Program

Friday, December 13th, 2019

The 7th International Symposium on Transformative Bio-Molecules (ISTbM-7)

09:30 - 09:35

09:35 - 09:45

09:45 - 09:50

Opening Remarks: Seiichi Matsuo (President, Nagoya University)

Opening Remarks: Daisuke Uemura (Kanagawa University; Professor Emeritus, Nagoya University)

Welcome address: Kenichiro Itami (Director, ITbM)

Chair: Toshinori Kinoshita, Jeffrey Bode, Cathleen Crudden

09:50 - 10:30

10:30 - 11:10

11:10 - 11:50

Ueli Grossniklaus (University of Zürich)

"The Structural Basis for Peptide Signaling in the Cell Wall"

Gong Chen (Nankai University)

"C-H Functionalization Strategy for Synthesis of Complex Peptides and Carbohydrates"

Vy M. Dong (University of California at Irvine)

"Make It or Break It with Metal-Hydrides"

11:50 - 13:30

Lunch Break & Lab Tour

The 15th Hirata Award

Chair: Takashi Ooi

13:30 - 13:40

13:40 - 13:50

13:50 - 14:00

14:00 - 15:15

History & Overview: Shigehiro Yamaguchi (Vice Director, ITbM)

Introduction of Award Winner: Kenichiro Itami (Director, ITbM)

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

Award Lecture:

15:15 - 15:45

Break

The 5th Tsuneko & Reiji Okazaki Award

Chair: Ikue Mori

Opening Address: Kazuo Shinozaki (Director, CSRS, RIKEN; University Professor, Nagoya University)

Introduction of Award Winner: Ikue Mori (Nagoya University)

Awarding Ceremony: Tsuneko Okazaki (University Professor, Nagoya University)

Award Lecture:

15:45 - 15:50

15:50 - 16:00

16:00 - 16:10

16:10 - 17:25

17:25 - 17:30

Closing Remarks: Tetsuya Higashiyama (Vice Director, ITbM)

17:30 - 17:40

18:00 - 19:30

Group Photo

Party (ITbM building, 1F)