29th Annual U.S. Symposium
Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center - Irvine, California
February 15-17, 2018
Sessions:
- 3D Genome
- Bio-interfaces – Blurring the Borders between Biological and Digital Computing
- Brain-Machine Interfaces
- Green Chemistry
- Humans and Pathogens in an Evolutionary Context
- Materials by Design
- Ocean Anoxia
- The Search for Life Near and Far
3D Genome
Organizers: Kai Tan, University of Pennsylvania
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
A 3D Code in the Human Genome
Erez Lieberman Aiden, Baylor College of Medicine
SPEAKERS:
3D Epigenome Reconfiguration in Brain Development and Neurodegenerative Disease
Jennifer Phillips-Cremins, University of Pennsylvania
Nanoscale Visualization of Cis-Regulation in Development
Alistair Boettiger, Stanford University
Bio-interfaces – Blurring the Borders between Biological and Digital Computing
Organizers: Krysta Svore, Microsoft
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Bio-interfaces– Blurring the borders between biological and digital computing
Helene Steiner, Royal College of Art, London and Cell-free Technologies, Ireland
SPEAKERS:
Community-Driven Biotechnology
David Kong, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Brain-Machine Interfaces
Organizers: Bradley Voytek, University of California, San Diego
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Brain-Machine Interfaces
Maryam M. Shanechi, University of Southern California
SPEAKERS:
Fast and Slow Learning with Brain-Computer Interfaces
Aaron P. Batista, University of Pittsburgh
Edward Chang, University of California, San Francisco
Green Chemistry
Organizers: Jennifer Schomaker, University of Wisconsin, Madison
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Safer Made: Chemistry That We Can All Love
Martin Mulvihill, University of California, Berkeley
SPEAKERS:
Using Renewable Electricity to Close the Anthropogenic Carbon Cycle
Yogesh Surendranath, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Inherently Safer Communities Through Green Design
Heather Buckley, University of Victoria
Humans and Pathogens in an Evolutionary Context
Organizers: Jenny Tung, Duke University
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Introduction to Humans and Pathogens in an Evolutionary Context
Nels Elde, University of Utah School of Medicine
SPEAKERS:
How Pathogens have Shaped the Human Genome
Luis Barreiro, CHU Sainte Justine Research Center
Strange Alliances in Immune Defense of Hosts
Andrea Graham, Princeton University
Materials by Design
Organizers: Emanuel Gull, University of Michigan
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Materials by Design
Lucas Wagner, University of Illinois
SPEAKERS:
Can We Use Our Ability to Control The Placement of Atoms to Answer Fundamental Scientific Questions?
Danna Freedman, Northwestern University
A Google of Materials
Kristin Persson, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Ocean Anoxia
Organizers: Katja Meyer, Willamette University
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Breathless through time: oxygen change in ancient and future oceans
Erik Sperling, Stanford University
SPEAKERS:
Ocean Oxygen, the Distribution of Planetary Life, and Mechanisms of Abrupt Climate Warming
Sarah E. Myhre, University of Washington
From Genes to Ecosystems: Microbial Consequences of Ocean Oxygen Loss
Frank Stewart, Georgia Institute of Technology
The Search for Life Near and Far
Organizers: Catherine Espaillat, Boston University
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
The Search for Life Near and Far
Shawn Domagal-Goldman, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
SPEAKERS:
Towards An Integrative Approach to Life Detection on Ocean Worlds
Britney Schmidt, Georgia Institute of Technology
Identifying Inhabited Worlds
Giada Arney, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
The Kavli Frontiers of Science symposium is sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences. Major support is provided by the Kavli Foundation, with additional funding from the National Academy of Sciences.