BERAC Meeting September 5 2008 Gaithersburg MD

Agenda

Presentations

Peg Riley, Life and Medical Sciences Division Committee of Visitors Report

Patricia Dehmer, Report from the Office of Science

Todd Anderson, Scientific Focus Area (SFA) Rollout & Discussion

Robert Dickinson, Report on Climate Research Grand Challenges

Mike Kuperberg, Climate & Environmental Sciences Division Strategic Planning Retreat Discussion

Anjuli Bamzai, Overview of Climate Synthesis & Assessment Reports

Anna Palmisano, The State of BER

Mike Kuperberg, Climate and Environmental Sciences Division Update

Roland Hirsch, Biological Systems Science Division Update

Highlights

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Analysis of bacterial toxin-antitoxin systems sheds new light on how microbes interact with other members of their communities.

Quantum ghost imaging of live plants at light levels lower than starlight gives new perspectives on plant processes.