Impact of Small RNAs on Gene Expression
Amy E. Pasquinelli, University of California, San DiegoMicroRNAs Erase Your First Maternal Link
Antonio Giraldez, Yale University
Our Hot and Uncertain Future: Is Adaptation to Climate Change Possible?
Organizer: Hallie Eakin, Arizona State University
Chair: Our Hot and Uncertain Future: Is Adaptation to Climate Change Possible?
Don Nelson, University of Georgia
Speakers:Community-Based Adaptation: From Passive Victims to Active Agents
Petra Tschakert, Penn State UniversityManaging a Transformed Planet: New Paradigms for Conservation in an Era of Global Warming
Jessica Hellmann, University of Notre Dame
Sex Differences in the Brain
Organizer: Michael Nader, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Chair: Sex Differences in the Brain
Wendy J. Lynch, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center
Speakers: Why Sex Matters in the Study of the Brain Health: Investigating the Role of Gender, Sex Hormones and their Impact in Disease, Brain Plasticity, and Behavior
Liisa Galea, University of British ColumbiaFunctional Cortical Alterations in Children and Adolescents at Genetic Risk for Schizophrenia: Gender Effects?
Aysenil Belger, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Understanding Dark Matter
Organizers: Emanuel Katz, Boston University and Victoria Meadows, University of Washington
Chair: Understanding Dark Matter
David E. Kaplan, Johns Hopkins University
Speakers: The Formation of Dark Matter Structures in the Universe
Risa H. Wechsler, Stanford UniversityHints (?) of Dark Matter
Neal Weiner, New York University