The 2010 Kavli Prize Symposia
The Kavli Prize Symposia held in astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience, was delivered by leading scientists in the three fields.
Thomas Ebbesen at The Norwegian Academy of Science and LettersAstrophysics
Simon White: Structure in our Universe
Sandra Faber: Emerging Principles of Galaxy Formation
Alex Filippenko: Evidence from Type Ia Supernovae for an Accelerating Universe and Dark Energy
Aake Nordlund: Star and Planet Formation
Athena Coustenis: The exploration of Titan and the Saturnian System
Michel Mayor: Extrasolar planets : The Quest for Earth-Twins
Nanoscience
Thomas Ebbesen: Light, Metal and Molecules
Paul Alivisatos: Artificial molecules built from colloidal nanocrystals
Andre Geim: Graphene: Magic of Flat Carbon
Moty Heiblum: Interference between two indistinguishable electrons emanating from two independent sources
Albert Fert: The Impact of Spintronics on the Information and Communication Technologies
Charles Marcus: Controlling Individual Spins in Semiconductors: Basic Physics and Applications to Quantum Information
Neuroscience
Antonio R. Damasio: Public Awareness Lecture: Emotion, Feeling and Self: A Neuroscience Framework
Richard Axel: Representations of Odor in Higher Olfactory Centers
Tobias Bonhoeffer: How Experience Changes the Circuitry of the Brain
Michael E Goldberg: The Neurobiology of Attention and Arousal
Poul Nissen: The Structure and Function of Ion Pumps in Cells and Changes in Disease
Giacomo Rizzolatti: Mirror Neurons: Interpretations and misinterpretations
Huda Y Zoghbi: The Story of Rett Syndrome: Where Epigenetics Meets Neurobiology

