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Nobel Laureate Steinbergerger in a discussion with young researchers (2008).
Program (2009 - 59th Meeting of Nobel Laureates)
SUNDAY, JUNE 28TH
 
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09:00 - 18:00 Arrival of participants
15:00 - 16:30 Official Opening of the Meeting by the President of the Council, Countess Bettina Bernadotte
 
MONDAY, JUNE 29TH
 
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09:00 - 09:35 Prof. Dr. Gerhard Ertl Chemistry From Atoms to Complexity: Reactions at Surfaces
09:35 - 10:10 Prof. Dr. Richard Robert Ernst Chemistry Passions and Activities beyond Science
10:10 - 10:45 Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Ryoji Noyori Chemistry Chemistry: the Key to our Future
10:45 - 11:15 Coffee Break
11:15 - 11:50 Prof. Dr. F. Sherwood Rowland Chemistry Green House Gases and Climate Change
11:50 - 12:25 Prof. Dr. Paul Josef Crutzen Chemistry Atmosphere Climate and Chemistry in the Anthropocene
12:25 - 13:00 Prof. Dr. Hartmut Michel Chemistry Cytochrome c Oxidase: Structure and Mechanism of a Biological Proton Pump
13:00 - 15:00 Lunch Break
15:00 - 17:00 Scientific Discussions between Nobel Laureates and Young Researchers
19:00 - 00:00 Get-Together-Evening participated by Nobel Laureates and Young Researchers
 
TUESDAY, JUNE 30TH
 
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09:00 - 09:35 Prof. Dr. Aaron Ciechanover Chemistry Why our Proteins have to die so we shall live
09:35 - 10:10 Prof. Dr. Robert Huber Chemistry Molecular Machines for Protein Degradation inside Cells
10:10 - 10:45 Prof. Dr. Erwin Neher Physiology or Medicine Chemistry helps Neuroscience: The Use of caged Compounds and Indicator Dyes for the Study of Neurotransmitter Release  
10:45 - 11:15 Coffee Break
11:15 - 12:25 Panel Discussion "The Role and Future of Chemistry for Renewable Energy" with Profs. Ertl //Grubbs //Kohn //Sir Kroto //Marcus //Molina //F. Sherwood Rowland
12:25 - 15:00 Lunch Break
15:00 - 17:00 Scientific Discussions between Nobel Laureates and Young Researchers
19:00 - 22:00 Dinners for Laureates and Young Researchers (given by Academic Partners of the Lindau Meetings in various restaurants, on invitation only)
 
WEDNESDAY, JULY 1ST
 
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09:00 - 09:35 Prof. Dr. Rudolph Arthur Marcus Chemistry From 'On Water' and Enzyme Catalysis to Single Molecules and Quantum Dots, Theory and Experiment
09:35 - 10:10 Prof. Dr. h.c. mult Kurt Wüthrich Chemistry Structural Genomics - Exploring the Protein Universe
10:10 - 10:45 Prof. Dr. Sir Harold Walter Kroto Chemistry Science, Society & Sustainability
10:15 - 10:45 Coffee Break
11:15 - 11:50 Prof. Dr. Mario José Molina Chemistry Energy and Climate Change - is there a solution?
11:50 - 12:25 Prof. Dr. Walter Kohn Chemistry An Earth Powered Predominantly by Solar and Wind Energy
12:25 - 13:00 Prof. Dr. Peter Agre Chemistry Canoeing in the Arctic, a Scientist´s Perspective
13:00 - 15:00 Lunch Break
15:00 - 17:00 Scientific Discussions between Nobel Laureates and Young Researchers
20:00 - 21:00 Concert at Stadttheater
 
THURSDAY, JULY 2ND
 
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09:00 - 09:35 Prof. Dr. Osamu Shimomura Chemistry Chemistry of Bioluminescence
09:35 - 10:10 Prof. Dr. Martin Chalfie Chemistry GFP and After
10:10 - 10:45 Prof. Dr. Roger Y. Tsien Chemistry Building and Breeding Molecules to Spy on Cells, Tumors, and Organisms
10:45 - 11:15 Coffee Break
11:15 - 11:50 Prof. Dr. Richard Royce Schrock Chemistry Recent Advances in Olefin Metathesis Catalyzed by Molybdenum and Tungsten Alkylidene Complexes
11:50 - 12:25 Prof. Dr. Werner Arber Physiology or Medicine Molecular Darwinism
15:00 - 17:00 Scientific Discussions between Nobel Laureates and Young Researchers
17:30 - 20:30 Traditional Bavarian Get-Together on invitation of the Elite Network of Bavaria
 
FRIDAY, JULY 3RD
 
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08:00 - 10:20 Boat Trip to the Isle of Mainau
11:00 - 13:00 Prof. Dr. Mario José Molina Chemistry Panel Discussion “Global Warming and Sustainability”
13:00 - 13:30 Opening of the Exhibition "Entdeckungen/Discoveries"
13:30 - 15:15 Lunch Break
15:15 - 16:00 Farewell Ceremony/ Conclusion of the Meeting at Mainau Castle
17:00 - 19:30 Boat Trip back to Lindau
 
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