Lindau 2003 Trip Report: Day Four in Lindau, Germany

July 3, 2003

*On the Agenda:*
	Daily info session
	Dr. Bert Sakman presentation: "Cortical Microcircuits and Cortical Plasticity"
	Dr. Hamilton Smith presentation: "Defining Minimal Life"
	Dr. Hartmut Michel presentation: "Membrane Proteins as Target Structure in Agriculture and Medicine"
	Dr. Werner Arber presentation: "Insight into Molecular Evolution—Practical and Philosophical Consequences
	Dr. Rudolph Marcus presentation: "Electron Transfer Reactions in Chemistry and Biology"
	Dr. Torsten Wiesel presentation: "Do We Learn to See? The Role of Nature and Nurture"
	Lunch with the Laureates at Seehafen Café Graf
	Scientific discussion between Nobel Laureates and students/young researchers in the Inselhalle

The American delegation hosted a lunch on Thursday to provide additional opportunities for American students to interact with Laureates and other dignitaries. In attendance were Nobel Laureates Edmond Fischer and Hamilton Smith; Ludwig Feinendegen, vice-chairman of the Kuratorium; Jürgen Uhlenbusch of the Kuratorium and his wife Leonore; Astrid Gräslund, Secretary of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry and her husband Christian; Anders Bárány, Secretary of the Nobel Committee for Physics; Lady Helena Eccles, distinguished scientist and wife of Nobel Laureate Sir John Eccles (deceased); Jan Sjövall of Stockholm; Klaus Wrogemann of the University of Manitoba; Dennis Patton of the University of Arizona; Thomas Frank, German archeologist; Bill Bowers of the Journal for Minority Medical Students and his wife Vanessa; and Jerry McClure of the Department of Energy and his wife Christa.

July 3, 2003 Photo Gallery

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09/05/2003