Nanomaterials in Biology and Medicine:  Promises and Perils
April 10-11, 2007; Washington, D.C.
Organizer: Robert Austin
Annual Sackler Lecure presented by George Whitesides
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Publications

Evolution and Exploration of Solar Systems
January 5-6, 2007; Irvine, CA
Organizers: David J. Stevenson and Maria Zuber
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2006

In the Light of Evolution: Adaptation and Complex Design
December 1-2, 2006; Irvine, CA
Organizers: John C. Avise and Francisco J. Ayala
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The New Comparative Biology of Human Nature
November 16-18, 2006; Irvine, CA
Organizers: Jon H. Kaas, Todd M. Preuss, John M. Allman, and Susan M. Fitzpatrick
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From Functional Genomics of Model Organisms to Crop Plants for Global Health 
April 3-5, 2006; Washington, D.C.
Organizers: Diter von Wettstein, Roger Beachy and Robert Goldberg
Annual Sackler Lecure presented by Senator Christopher S. Bond
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2005

The Tapestry of Life: Lateral Transfers of Heritable Elements
December 12-13, 2005; Irvine, California
Organizers: Siv Andersson, Jonathan Eisen, Claire Fraser, and Jeffrey Gordon
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Forensic Science: The Nexus of Science and the Law
November 16-18, 2005; Washington, DC
Organizers: Stephen F. Fienberg, Margaret A. Berger, David Donoho, Donald Kennedy, Roger Kahn, and Douglas H. Ubelaker
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Early Cities: New Perspectives on Pre-Industrial Urbanism
May 18-20, 2005; Washington, DC
Organizers: Joyce Marcus and Jeremy Sabloff
Annual Sackler Lecture presented by Colin Renfrew
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2004
Systematics and the Origin of Species. On Ernst Mayr's 100th Anniversary
Dec. 16-18, 2004; Irvine, California
Organizers: Jody Hey, Walter M. Fitch and Francisco J. Ayala
Presentations
Proceedings of the National Academy of Science Publications
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Frontiers in Bioinformatics: Unsolved Problems and Challenges
Oct. 15-17, 2004; Irvine, California
Organizers: Samuel Karlin, David Eisenberg and Russ Altman
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Role of Science in Solving the World's Emerging Water Problems
Oct. 8-10, 2004; Irvine, California
Organizers: William Jury and Henry Vaux
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Science Publications
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The Biology of RNAi
May 17-18, 2004; Washington, DC
Organizers: Phillip Sharp and Andrew Fire
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Therapeutic Vaccines: Realities of Today and Hopes for Tomorrow
April 1-3, 2004; Washington, DC
Organizers: Michael Sela and Maurice Hilleman
Annual Sackler Lecture presented by Anthony S. Fauci
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2003
Mapping Knowledge Domains
May 9-11, 2003
Organizers: Richard Shiffrin and Katy Borner
Program
Proceedings of the National Academy of Science Publications
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Scientific Examination of Art: Modern Techniques in Conservation and Analysis
Mar. 19-21, 2003; Washington, DC
Chairs: Torsten Wiesel and Roald Hoffmann
Organizers: Barbara Berrie, E. Rene de la Rie, Janis Tomlinson, John Winter
Annual Sackler Lecture presented by Maurizio Seracini
Program
National Academies Press Publications
 
Chemical Communication in a Post-genomic World
January 17-19, 2003; Irinve, CA
Organizers: May Berenbaum and Gene Robinson
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Science Publications
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2002
Challenges to the Standard Paradigm: Fundamental Physics and Cosmology
Nov. 1-3, 2002; Irvine, CA
Organizers: Marc Davis and Paul Steinhardt
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Regenerative Medicine
Oct. 18-20, 2002; Irvine, California
Organizers: Inder Verma and Fred H. Gage
Program
Proceedings of the National Academy of Science Publications
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Self-perpetuating Structural States in Biology, Disease, and Genetics
Mar. 22-24, 2002; Washington, D.C.
Organizers: Susan Lindquist and Steven Henikoff
Annual Sackler Lecture presented by Susan Lindquist
Program
Proceedings of the National Academy of Science Publications
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2001
Adaptive Agents, Intelligence and Emergent Human Organization: Capturing Complexity Through Agent-Based Modeling
Oct. 4-6, 2001; Irvine, California
Organizers: Brian Berry, L. Douglas Kiel and Euel Elliott
Program
PNAS: May 14, 2002; 99 (Suppl. 3)

