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2004 Program and Audio Presentations
Introduction
Cherry Murray
Chair, Nano Steering Committee
Opening Ceremony - Welcome and Opening Remarks |
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Dick Foster
Board Member, W.M. Keck Foundation
Who the Heck was W.M. Keck? |
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Cherry Murray
Chair, Nano Steering Committee
Charge to the Focus Groups |
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Facilitating Interdisciplinary Report Release
Bill Colglazier
Executive Officer NAS, NRC
Nancy Andreasen
Co-Chair Committee on Facilitating Interdisciplinary Research
Theodore Brown
Co-Chair Committee on Facilitating Interdisciplinary Research
Facilitating Interdisciplinary Research |
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Tutorial Sessions
Peter Wolynes
Professor Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of California at San Diego
Theory and Error Correction |
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Thomas D. Pollard
Eugene Higgins Professor Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Yale University
Overview of Cell Biology |
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Mark S. Humayun
Professor of Ophthalmology, Biomedical Engineering and Cell and Neurobiology, University of Southern California Associate Director of Research, Doheny Retina Institute
The Science and Engineering of Restoring Vision though an Electronic Retinal Implant |
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National Academies Communication Awards Ceremony
Harvey Fineberg
President, Institute of Medicine
Barbara Culliton
Chair, Communication Awards Committee
David Clark
Producer “Science of the Deep: Mid-Water Mysteries”
Communication Award Presentation - David Clark |
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Marcia Bartusiak
Communications Award Committee Member
Robert Lee Hotz
Reporter, The Los Angeles Times
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Harvey Fineberg
President, Institute of Medicine
Matt Ridley
Author, The Agile Gene: How Nature Turns on Nurture
Communication Award Presentation - Matt Ridle
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