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Kavli Frontiers of Science
Symposium Series

Ninth Annual Japanese-American
Kavli Frontiers of Science Symposium

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science - U.S. National Academy of Sciences
Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center, Irvine, CA
December 8-10, 2006

2006 Program and Audio Presentations - sessions in alphabetical order

Chemical Biology
Evolution of Modern Humans

Climate Change Meditation and the Brian

DNA Based Nanosystems Single Molecule Nano-Biology

Extreme Photonics
Slow Light

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Chemical Biology
Organizers: Tohru Yoshihisa, Nagoya University and Dirk Trauner, University of California, Berkeley

CHAIR: Chemical Biology
Carolyn Bertozzi, University of California, Berkeley -Abstract PDF Icon
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SPEAKER: Chemical Biology of Gene Expression
Motonari Uesugi, Kyoto University -Abstract
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SPEAKER: Chemical Biology
Tom Muir, Rockefeller University
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Climate Change
Organizers: Mie Ichihara, University of Tokyo and Arjun Heimsath, Dartmouth College

CHAIR: Holocene Climate and the Sun: Weak Forcing, Strong Response
Peter B. deMenocal, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University -Abstract PDF Icon
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SPEAKER: Climate Change and Ocean Circulation
Andreas Schmittner, Oregon State University -Abstract
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SPEAKER: Glacial / interglacial climate simulated with a climate model and an ice sheet model
Ayako Abe-Ouchi, The University of Tokyo
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DNA Based Nanosystems
Organizers: Masami Hagiya, University of Tokyo and Dana Randall, Georgia Institute of Technology

CHAIR: DNA Based Robotics
Milan Stojanovic, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center -Abstract PDF Icon
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SPEAKER: DNA-based NanoSystems: Self-Assembling Systems
Satoshi Murata, Tokyo Institute of Technology -Abstract
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SPEAKER: Algorithmic Self-Assembly of DNA
Erik Winfree, California Institute of Technology
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Evolution of Modern Humans
Organizers: Barry Rollett, University of Hawaii and Taisei Kaizoji, International Christian University

CHAIR: Isolation, Migration, and Cultural Adaptation during Recent Human Evolution
Joanna Mountain, Stanford University -Abstract
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SPEAKER: The Jomon culture of Japan in the perspective of Human Evolution
Minoru Yoneda, The University of Tokyo -Abstract
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SPEAKER: The origin of the Lapita Cultural Complex: Analyses of mtDNA from "long" and "short" pigs
J. Koji Lum, Binghamton University
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Extreme Photonics
Organizer: Yasayuki Tsuboi, Hokkaido University and David Norris, University of Minnesota

CHAIR: Extreme Photonics
Kazutaka Nakamura, Tokyo Institute of Technology -Abstract
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SPEAKER: Terahertz (THz) wave applications
Kodo Kawase, Nagoya University -Abstract
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SPEAKER: Ultrafast atomic motions during chemical and physical processes and cancer imaging with partially coherent x-ray sources
Christoph Rose-Petruck, Brown University
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Meditation and the Brain
Organizers: Blythe Corbett, University of California, Davis and Katsuyuki Sakai, University of Tokyo

CHAIR: Meditation and the Brain
Linda Carlson, University of Calgary -Abstract
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SPEAKER: Using the mind to change the brain
Sara Lazar, Harvard University -Abstract
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SPEAKER: Traditional Asian Wisdom on Controlling Fundamental Brain Functions: Neurobiological Approach to Altered States of Consciousness
Manabu Honda, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry
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Single Molecule Nano-Biology
Organizers: Yoshihiro Kubo, National Institute for Physiological Sciences and Rachel Green, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

CHAIR: Single Molecule Nano-Biology - Watch and Touch Single Molecules
Takayuki Nishizaka, Gakushuin University -Abstract
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SPEAKER: Single Molecule Observations of Structural Changes in a “Walking” Motor Protein
Michio Tomishige, The University of Tokyo -Abstract
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SPEAKER: Visualizing DNA Repair Proteins in Action
Eric Greene, Columbia University
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Slow Light
Organizers: Kae Nemoto, National Institute of Informatics and Jens Gundlach, University of Washington

CHAIR: Slow Light
Toshihiro Nakanishi, Kyoto University -Abstract
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SPEAKER: Ultra-slow light in Bose-Einstein condensates: Shocking matter and transforming light
Lene Vestergaard Hau, Harvard University -Presentation

SPEAKER: Slow Light: Its Application to Quantum Memory
Mikio Kozuma, Tokyo Institute of Technology
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The Japanese-American Kavli Frontiers of Science symposia are sponsored by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. Major support in the U.S. is provided by the Kavli Foundation, with additional support from the National Academy of Sciences and the Ellison Medical Foundation.

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Chinese-American Kavli Frontiers (2009):

KFOS bullet Cyberinfrastructure / LHC Data Challenge

Drug Design/Protein Structure

Epgenetics / Disease

Gamma-Ray Bursts

Life in Extreme Environments / Early Life

Neural Plasticity / Sleep

Organic Devices in Energy and Electronics

Quaternary Climate Change / Paleoecology

U.S. Kavli Frontiers (2009):

KFOS bullet Antibiotic Resistance

Game theory, economic modeling, and economic regulation from a computational perspective

Geoengineering

Holography

MicroRNA

Our Hot and Uncertain Future: Is Adaptation to Climate Change Possible?

Sex Differences in the Brain

Understanding Dark Matter

Japanese-American Kavli Frontiers (2008):

KFOS bullet Bayesian Statistics & Massive Data Streams

Detecting Dark Matter

Evolution of Sleep and Memory

Measurements and Conditions for Happiness

Nanomedicine

New Chemistry of Renewable Raw Materials

Optical Measurement and Control of Neuronal Activity

Prediction of Future Sea Level in a Greenhouse World - Theory and Observations

Indo-American Frontiers (2009):

KFOS bullet Atmospheric Haze

Bioinspired Chemistry

Cellular Mechanisms for Encoding Information

Infection and Cognition

Particle physics at the Energy and Intensity Frontiers

String Theory and Geometry

The Changing Brain

Unraveling the tiny wrinkles in Cosmic Microwave Background radiation: Determining the past and future evolution of the Universe

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