OAK RIDGE, Tenn.-Carolyn Bayer, a student at the University of Texas, was selected by the National Science Foundation (NSF) as one of 20 outstanding research participants to attend the 57th Lindau Meeting of Nobel Laureates and Students in Lindau, Germany, from July 1-6.
Since 1951, Nobel Laureates in chemistry, physics and physiology/medicine have annually convened in Lindau to conduct open and informal meetings with students and young researchers from around the world. This year's event, which traditionally rotates by discipline each year, will focus on physiology and medicine.
NSF's participants will join 29 other students to represent the United States and more than 500 other international students at the meeting. Mars, Inc., the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) sponsor the other students representing the United States.
During the meeting, the Laureates will lecture in the mornings on the topic of their choice related to physiology and medicine and participate in less formal small group discussions with the students in the afternoons and some evenings. The primary purpose of the meeting is to allow participants - most of whom are students - to benefit from informal interaction with the Nobel Prize winners. Laureates will join participants at local restaurants for informal discussions during lunches and dinners. Various social events are also on the agenda to allow participants to meet other attendees from around the world.
Bayer graduated from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1998. Her research concentration at the University of Texas is biomedical engineering.
