32nd U.S. Symposium
Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center - Irvine, California
April 8-10, 2022
Sessions:
- Beyond Human Genomics
- Covid Vaccine Development and Therapeutic RNA Molecules
- Ethics in Solar System Exploration
- Fairness Accountability and Transparency in Machine Learning / Reproducibility in (Data) Science
- High Intensity Lasers
- Misinformation, Disinformation, Polarization and Social Media
- Scientists’ Mother Tongue: How Language Shapes Our Ability to Communicate the Unknown
- Un-Natural Hazards: Socio-Political Construction of Risk and Resilience
Video Available
Beyond Human Genomics
Organizers: Jason Williams, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and Lindsay MacPherson, University of Texas at San Antonio
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:Beyond Human Genomics
Moni Munoz-Torres, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
SPEAKERS:Genomics of Plant-Symbiotic Fungi Reveals New Links between EndophyteHost Breadth and Secondary Metabolite Biodiversity
Jana U'Ren, University of Arizona
Ancient DNA, Extinction, Domestication and the Cost of Modern Farming
Laurent Frantz, Queen Mary University of London
Covid Vaccine Development and Therapeutic RNA Molecules
Organizers: Jason Williams, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:Informational Drugs: The present and future of Nucleic Acid Therapeutics
Jonathan Watts, University of Massachusetts Medical School
SPEAKERS:Advancements in mRNA Science and Technology Enabled a Platform for Rapid Vaccine Development against Pandemic SARS-Cov-2
Darin Edwards, Moderna
Antisense Oligonucleotides for the Treatment of Disease
Michelle Hastings, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
Ethics in Solar System Exploration
Organizers: Emily Martin, University of California, Santa Cruz
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:Grappling with the Ethical Dimensions of Space Exploration
Lucianne Walkowicz, The JustSpace Alliance
SPEAKERS:As Below, So Above: Lessons from Terrestrial Ethics for Space Exploration
Erika Nesvold, Universe Sandbox
Ethics and Aliens: Lessons from Space Science for an Ethical Workplace
Monica Vidaurri, NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center
Fairness Accountability and Transparency in Machine Learning / Reproducibility in (Data) Science
Organizers: Tim Althoff, University of Washington and Jason Williams, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
SPEAKERS:Replication Challenges, Solutions, and the Psychology of Analyzing Data
Martin Schweinsberg, ESMT Berlin
Closer than they appear: A Bayesian perspective on individual-level heterogeneity in risk assessment
Kristian Lum, Twitter
Epistemic Limits of the Modern Prediction Machine
Berk Ustun, University of California, San Diego
High Intensity Lasers
Organizers: Félicie Albert, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:New States of Matter and Capabilities via Precision, High Intensity Lasers
Cameron Geddes, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
SPEAKERS:Laser Driven Magnetic Reconnection
Louise Willingale, University of Michigan
Intense Lasers Explode Molecules to Film Atomic Motion
Heide Ibrahim, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS - Canada)
Misinformation, Disinformation, Polarization and Social Media
Organizers: Sarah Mojarad, University of Southern California and Tim Althoff, University of Washington
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:Introduction to Misinformation, Disinformation, Polarization and Social Media
Darren Linvill, Clemson University
SPEAKERS:Health-related Misinformation and Disinformation
Tara Kirk Sell, Johns Hopkins University
Identity-Based Propaganda: Discrimination, Division and Democracy
Samantha Bradshaw, Stanford University
Scientists’ Mother Tongue: How Language Shapes Our Ability to Communicate the Unknown
Organizers: Diego Bohórquez, Duke University and Lindsay MacPherson, University of Texas at San Antonio
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:The Double Life of Language
Tyler Marghetis, University of California, Merced
SPEAKERS:Neural Mechanisms Underlying Fluent Speech Production
Gopala K. Anumanchipalli, University of California, Berkeley
We Are Exhausted - Exploring Fatigue within Participatory Governance Networks
Oswaldo Medina Ramirez, University of Florida
Un-Natural Hazards: Socio-Political Construction of Risk and Resilience
Organizers: Sarah Minson, U.S. Geological Survey
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:Un-Natural Hazards: Socio-Political Construction of Risk and Resilience
Alessandra Jerolleman, Jacksonville State University
SPEAKERS:Un-Natural Disasters
Elizabeth Marino, Oregon State University
Un-Naturalizing Disaster Risk: Processes, Realities, Challenges, and Opportunities
Julie Maldonado, Livelihoods Knowledge Exchange Network (LiKEN)
The Kavli Frontiers of Science symposium is sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences. Major support is provided by the Kavli Foundation. Additional funding from the National Academy of Sciences.
