19th German-American Symposium
Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung - U.S. National Academy of Sciences
April 4-6, 2014
Irvine, California
Sessions:
- Bio-mimicry - Bio-inspired Technical Solutions
- Bio-orthogonal Chemistry
- Cell-Cell Communication and Signaling
- Condensed Matter Confined in Nanoporous Materials
- Neuroplasticity and Development
- Plasticity / Trait Adaptation and its Relevance to Climate Change
- Quantification of Uncertainty in Scientific Computing
Video AvailableBio-mimicry – Bio-inspired Technical Solutions
Organizers: Joseph Pomerening and Jens Mutke
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
An introduction to biomimetics
Kerstin Koch, Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences, FRG
SPEAKERS:
Plants as concept generators for biomimetic lightweight structures
Tom Masselter, University of Freiburg, FRG
From Nature to Engineering: Bio-mimetic and Bio-inspired Materials
David Kisailus, University of California, Riverside, USA
Bio-orthogonal Chemistry
Organizers: Jenifer Kohler and Michael Boysen
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Chemistry in Living Systems
Jennifer Prescher, University of California, Irvine, USA
SPEAKERS:
Deciphering neuronal and astroglial proteome dynamics with a 'click'
Daniela Dieterich, University of Magdeburg, FRG
New Chemical Tools to Generate Protein Based Materials
Matthew Francis, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Cell-Cell Communication and Signaling
Organizers: Wyndham Lathem and Daniel Lopez
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Cell-Cell Communication and Signaling
Mary O’Riordan, University of Michigan Medical School
SPEAKERS:
Role of inflammasomes in regulating inflammatory diseases
Eicke Latz, University of Bonn, FRG
How Bacteria Sense the Host?
Manuela Raffatellu, University of California, Irvine, USA
Condensed Matter Confined in Nanoporous Materials
Organizers: Ania Bleszynski Jayich and Patrick Huber
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Condensed matter confined in nanoporous materials
Margarita Krutyeva, Jülich Centre for Neutron Science, FRG
SPEAKERS:
Single-Molecule Test Tubes: Combining Nanopores with Entropic Traps for Studies of DNA
Derek Stein, Brown University, USA
Engineering material properties by crystallization in nanopores
Martin Steinhart, Osnabrück University, FRG
Neuroplasticity and Development
Organizers: Marina Bedny and Ingrid Ehrlich
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Cognitive and neural mechanisms for learning in social contexts
Hyowon Gweon, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
SPEAKERS:
The melody of neonatal brain
Ileana Hanganu-Opatz, University of Hamburg, FRG
Learning Words from Other People
Michael Frank, Stanford University, USA
Plasticity / Trait Adaptation and its Relevance to Climate Change
Organizers: Zackary Johnson and Camilla Wellstein
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Climate Change and Plasticity
Christine Römermann, University of Regensburg
SPEAKERS:
High resolution regional climate analysis: challenges, methods and case studies for water sensitive regions
Harald Kunstmann, Augsburg University, FRG
Effects of Ocean Acidification on Marine Organisms
Brian Hopkinson, University of Georgia, USA
Quantification of Uncertainty in Scientific Computing
Organizers: Melvin Leok and Nicole Marheineke
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
An overview of uncertainty quantification for extreme scale science and engineering
Clayton Webster, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
SPEAKERS:
Modeling, Simulation and Optimization of Thermal Ablation under Data Uncertainty
Tobias Preusser, Jacobs University Bremen, FRG
Stochastic Collocation Methods for High-Dimensional Forward and Inverse Problems
Clayton Webster, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
The German-American Kavli Frontiers of Science symposium is sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. Major support is provided by the Kavli Foundation, with additional funding from the National Academy of Sciences.
