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Title: Molecular Puzzles of Life
Date: November 16-17, 2018
Venue: MIT Media Lab, E14-6th floor; Massachussetts Institute of Technology, United States
Date: November 16-17, 2018
Venue: MIT Media Lab, E14-6th floor; Massachussetts Institute of Technology, United States
For the first time, a Molecular Frontiers Symposium was held in the US, hosted by our coworkers at MIT.
Livestream
Program
Friday 16 November
08:00 - 9:00 Registration
09:00 - 9:10 Opening remarks
Bengt Nordén, Founding Patron, Molecular Frontiers Foundation, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
09:10 - 10:00 Richard Schrock, Department of Chemistry, MIT
The Continuing Story of Olefin Metathesis
10:00 - 10:50 Rosalind Picard, the Media Lab, MIT
What Can We Learn About How Our Brains Work From A Smart Watch?
10:50-11:10 Break
11:10 - 12:00 Ed Boyden, the Media Lab, MIT
Seeing and Controlling the Molecules of Life
12:00 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 14:20 George Church, Harvard Medical School & MIT Media Lab
The Puzzle: How We Develop and Age?
14:20 - 15:10 Dean Kamen, DEKA Research
Constant inventions
15:10 - 16:00 Robert Langer, Department of Chemical Engineering, MIT
Recent Excitement in Designer Materials and Sustained Release
16:00 - 16:20 Break
16:20 - 17:10 Jack Szostak, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School
How did Life Emerge on the Early Earth?
17:10 - 18:10 Panel Discussions
Saturday 17 November
08:00-09:00 Registration
09:00-09:10 Remarks; 60 Minutes Media Lab Video Segment
Shuguang Zhang, Symposium Organizer, MIT Center for Bits and Atoms
09:10 - 10:00 Shuguang Zhang, MIT Center for Bits and Atoms, Media Lab
Curiosity-driven research: Fractals and QTY code
10:00 - 10:50 Li-Huei Tsai, MIT and Picower Institute
Unique Visual Stimulation May Be New Treatment For Alzheimer’s
10:50 - 11:10 Break
11:10 - 12:00 Feng Zhang, MIT and Broad Institute
Advances in Genome Editing
12:00 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 14:00 David Kong, MIT Media Lab
Community Biotechnology
14:00-14:30 Simmie Foster, Massachusetts General Hospital
Molecules of Pain
14:30 - 15:00 Andreas Mershin, MIT Center for Bits and Atoms
Questions are More Important Than Answers
15:00-15:30 Deborah Donnelly, UPS Pilot
Flying High: How Curiosity Can Lead You to Your Dream Jobs?
15:30 - 16:00 Break
16:00 - 17:00 Announcement of 2018 winners of Molecular Frontiers Inquiry Prizes
Andreas Mershin and Liz Ball
17:00 - 18:00 Panel Discussions
See the winning question on mfinquiryprize.org!
Molecular Frontiers Foundation gratefully acknowledges Lu Yancen and Zhao Haili of Puget Soundvest for their donation of 10 iPad minis for the winners of the 2018 Molecular Frontiers Inquiry Prize and MIT ILP for co-sponsoring this symposium.
