U.S. Kavli Frontiers of Science Symposium Series

Twenty-first Annual
U.S. Kavli Frontiers of Science Symposium

U.S. National Academy of Sciences
November 12-14 -  Irvine, California

2009 Program and Audio Presentations

Antibiotic Resistance	MicroRNA
Game theory, economic modeling, and economic regulation from a computational perspective	Our Hot and Uncertain Future: Is Adaptation to Climate Change Possible?
Geoengineering	Sex Differences in the Brain
Holography	Understanding Dark Matter

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Antibiotic Resistance
Organizers: Vanessa Sperandio, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Scott Silverman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  

CHAIR: Antibiotic Resistance Eric Brown, McMaster University	-Abstract  -Presentation
SPEAKER:  Overcoming Antibacterial Biological Approaches Deborah Hung, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard	-Abstract  -Presentation
SPEAKER:  Revamping Drug Discovery Using Insights from Natural Product Molecules Derek Tan, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center	-Abstract  -Presentation

Game theory, economic modeling, and economic regulationfrom a computational perspective
Organizer: Anna Lysyanskaya, Brown University

CHAIR: Game Theory, Economic Modeling, and Economic Regulation from a Computational Perspective Robert D. Kleinberg, Cornell University	-Abstract  -Presentation
SPEAKER: Game Theory, Economic Modeling, and Economic Regulation from a Computational Perspective Amin Saberi, Stanford University	-Presentation
SPEAKER: The Scope and Design of Market Mechanisms Ilya R. Segal, Stanford University	-Abstract  -Presentation

Geoengineering
Organizers: Victoria Meadows, University of Washington 

CHAIR: Geoengineering Eli Kintisch, Science	-Abstract  -Presentation
SPEAKER:  Geoengineering David Keith, University of Calgary	-Presentation
SPEAKER:  Can geoengineering save us from a climate catastrophe? Cecilia Bitz, University of Washington	-Abstract  -Presentation

Holography
Organizers: Emanuel Katz, Boston University

CHAIR: Holography Juan Maldacena, Institute for Advanced Study	-Abstract  -Presentation
SPEAKER: Viscosity, Black Holes, and Holography Dam Thanh Son, University of Washington	-Abstract  -Presentation
SPEAKER: How to get a superconductor out of a black hole Chris P. Herzog, Princeton University	-Abstract  -Presentation

MicroRNA
Organizer: Andy Dillin, Salk Institute for Biological Sciences 

CHAIR: MicroRNAs Frank Slack, Yale University	-Abstract  -Presentation
SPEAKER: MicroRNAs:  the Big Impact of Small RNAs on Gene Expression Amy E. Pasquinelli, University of California, San Diego	-Abstract  -Presentation
SPEAKER: MicroRNAs erase your first maternal link Antonio Giraldez, Yale University	-Abstract  -Presentation

Our Hot and Uncertain Future: Is Adaptation to Climate Change Possible?
Organizer: Hallie Eakin, Arizona State University

CHAIR: Our Hot and Uncertain Future: Is Adaptation to Climate Change Possible? Don Nelson, University of Georgia	-Abstract  -Presentation
SPEAKER: Community-Based Adaptation: From Passive Victims to Active Agents Petra Tschakert, Penn State University	-Abstract  -Presentation
SPEAKER:  Managing a transformed planet: New paradigms for conservation in an era of global warming Jessica Hellmann, University of Notre Dame	-Abstract  -Presentation

Sex Differences in the Brain
Organizer: Michael Nader, Wake Forest University School of Medicine

CHAIR: Sex Differences in the Brain Wendy J. Lynch, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center
SPEAKER: Why sex matters in the study of the brain health:  investigating the role of gender, sex hormones and their impact in disease, brain plasticity and behavior Liisa Galea, University of British Columbia	-Abstract  -Presentation
SPEAKER:  Functional cortical alterations in children and adolescents at genetic risk for schizophrenia: Gender effects? Aysenil Belger, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	-Abstract  -Presentation

Understanding Dark Matter
Organizer: Emanuel Katz, Boston University and Victoria Meadows, University of Washington

CHAIR: Understanding Dark Matter David E. Kaplan, Johns Hopkins University	-Presentation
SPEAKER: The Formation of Dark Matter Structures in the Universe Risa H. Wechsler, Stanford University	-Abstract  -Presentation
SPEAKER: Understanding Dark Matter Neal Weiner, New York University	-Presentation

The US Kavli Frontiers of Science symposia are sponsored by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences.  Major support is provided by the Kavli Foundation.