The 61st Meeting of Nobel Laureates in Lindau, Germany 2011/6/26 – 7/1 Yoshito Otake http://en.lindau2.de/index.php?sid=1027&ses=d1c9493f1e6adfd6c48107cc23c45526

Overview of the Meeting Attendee 23 Nobel laureates 566 young researchers from 77 countries Venue Lindau, Germany Isle Lindau June 26 (Sun) – July 1 (Fri)

Meeting Schedule Opening ceremony Lecture Small-group discussion Day Time Schedule Sun AM Registration PM Opening ceremony Mon Lectures (6 laureates) Small-group discussion Tue Wed Thu Lectures (5 laureates) Panel discussion Fri Boat trip to Isle Mainau Closing ceremony Lecture Small-group discussion

Meet with Nobel Laureates Professor Negishi, Purdue University 2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for palladium catalyzed cross couplings in organic synthesis" Professor Agre, Johns Hopkins University 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for discovery of aquaporins" Dr Sherif Elnagdy from Egypt

Meet with young researchers Dr. Reto Huggenberger from Switzerland Small-group discussion with Prof. Negishi Barbecue dinner

How to apply? Eligibility for US students U.S. citizen Full-time graduate student Currently sponsored by, or working on, and supported by projects sponsored by, the agency to which the nomination is made, such as the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science, the National Institutes of Health or other federal agency Have completed two years (but not more than four years) of study toward a doctoral degree in medicine or physiology, or in a related discipline, including the basic biomedical (or life) sciences. See http://www.orau.org/lindau/default.shtml for more detail Eligibility for non-US students Depends on the rules defined by the sponsoring agency in each country See web site of each sponsoring agency for more detail

Nomination Process Step 1. Selection by sponsoring agency (NIH, NSF, etc.) August - November Step 2. Selection by Lindau meeting committee December - February *time period depends on the country See http://www.orau.org/lindau/default.shtml for more detail

Sponsoring agency Country Academic partner (Sponsoring agency) United States U.S. Department of Energy Oak Ridge National Laboratory National Institutes of Health Microsoft Corporation National Science Foundation Mars Incorporated Thailand National Science and Technology Development Agency China Sino-German Center for Research promotion India Department of Science and Technology Turkey Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TÜBITAK) Taiwan Nobel Prize Winner Prof. Dr. Yuan Tseh Lee National Science Council Egypt Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research Netherlands Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts & Sciences - KNAW Singapore A-Star University Italy The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS) France European Science Foundation (ESF) Japan Japan Society for the Promotion of Sciences - JSPS See http://www.lindau-nobel.org/publish/AcademicPartnersNaturalSciences.aspx for the complete list

Next year… 62nd Meeting of Nobel Laureates In Lindau, Germany Dedicated to laureates of Nobel prize in Physics 2012/7/1 – 7/6 See http://www.lindau-nobel.org/ for more detail Google “Lindau meeting”