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JAFoS2007  

Date

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December 1-3, 2007
 

Venue

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Shonan Village Center (Kanagawa, Japan)
 

Participants 

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(to be determined)

 

Session Topics:
 

- Detecting Gravitational Waves

- Frontiers in Optical Materials

- Habitability of Planets

- Influenza

- Network Dynamics and Traffic Control: Jamming and Flow

- New Concepts in Synthetic Chemistry

- Origins of Human Speech

- Synthetic Biology
 

Participants List:

   PGM: Planning Group Member
Detecting Gravitational Waves (Physics/Astrophysics)  
PGM Kae Nemoto National Institute of Informatics, Principles of Informatics Research Division
PGM Rachel Bean Cornell University
Chair Patrick R. Brady University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Department of Physics
Speaker Masatake Ohashi The University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research
Speaker Alessandra Buonanno University of Maryland, Associate Profesor of Physics
Frontiers in Optical Materials (Material/Biomaterial Science)  
PGM Koji Hatanaka Hokkaido University, Research Institute for Electronic Science
PGM David J. Norris University of Minnesota, Chemical Engineering and Materials Sciences
Chair Teri Odom Northwestern University
Speaker Yasuhiro Tachibana Osaka University, Department of Applied Chemistry
Speaker David R. Smith Duke University, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Habitability of Planets (Earth Science/Environment)  
PGM Minoru Yoneda The University of Tokyo, Laboratory of Human Evolution System, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences
PGM(co-chair) Arjun M. Heimsath Arizona State University, School of Earth and Space Exploration, 
Chair Eiichiro Kokubo National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Division of Theoretical Astronomy
Speaker George Hashimoto Kobe University, Organization of Advanced Science and Technology
Speaker Taylor Perron Harvard University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Influenza (Medical/Neuro Science)  
PGM(co-chair) Yoshihiro Kubo National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Department of Molecular Physiology
PGM Katie Peichel Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Chair Joshua Plotkin University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine
Speaker Kyoko Shinya(Tanaka) International Center for Medical Research and Treatment, Kobe University
Speaker Katia Koelle Duke University, Department of Biology
Network Dynamics and Traffic Control: Jamming and Flow (Math/Applied Math/Informatics)  
PGM Misako Takayasu Tokyo Institute of Technology, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering
PGM Raissa D'Souza University of California, Davis, Computational Science and Engineering
Chair Dimitris Achlioptas University of California, Santa Cruz, Department of Computer Science
Speaker Katsuhiro Nishinari The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Engineering
Speaker Jennifer M. Schwarz Syracuse University, Department of Physics
New Concepts in Synthetic Chemistry (Chemistry/Biochemistry)  
PGM Motonari Uesugi Kyoto University, Institute for Chemical Research
PGM Tom W. Muir Rockefeller University, Laboratory of Synthetic Protein Chemistry
Chair Masayuki Inoue The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Speaker Shigehiro Yamaguchi Nagoya University, Graduate School of Science
Speaker Scott J. Miller Yale University, Department of Chemistry
Origins of Human Speech (Social Science)  
PGM Minoru Yoneda The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences
PGM Barry Rolett University of Hawaii, Department of Anthropology
Chair Kazuo Okanoya RIKEN, Brain Science Institute
Speaker Kuniyoshi Sakai The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Speaker Robert McCarthy Florida Atlantic University, Anthropology
Synthetic Biology (Biology/Life Science)  
PGM Kenzo Hirose Nagoya University, Graduate School of Medicine
PGM Masami Hagiya The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology
PGM Linda Carlson University of Calgary, Department of Psychosocial Resources
Chair Hiroki Ueda RIKEN, Center for Developmental Biology
Speaker Tetsuya Yomo Osaka University, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology
Speaker Yaakov (Kobi) Benenson Harvard University, FAS Center for Systems Biology
General Participant (Japan)
Haruhiko Bito The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Medicine
Hazuki Furukawa Ochanomizu University, Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences
Takahisa Furukawa Osaka Bioscience Institute
Yasuchika Hasegawa Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Graduate School of Materials Science
Izumi Hoshi (Hamada) Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa
Zhaomin Hou RIKEN, Organometallic Chemistry Laboratory
Yuji Ikegaya The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Kenichiro Itami Nagoya University, Research Center for Materials Science
Daisuke Kiga Tokyo Institute of Technology, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of  Science and Engineering
Seiya Kobatake Osaka City University, Graduate School of Engineering
Atsushi Kumanogoh Osaka University, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases
Koji Mizoguchi Kyushu University, Graduate School of Social and Cultural Studies
Takashi Mizokawa The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences
Yasunobu Nakamura NEC Corporation, Nano Electronics Research Laboratories
Atsushi Suzuki National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Geological Survey of Japan
Yasuhiro Suzuki Nagoya University, Graduate School of Information Science,
Shinsuke Takagi Tokyo Metropolitan University, Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate Course of Urban Environmental Sciences
Kei Tokita Osaka University, Cybermedia Center
Satoshi Tsujimoto Kyoto University, Graduate School of Informatics
Yusuke Yokoyama The University of Tokyo, School of Science
General Participant (USA)
Gill Bejerano Stanford University, Department of Developmental Biology and Computer Science
Paul V. Braun University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Donald Cooper University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry
Craig Crews Yale University, Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Aric Hagberg Los Alamos National Laboratory
Lena Hileman University of Kansas, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Matthew Johnson City University of New York, Statistics and CIS
Cherie Kagan University of Pennsylvania, Electrical and Systems Engineering and Materials Science
Mark Krumholz Princeton University, Department of Astrophysical Sciences
Chekesha Liddell Cornell University, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Rob Mitra Washington University, Department of Genetics
Radha Poovendran University of Washington, Department of Electrical Engineering
Pascale Poussart Princeton University, Department of Geosciences
Richard Price University of Virginia, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Theresa M. Reineke University of Cincinnati, Department of Chemistry
Christopher L. Soles National Institute of Standards and Technology
Frank Sottile Texas A&M University, Department of Mathematics
Thomas Volpe Northwestern University, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology
Mu-Tao Wang Columbia University, Department of Mathematics
   
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