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The 3rd International Symposium on Transformative Bio-Molecules
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Program

May 25th (Monday)

-ITbM New Building Inauguration Ceremony-

Venue: ITbM New Building

 

-The 3rd International Symposium on Transformative Bio-Molecules (ISTbM-3)-

Venue: Toyoda Auditorium

 

-The 11th Hirata Award-

Venue: Toyoda Auditorium

 

-The 1st Tsuneko & Reiji Okazaki Award-

Venue: Toyoda Auditorium

 

May 26th (Tuesday)

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-The 3rd International Symposium on Transformative Bio-Molecules (ISTbM-3)-

Venue: Toyoda Auditorium

9:00–9:50

 

9:50–10:20

 

10:20–10:50

 

10:50–11:05

11:05–11:55

 

11:55–12:25

 

12:25–13:45

13:45–14:35

 

14:35–15:05

 

15:05–15:35

 

15:35–15:50

15:50–16:40

 

16:40–17:10

 

17:10–18:00

 

18:00–18:05

Makoto Fujita (The University of Tokyo)

“Crystalline Sponge Method Updated”

Yoshikatsu Matsubayashi (Nagoya Univ.)

“Looking for novel peptide hormones in plants”

Takashi Ooi (ITbM)

“Molecular Design of Organic Ion Pairs for Asymmetric Catalysis”

Coffee Break

Gregory A. Voth (University of Chicago, USA)

“Revealing Molecular Features that Modulate Mesoscale Biomolecular Phenomena”

Shigehiro Yamaguchi (ITbM)

“New Fluorophore Skeletons for Bioimaging”

Lunch Break

Wolf Frommer (Carnegie Institution for Science, USA)

“The next generation of fluorescent biosensors for monitoring enzyme/transporter activity in vivo”

Hiroshi Abe (Nagoya Univ.)

“Synthetic Biology of Circular Oligonucleotide”

Florence Tama (Nagoya Univ.)

“Hybrid approaches to characterize structure and dynamics of biomolecular systems from single molecule experiments”

Coffee Break

Christopher J. Chang (University of California, Berkeley, USA)

“Molecular Imaging Approaches to Studying Chemistry in the Brain”

Takashi Yoshimura (ITbM)

“Understanding the mechanism of seasonal time measurement and development of transformative bio-molecules”

Sean Cutler (University of California, Riverside, USA)

“Chemical Control of Plant Water Consumption”

Closing Remarks: Tetsuya Higashiyama (Vice Director, ITbM)

9:30–9:35

9:35–9:45

9:45–9:50

9:50–9:55

9:55–10:00

10:00–10:15

 

 

 

10:25–10:40

10:40–10:45

10:45–11:30

 

12:40–12:45

12:45–12:50

12:50–13:20

13:20–14:10

 

14:10–14:20

14:20–14:50

14:50–14:55

14:55–16:10

 

16:10–16:25

16:25–16:40

16:40–16:45

16:45–18:00

 

 

18:00–18:15

18:15–20:00

Opening Remarks: Kenichiro Itami (Director, ITbM)

Opening Remarks: Seiichi Matsuo (President, Nagoya Univ)

Felicitations: Toshio Kuroki (WPI program Director, JSPS)

Felicitations: Yutaka Tokiwa (Director-General, Research Promotion Bureau, MEXT)

Felicitations: Daniel Woolf (Principal and Vice-Chancellor, Queen’s Univ., Canada)

Briefing: Keiichi Wakisaka (Nagoya Univ.)

"Design Concept of ITbM’s New Building: Breaking the Walls and Mixing"

 

 

Unveiling Ceremony

Group Photo

Tour

 

Opening Remarks: Hideyo Kunieda (Trustee, Nagoya Univ)

Opening Remarks: Steven Liss (Vice-Principal of Research, Queen’s Univ., Canada)

Overview of ITbM: Kenichiro Itami (Director, ITbM)

Yoshinori Fujiyoshi (Nagoya University)

“Structural physiology of channels”

Coffee Break

History & Overview: Shigehiro Yamaguchi (Vice Director, ITbM) and Jeffrey Bode (ITbM; ETH, Switzerland)

Awarding Ceremony: Daisuke Uemura (Kanagawa Univ.; Professor Emeritus, Nagoya Univ.)

Award Lecture: Ashraf Brik (Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel)

“The Ubiquitin signal: Where chemistry makes a difference”

Coffee Break

History & Overview: Kazuo Shinozaki (Director, CSRS, RIKEN)

Awarding Ceremony: Tsuneko Okazaki (Professor Emeritus, Nagoya Univ.)

