Four new members presented their research and answer questions from the audience:
Force, Direction and Persistence:
How Cells Crawl Julie A. Theriot, Professor, University of Washington; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Chief Scientific Advisor, Allen Institute for Cell Science
Analyses from Near (Meteorites) and Far (Spacecraft):
Complementary Approaches to Planetary Exploration Harry Y. McSween, Jr., Chancellor’s Professor Emeritus, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennesse
Gravity’s Fatal Attraction:
Black Holes at the Centers of Galaxies Chung-Pei Ma, Judy Chandler Webb Professor in Physical Sciences, University of California at Berkeley
Human Microbiome:
Finding Friends Amongst the Foes Julie Segre, Senior Investigator, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health
Speakers
Susan R. Wessler
University of California, Riverside
Julie A. Theriot
Allen Institute for Cell Science
Harry Y. McSween, Jr.
University of Tennessee
Chung-Pei Ma
University of California, Berkeley
Julie Segre
National Institutes of Health
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