The 5th International Symposium on
Transformative Bio-Molecules (ISTbM-5)
The 13th Hirata Award
The 3rd Tsuneko & Reiji Okazaki Award

PROGRAM

November 20 (Monday)

The 5th International Symposium on Transformative Bio-Molecules (ISTbM-5)

9:309:35
Opening Remarks: Seiichi Matsuo (President, Nagoya University)
9:359:40
Opening Remarks and Overview of ITbM: Akira Ukawa (WPI Program Director, JSPS)
9:3510:00
Overview of ITbM: Kenichiro Itami (Director, ITbM)
Chair: Keiko Torii & Cathleen Crudden
10:0010:50
Paul Wender (Stanford University)
Therapeutic function through synthesis-informed design: approaches to HIV/AIDS eradication, Alzheimer’s disease, and cancer immunotherapy
10:5011:40
Jenny Russinova (Ghent University)
Small-molecule dissection of steroid signaling in plants
11:4012:10
Masaki Kita (Nagoya University)
Development of the new analytical methods for the binding modes of target proteins using LA-LDI MS
12:1013:50
Lunch Break

The 13th Hirata Award

Chair: Takashi Ooi
13:5014:05
History & Overview: Shigehiro Yamaguchi (Vice Director, ITbM)
14:0514:15
Introduction of Award Winner: Introduction of Award Winner: Takashi Ooi (ITbM)
14:1514:25
Awarding Ceremony: Daisuke Uemura (Kanagawa University; Professor Emeritus, Nagoya University)
14:2515:40
Award Lecture: David Nicewicz (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
New avenues in synthesis via organic photoredox catalysis
15:4016:10
Break

The 3rd Tsuneko & Reiji Okazaki Award

Chair: Takashi Yoshimura
16:1016:15
Opening Address: Kazuo Shinozaki (Director, CSRS, RIKEN; University Professor, Nagoya University)
16:1516:25
Introduction of Award Winner: Takashi Yoshimura (ITbM)
16:2516:35
Awarding Ceremony: Tsuneko Okazaki (University Professor, Nagoya University)
16:3517:50
Award Lecture: Maria Barna (Stanford University)
Ribosome heterogeneity in translating the genetic code
17:5018:00
Group Photo
18:0020:00
Party (Noyori Conference Hall, 1F)

November 21 (Tuesday)

The 5th International Symposium on Transformative Bio-Molecules (ISTbM-5)

Chair: Florence Tama & Wolf Frommer
10:0010:50
Julian Schroeder (University California San Diego)
Plant abiotic stress resistance signaling mechanisms and cross talk with pathogen signaling
10:5011:20
Toshinori Kinoshita (ITbM)
Regulation of stomatal movements in response to environmental signals
11:2012:10
Kazunari Yoshizawa (Kyushu University)
Methane hydroxylation by enzymatic and catalytic systems: Quantum chemical studies
12:1014:00
Lunch Break
Chair: Shinya Hagihara & Tsuyoshi Hirota
14:0014:50
John Hogenesch (Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center)
Time for circadian medicine
14:5015:40
Katsunori Tanaka (RIKEN)
Therapeutic in vivo synthetic chemistry
15:4016:10
Kenichiro Itami (ITbM)
Making structurally uniform nanocarbons and a new form of carbon
16:1016:20
Closing Remarks: Tetsuya Higashiyama (Vice Director, ITbM)