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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Meeting Agendas." National Research Council. 2010. Research at the Intersection of the Physical and Life Sciences. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12809.
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Appendix B
Meeting Agendas

FIRST MEETING

WASHINGTON, D.C.

SEPTEMBER 14 AND 15, 2007


Friday, September 14, 2007


Open Session

1:30 p.m.

Perspectives from the Office of Science & Technology Policy

J.H. Marburger, III

2:00

Perspectives from the Department of Energy (15 min each)

 

 

Basic Energy Sciences

A. Kini

 

Biological and Environmental Research

D. Drell

2:30

Perspectives from the National Institutes of Health

 

 

National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

W. Heetderks

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Meeting Agendas." National Research Council. 2010. Research at the Intersection of the Physical and Life Sciences. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12809.
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3:00

Break

 

3:15

Perspectives from the National Science Foundation: Panel Discussion (15 min each)

 

 

Physical Sciences

T. Chan, Directorate for Mathematics and Physical Sciences

 

Life Sciences

J. Collins, Directorate for Biological Sciences

3:45

Selected comments (5 min each)

Chemistry (Z. Rosenzweig)

Materials research (D. Brant)

Physics (K. Blagoev)

Engineering (S. Rastegar)

Molecular and cellular biology (M. Henkart)

4:10

Panel discussion

All

4:45

Perspectives from Research Corporation for Science Advancement

J. Gentile

5:30

Discussion

 

6:00

Reception

 

7:15

Evening lecture

K. Dill, Bridging the Sciences Coalition

8:30

Adjourn for the day

 

Saturday, September 15, 2007


Closed Session

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Meeting Agendas." National Research Council. 2010. Research at the Intersection of the Physical and Life Sciences. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12809.
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SECOND MEETING

WASHINGTON, D.C.

DECEMBER 18-20, 2007


Tuesday, December 18, 2007


Closed Session


Wednesday, December 19, 2007


Open Session

7:30 a.m.

Continental breakfast

 

8:00

Welcome, charge to committee, purpose of symposium

Erin O’Shea, Co-chair

Peter Wolynes, Co-chair

8:15

The energy problem and what we can do about it

Steven Chu, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

8:30

Discussion

All

9:05

The role of biology in confronting the climate-energy challenge

Daniel Schrag, Harvard University

9:20

Discussion

All

9:55

Break

 

10:10

Challenges in biodefense research

James Baker, University of Michigan

10:25

Discussion

All

11:00

Challenges at the intersection of physics and population biology

Alan Perelson, Los Alamos National Laboratory

11:15

Discussion

All

11:50

Lunch and concurrent cross-cutting breakout sessions (tools, training and education, culture)

 

1:00 p.m.

Challenges in research at the molecular to organism level

Jay Keasling, University of California, Berkeley, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Meeting Agendas." National Research Council. 2010. Research at the Intersection of the Physical and Life Sciences. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12809.
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1:15

Discussion

All

1:50

Biomaterials and biomimetics: Challenges and opportunities

Joanna Aizenberg, Harvard University

2:05

Discussion

All

2:40

Break

 

2:55

Challenges in cognition and learning

Larry Abbott, Columbia University

3:10

Discussion

All

3:45

Challenges in research on the origin of life

Jack Szostak, Massachusetts General Hospital, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard

4:00

Discussion

All

4:35

Frontiers in fluorescence imaging

Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz, National Institutes of Health

4:50

Discussion

All

5:25

Public comment session

 

5:45

Reception

 

6:30

Adjourn

 

Thursday, December 20, 2007


Open Session

9:15 a.m.

Conversation with new project sponsor

Nancy Sung, Senior Program Officer, Burroughs Wellcome Fund (by teleconference)

Closed Session

9:30 a.m.

 

 

5:00 p.m.

Adjourn

 

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Meeting Agendas." National Research Council. 2010. Research at the Intersection of the Physical and Life Sciences. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12809.
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THIRD MEETING

WASHINGTON, D.C.

APRIL 29-30, 2008


Tuesday, April 29, 2008


Open Session

12:00 p.m.

Training the workforce: The Burroughs Wellcome Fund experience

Nancy S. Sung, Senior Program Officer, Burroughs Wellcome Fund

Closed Session

1:00

 

 

Wednesday, April 30, 2008


Closed Session


FOURTH MEETING

BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA

JULY 29-31, 2008


Tuesday, July 29, 2008


Closed Session


Wednesday, July 30, 2008


Closed Session


Thursday, July 31, 2008


Closed Session

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Meeting Agendas." National Research Council. 2010. Research at the Intersection of the Physical and Life Sciences. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12809.
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Traditionally, the natural sciences have been divided into two branches: the biological sciences and the physical sciences. Today, an increasing number of scientists are addressing problems lying at the intersection of the two. These problems are most often biological in nature, but examining them through the lens of the physical sciences can yield exciting results and opportunities. For example, one area producing effective cross-discipline research opportunities centers on the dynamics of systems. Equilibrium, multistability, and stochastic behavior--concepts familiar to physicists and chemists--are now being used to tackle issues associated with living systems such as adaptation, feedback, and emergent behavior.

Research at the Intersection of the Physical and Life Sciences discusses how some of the most important scientific and societal challenges can be addressed, at least in part, by collaborative research that lies at the intersection of traditional disciplines, including biology, chemistry, and physics. This book describes how some of the mysteries of the biological world are being addressed using tools and techniques developed in the physical sciences, and identifies five areas of potentially transformative research. Work in these areas would have significant impact in both research and society at large by expanding our understanding of the physical world and by revealing new opportunities for advancing public health, technology, and stewardship of the environment.

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