Award Lecture: Feng Zhang (Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, USA)

“Development and applications of CRISPR-Cas9 for genome editing”

 

Group Photo

Reception Party (Toyoda auditorium)

May 25-26th, 2015

Toyoda Auditorium, Nagoya University

May 25-26th, 2015

Toyoda Auditorium, Nagoya University

Move to the entrance of ITbM new building

Hosted by:

     Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules, Nagoya University

 

Supported by:

     The Chemical Society of Japan

     The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan

     Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology and Agrochemistry

     The Molecular Biology Society of Japan

     The Japanese Biochemical Society

     The Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists

     Japan Society for Cell Biology

     The Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan

     Japanese Society for Chemical Biology

     The Mass Spectrometry Society of Japan

     Japanese Society for Chronobiology

     The Biophysical Society of Japan

     Program for Advancing Strategic International Networks to Accelerate the Circulation of Talented Researchers

 

Registration:

     Free of charge

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Lecturers for The 3rd International Symposium on Transformative Bio-Molecules (ISTbM-3)

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Invited Lecturers from Nagoya University

Makoto Fujita

The University of Tokyo

"Crystalline Sponge Method Updated"

Hiroshi Abe

"Synthetic Biology of Circular Oligonucleotide"

Nagoya University

Yoshinori Fujiyoshi

Nagoya University

Structural physiology; Structural and functional study of channels and receptors by cryo-electron microscopy

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"Structural physiology of channels"

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Wolf Frommer

"The next generation of fluorescent biosensors for monitoring enzyme/transporter activity in vivo"

Carnegie Institution for Science, USA

Florence Tama

"Hybrid approaches to characterize structure and dynamics of biomolecular systems from single molecule experiments"

Nagoya University

Gregory A. Voth

"Revealing Molecular Features that Modulate Mesoscale Biomolecular Phenomena"

University of Chicago, USA

Takashi Ooi

ITbM, Nagoya University

"Molecular Design of Organic Ion Pairs for Asymmetric Catalysis"

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Identification of novel peptide hormones and their receptors in plants

Dissection of posttranslational modification mechanisms of peptide hormones

Functional analysis of arabinogalactan proteins

 

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Self­assembling molecular systems utilizing transition metals

Chemistry of isolated nano­space

Coordination polymers

Chemical Biology of nucleic acids

Development of bio-imaging probe

Drug discovery

 

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Mechanisms and regulation of sugar transport

Mechanisms and transport of nitrogen-containing molecules

Application of biosensors for systems integration of transport processes

Computational Structural Biology

Hybrid approaches (computational modeling and experimental data) Dynamics and function of biological molecules

 

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Biomolecular and liquid state phenomena

Novel materials

Organic ion pair catalysis

Molecular recognition Molecule activation Pharmaceuticals

Christopher J. Chang

"Molecular Imaging Approaches to Studying Chemistry in the Brain"

University of California, Berkeley, USA

Metals in biology, particularly in neuroscience and signal transduction

Energy catalysis and green chemistry

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Fluorescent molecules Molecular design Physical organic chemistry

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Biological clock Systems biology

Animal production Pharmaceuticals

Shigehiro Yamaguchi

"New Fluorophore Skeletons for Bioimaging"

ITbM, Nagoya University

Sean Cutler

"Chemical Control of Plant Water Consumption"

University of California,

Riverside, USA

Chemical Genomics; Analysis and Exploitation of Natural Variation Using Small Molecules

Takashi Yoshimura

ITbM, Nagoya University

"Understanding the mechanism of seasonal time measurement and development of transformative bio-molecules"

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Yoshikatsu Matsubayashi

"Looking for novel peptide hormones in plants"

Nagoya University

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Lecturer for The 11th Hirata Award

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1) Chemical and semisynthesis of posttranslationally modified proteins

2) Studying the ubiquitin and ubiquitin like modifier signals

3) Developing assays, activity based probes and novel inhibitors for deubiquitinases

 

1) Elucidation of genetic basis of neurological and psychiatric diseases

2) Development of novel therapeutic strategies that address the root cause and not just the symptoms of diseases

 

 

 

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Lecturer for The 1st Tsuneko & Reiji Okazaki Award

Feng Zhang

Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, USA

"Development and applications of CRISPR-Cas9 for genome editing"

Ashraf Brik

Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel

"The Ubiquitin signal: Where chemistry makes a difference"

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The 3rd International Symposium on Transformative Bio-Molecules

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