Chinese-American Frontiers of Science

Third Annual Symposium on Chinese-American Frontiers of Science

Chinese Academy of Sciences
U.S. National Academy of Sciences
Irvine, California
October 20-October 22, 2000

2000 Program
(Sessions in presentation order)

Formation of Planetary System
ORGANIZERS:
Matthias Steinmetz and Wang En-ge
CHAIR:
Andrea Ghez, University of California, Los Angeles
SPEAKERS:
Ji Yang, Purple Mountain Observatory, CAS - Star Formation: From Interstellar Medium to Protoplanetary Systems
David Koerner, University of Pennsylvania - Observations of Protoplanetary Disks

Mechanisms of Plant Development
ORGANIZERS:
Jiarui Wu and Tian Xu
CHAIR:
Philip Benfey, New York University
SPEAKERS:
Jiayang Li, Institute of Genetics, CAS - A New Type of Programmed Cell Death in Plants
M. Kathryn Barton, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Tectonics and Topography
ORGANIZERS:
Ellen Wohl and Zhang Zhibin
CHAIR:
Dorothy Merritts, Franklin and Marshall College
SPEAKERS:
Frank Pazzaglia, Lehigh University
Xiong Xiong, Wuhan Institute of Tectonics, CAS

Mechanism of Pain
ORGANIZERS:
Yishi Jin and Jiarui Wu
CHAIR:
Michael Gold, University of Maryland
SPEAKERS:
Xu Zhang, Institute of Neuroscience, SIBS - The Mechanism of Reduced Morphine Efficacy in Chronic Pain Following Peripheral Nerve Injury
Cheryl L. Stucky, Medical College of Wisconsin - Cellular Physiology of Two Nociceptors

Quantum Computing
ORGANIZERS:
Fengshan Bai and Vijay Pande
CHAIR:
Li Shu Sheng, Institute of Semiconductor, CAS
SPEAKER:
Long Gui Lu, Tsinghua University

Supramolecular Chemistry
ORGANIZERS:
SonBinh Nguyen and Wang Chen
CHAIR:
Douglas Gin, University of California, Berkeley
SPEAKERS:
Xi Zhang, Jilin University - Supramolecular Chemistry at Interface: Nano-patterning via molecular self-assembly
Joseph Hupp, Northwestern University - Functional Supramolecular Chemistry: Mesoporous Materials, Universal Chemosensors, and Artificial Enzymes

Nanoscience
ORGANIZERS:
Vijay Pande and Wang En-ge
CHAIR:
Lu Li, Institute of Physics & Condensed Matter Physics Center, CAS
SPEAKER:
Hou Jianguo, University of Science and Technology of China, CAS - Physics and chemistry with single molecules: Experiment and theory

Stem Cell Research
ORGANIZERS:
Hong Wu and Jiarui Wu
CHAIR:
Hong Wu, University of California Los Angeles
SPEAKERS:
Xuetao Pei, Military Medical Academy - Engineering of Stem Cells : The New Generation of Cellular Therapeutics
Nobuko Uchida, Stemcell Inc.