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German-American Frontiers of Science
Ninth Annual German-American Beckman Frontiers of Science Symposium
Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung U.S. National Academy of Sciences
June 5-7, 2003
Irvine, California
2003 Program and Audio Presentations
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BIOLOGY OF AGING
Organizers: Renee A. Reijo and Joerg Gromoll
SPEAKER: Renee Reijo, University of California, San Francisco
Menopause and Aging in Women |
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SPEAKER: Ting-Ting Huang,
Stanford University and Palo Alto VA Health System
Oxidative Stress and How it Affects the Aging Process |
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CORAL REEF
Organizers: Shawn McLaughlin and Gerrit Lohmann
CHAIR:Claudio Richter, University of Bremen,
Center for Tropical Marine Ecology |
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SPEAKER: Andrew Baker, Columbia University,
Wildlife Conservation Society
Reef Corals As Flexible Multi-Partner Symbioses:
Can Coral Reefs Survive Projected Climate Change and Global Warming |
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SPEAKER: Christina A. Kellogg, United States Geological Survey
From Desert Dunes to Caribbean Corals: The Effects of African Dust |
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STAR AND PLANET FORMATION
Organizers: Robert Lupton and Matthias Bartlemann
CHAIR: Ralf Klessen, Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam
Star and Planet Formation |
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SPEAKER: Sabine Frink, Astronomisches Recheninstitut Heidelberg
Observations of Extrasolar Planets |
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SPEAKER:Gregory Laughlin, Lick Observatory, Santa Cruz
Extrasolar Planets and the Evolution of the Solar System |
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MOLECULAR MOTORS / BIOMOTORS
Organizers: Koen Visscher and Michael Schreckenberg
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SPEAKER: Frank Jülicher, Max Planck Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme
Force and Motion Generation in Cells |
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NANOMATERIALS / MOLECULAR ELECTORNICS
Organizers: David Patrick and Michael Schreckenberg and Kay Severin
CHAIR: Paul S. Weiss, Pennsylvania State University
Exploiting Intermolecular Interactions for Nanoscale Control |
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SPEAKER: Francesca Moresco, Freie Universitat Berlin
Manipulation of large molecules by low temperature Scanning
Tunneling Microscopy:
Model Systems For Molecular Electronic |
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SPEAKER: Paula Hammond, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nanotechnology: New Approaches and Capabilities in Materials Systems |
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POLYMERS WITH MEMORY
Organizers: David Patrick and Kay Severin
SPEAKER: Michel R. Gagné, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Polymers with Memory: Accelerating Reaction Rates with Imprinted Polymers |
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SPEAKER:David A. Spivak, Louisiana State University
How do Molecularly Imprinted Polymers Work?
The Underlying Mechanisms for Molecular Recognition in MIPs |
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PROBING SPACE-TIME STRUCTURE NEAR BLACK HOLES
Organizers: Robert Lupton and Matthias Bartlemann
CHAIR:Chris Reynolds, University of Maryland
Probing Space-time Structure near Black Holes |
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SPEAKER: Neil Cornish, University of Montana
Probing Black Holes Using Gravitational Waves |
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SPEAKER: Joern Wilms, University of Tübingen
X-ray Observations of Strong Gravity from Active Galactic Nuclei |
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TIMING IN THE BRAIN
Organizers: Karl Kandler and Cornelius Weiller
CHAIR:Dean Buonomano, University of California, Los Angeles
Timing in the Brian |
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SPEAKER: Guo-Qiang Bi, University of Pittsburgh
Spike-timing-dependent Synaptic Plasticity |
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SPEAKER: Benedikt Grothe, Max Planck Institute für Neurobiologie
How Auditory Systems Process Microseconds |
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