Indonesian-American Symposium
Indonesian Academy of Sciences – U.S. National Academy of Sciences
July 12-15, 2012
Solo, Indonesia
Sessions:
- Crop Diversification for Food Security
- Earthquake and Tsunami
- Epigenetics and Stem Cells: Fate and Plasticity to Assist in Human Biomedicine
- Local Selection and Local Adaptation on Humans / Pathogens
- Marine Ecology: Adaptation of Marine Organisms to Climate Change / Impacts of Climate Change and Pollution on Ecosystems
- Nanotechnology: The Road towards Applications
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Crop Diversification for Food Security
Organizers: Richard Loomis and Dwi Susilaningsih
Introductory Speaker:Potential of Seaweed as Bioeffector to Support Plant Growth under Biotic and Abiotic Stress
Aiyen, Tadulako University
Speakers:Food Diversity For Food Security
Marlina Ardiyani, Indonesian Institute of SciencesEl Niño and Rice Agriculture in Indonesia
Daniel J. Vimont, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Earthquake and Tsunami
Organizers: Ismunandar and Arjun Heimsath
Introductory Speaker: An Assessment of the Earthquake Sequence and the Resulting Tsunamis in Indonesia
Sri Widiyantoro, Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB)
Speakers:Understanding the Earthquake Threat to Bandung from the Lembang Fault
Eko Yulianto, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI)How Do Mega-Earthquakes Become So Big?
Miaki Ishii, Harvard University
Epigenetics and Stem Cells: Fate and Plasticity to Assist in Human Biomedicine
Organizers: Rika Raffiudin and Marylyn Ritchie
Introductory Speaker: Epigenetics and Stem Cells: Fate and Plasticity to Assist in Human Biomedicine
Jenny Hsieh, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Speakers:Regulation of Neural Stem Cells by a Histone Deacetylases Inhibitor, Valproic Acid
Berry Juliandi, Bogor Agricultural University (IPB)Control of L1 retrotransposition in the nervous system
Allyson R. Muotri, University of California, San Diego
Local Selection and Local Adaptation on Humans / Pathogens
Organizers: Marsia Gustiananda and Ed Green
Introductory Speaker:
The Evolutionary Background of Human Genetic Variation
John Hawks, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Speakers:
Local Adaptation of Malaria Parasites
Rintis Noviyanti, Eijkman Institute for Molecular BiologyPopulation Genetics in the Personal Genome Era
Carlos Bustamante: Stanford University School of Medicine
Marine Ecology: Adaptation of Marine Organisms to Climate Change / Impacts of Climate Change and Pollution on Ecosystems
Organizers: Paul Barber and Rohani Ambo Rappe
Introductory Speaker: The Impacts of Climate Changes and Pollutions on Marine Ecosystems
Jamaluddin Jompa, Hasanuddin University
Speakers: Coral Reef Responses to Global Climate Change: A genomic perspective
Monica Medina, University of California, MercedSea Level Rise Driven by Climate Change and Their Impact towards Indonesian Coastal Ecology
Muh Aris Marfai, Gadjahmada University
Nanotechnology: The Road towards Applications
Organizers: Libai Huang and Ronny Martien
Introductory Speaker: Nanotechnology: The (Winding) Road Towards Applications
Brian Korgel, University of Texas, Austin
Speakers:
Superiority of Curcumin in the Nanocrystal Form in Suppressing Inflammatory Disorders
Heni Rachmawati, Bandung Institute of Technology
Carbon Nanoelectronics
Nadya Mason, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The Indonesian-American Kavli Frontiers of Science symposium is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State. Major support is provided by the Kavli Foundation with additional support from the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and the Indonesian Academy of Sciences.