Nanoscience: Underlying Physical Concepts and Phenomena
May 19-20, 2001; Washington, D.C.
Organizers: John T. Yates, Jr., Phaedon Avouris and George Whitesides
Program
PNAS: April 30, 2002; 99:6460-6517
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Self-organized Complexity in the Physical, Biological, and Social Sciences
Mar. 23-24, 2001; Irvine, California
Organizer: Donald Turcotte
Program
PNAS: February 19, 2002; 99 (Suppl. 1)
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Neural Signaling
Feb. 15-17, 2001
Organizer: Solomon Snyder and Richard L. Huganir
Sackler Lecture presented by Solomon Snyder
Program
PNAS: September 25, 2001; 98:10994-11068
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2000
Molecular Kinesis in Cellular Function and Plasticity
Dec. 7-9, 2000, Irvine, CA
Organizers: Henri Tiedge, Floyd E. Bloom and Dietmar Richter
Program
PNAS: June 19, 2001; 98:6997-7106
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Links between Recombination and Replication: Vital Roles of Recombination
Nov. 10-12, 2000; Irvine, California
Organizer: Charles Radding
Program
PNAS: July 17, 2001; 98:8172-8468
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Auditory Neuroscience: Development, Transduction, and Integration
May 19-21, 2000; Irvine, California
Organizers: James Hudspeth and Mark Konishi
PNAS: October 24, 2000; 97:11690-11857
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The Biotic Crisis and the Future of Evolution
Mar. 16-19, 2000; Irvine, California
Organizers: Norman Meyers and Andrew Knoll
PNAS: May 8, 2001; 98:5389-5480
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Variation and Evolution in Plants and Microorganisms;
Fifty Years after Stebbins
January 27-29, 2000; Irvine, California
Organizers: Francisco Ayala, Walter Fitch and Michael T. Clegg
PNAS: June 20, 2000; 97:6941-7057
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1999
Virulence and Defense in Host-Pathogen Interactions: Common Features Between Plants and Animals
December 9-11, 1999;  Irvine, CA
Organizers: Jim Cook, Noel T. Keen, Brian J. Staskawicz, John J. Medalanos, and Frederick M. Ausubel
PNAS: August 1, 2000 

Proteolytic Processing and Physiological Regulation
February 20-21, 1999; Irvine, CA
Organizers: Hans Neurath and Charles Craik
PNAS: September 28, 1999

Non-linear Differential Equations and Computation
Jan. 4-8, 1999; Irvine, California
Organizers: Haim Brezis, Felix Browder, Louis Nirenberg, and James Serrin
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1998
The Neurobiology of Pain
Dec. 11-13, 1998; Irvine, California
Organizer: Ronald Dubner and Michael Gold
Program
PNAS: July 6, 1999; 96:7627-7755
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Plants and Population: Is There Time?
Dec. 5-6, 1998; Irvine, California
Organizers: Nina Fedoroff and Joel Cohen
Program
PNAS: May 25, 1999; 96:5903-6008
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Geology, Mineralogy, and Human Welfare
Nov. 7-9, 1998; Irvine, California
Organizers: Joseph Smith, Malcolm Ross and Peter Buseck
Program
PNAS: Mar. 30, 1999; 96:3348-3485
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1997
A Library Approach to Chemistry
Oct. 19-21, 1997; Irvine, California
Organizer: Peter Schultz

Computational Biomolecular Science
Sept. 11-14, 1997; Irvine, California
Organizers: Peter G. Wolynes, Russell Doolittle and J. A. McCammon
Program
PNAS: May 26, 1998; 95:5848-55
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Protecting Our Food Supply
June 2-5, 1997; Irvine, California
Organizers: Michael Freeling, Ronald Phillips and John Axtell
Program
PNAS: Mar. 3, 1998; 95:1969-2032
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Neuroimaging of Human Brain Function
May 29-31, 1997; Irvine, California
Organizers: Michael Posner and Marcus Raichle
Program
PNAS: Feb. 3, 1998; 95:763-929
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The Age of the Universe: Dark Matter and Structure Formation
Mar. 21-23, 1997; Irvine, California
Organizers: David Schramm and P. J. E. Peebles
Program
PNAS: Jan. 6, 1998; 95:1-84
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Genetics and the Origin of Species
Jan. 30-Feb. 1, 1997; Irvine, California
Organizers: Francisco Ayala and Walter Fitch
Program
PNAS: July 22, 1997; 94:7691-7806
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1996
Science, Technology and the Economy
Oct. 20-22, 1996; Irvine, California
Organizers: James Heckman, Ariel Pakes and Kenneth Sokoloff
PNAS: Nov. 12, 1996; 93-12655-12755
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Genetic Engineering of Viruses and Viral Vectors
June 9-11, 1996; Irvine, California
Organizers: Peter Palese and Bernard Roizman
Program
PNAS: Oct. 15, 1996; 93:11287-11425
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Symmetries Throughout the Sciences
May 10-12, 1996; Irvine, California
Organizer: Ernest Henley
Program
PNAS: Dec. 10, 1996; 93:14215-14301

