Since 1951, Nobel Laureates in chemistry, physics, and physiology/medicine convene annually in Lindau, Germany, to have open and informal meetings with students and young researchers. While traditionally, the meetings rotate by discipline each year; this year's event will be multi-disciplinary, focusing equally on chemistry, physics, and medicine/physiology. Meeting details are becoming available at http://www.lindau-nobel.de. A list of the Nobel Laureates who will attend the 55th Meeting will be available at this site when the announcement is made.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Science Foundation, as well as Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU), are honored to have been invited to bring groups of top young researchers to the 2005 meeting, which is being held June 26-July 1, 2005. The DOE/NSF delegation consists of U.S. doctoral students whose current research at their universities is funded by DOE or NSF. These students will travel to Lindau to participate in discussions with the Nobel Laureates as well as fellow young researchers from around the world.

The Laureates will lecture on the topic of their choice related to chemistry, physics, and medicine/physiology in the mornings and participate in less formal small group discussions with the students in the afternoons and some evenings.

In addition to this valuable interaction, the participants will enjoy the picturesque island city of Lindau, which is located at the eastern end of Lake Constance, just north of the Swiss Alps. Located at the common border of Austria, Germany, and Switzerland, the medieval city is rich in central European culture.

The program is being administered by the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) for DOE and NSF. For more information, contact Linda Holmes at holmesl@orau.gov or Sam Held at helds@orau.gov.

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11/23/2004