Elliptic Curves and Modular Forms
Mar. 15-17, 1996; Washington, DC
Organizers: Barry Mazur and Karl Rubin
Program
PNAS: Oct. 14, 1997; 94:11109-11148
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Memory: Recording Experience in Cells and Circuits
Feb. 17-20, 1996; Irvine, California
Organizer: Patricia Goldman-Rakic
Program
PNAS: Nov. 26, 1996; 93:13435-13551

1995
Carbon Dioxide and Climate Change
Nov. 13-15, 1995; Irvine, California
Organizers: Charles Keeling
Program
PNAS: Aug. 5, 1997; 94:8273-8377
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Developmental Biology of Transcription Control
Oct. 26-28, 1995; Irvine, California
Organizers: Roy Britten, Eric Davidson and Gary Felsenfeld
Program
PNAS: Sept. 3, 1996; 93:9303-9392

Science, Technology, and the Economy
October 20-22, 1995; Irvine, CA
Organizers: Ja,es Heckman, Ariel Pakes, and Kenneth Sokoloff
PNAS: November 12, 1996

Vision: From Photon to Perception
May 21-22, 1995; Irvine, California
Organizers: John Dowling, Lubert Stryer and Torsten Wiesel
Program
PNAS: Jan. 23, 1996; 93:557-639
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Quasars and Active Galaxies: High Resolution Radio Imaging
Mar. 24-25, 1995; Irvine, California
Organizers: Marshall Cohen and Kenneth Kellermann
Program
PNAS: Dec. 5, 1995; 92 (25)

Earthquake Prediction
Feb. 10-11, 1995; Irvine, California
Organizer: Leon Knopoff
Program
PNAS: Apr. 30, 1996; 93:3719-3837
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1994
Self Defense by Plants: Induction and Signaling Pathways
Sept. 15-17, 1994; Irvine, California
Organizers: Andre Jagendorf and Clarence Ryan
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Physics: The Opening to Complexity
June 25-27, 1994; Irvine, California
Organizer: Philip Anderson
Program
PNAS: July 18, 1995; 92(15)

Chemical Ecology: The Chemistry of Biotic Interaction
Mar. 25-26, 1994; Washington, DC
Organizers: Thomas Eisner and Jerrold Meinwald
Program
PNAS: Jan. 4, 1995; 92(1)
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The Tempo and Mode of Evolution
Jan. 27-29, 1994; Irvine, California
Organizers: Francisco Ayala and Walter Fitch
Program
PNAS: July 19, 1994; 91(15)
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1993
Changing Human Ecology and Behavior: Effects on Infectious Diseases
Sept. 27-28, 1993; Washington, DC
Organizer: Bernard Roizman
Program
PNAS: Mar. 28, 1994; 91(7)
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Human-Machine Communication by Voice
Feb. 8-9, 1993; Irvine, California
Organizer: Lawrence Rabiner
Program
PNAS: Oct. 24, 1995; 92(22)
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1992
Molecular Recognition
Sept. 10-11, 1992; Washington, DC
Organizer: Ronald Breslow
Program
PNAS: Feb. 15, 1993; 90(4)

Physical Cosmology
Mar. 27-29, 1992; Irvine, California
Organizer: David Schramm
Program
PNAS: June 1, 1993; 90(11)

Images of Science: Science of Images
Jan. 13-14, 1992; Washington, DC
Organizer: Albert Crewe
Program
PNAS: Nov. 1, 1993; 90(21)

1991
Industrial Ecology
May 20-21, 1991; Washington, DC
Organizer: C. Kumar N. Patel
Program
PNAS: Feb. 1, 1992; 89(3)


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