Tsukuba Global Science Week 2012
Schedule of Human Biology Lecture and Symposium

Tuesday, October 30
TimeLecture

Lecture for Students in Human Biology Program
Room 706, Laboratory of Advanced Research A Building, UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA

8:40 - 9:55

“Early Mammalian Embryo Development with Emphasis on ES, TS, and XEN
Stem Cell Derivation”
Dr. Tilo Kunath (University of Edinburgh, UK)

9:55 - 10:10

Coffee Break

10:10 - 11:25“The Structural Basis of Protein Misfolding Diseases”
Dr. Jeremy Bradshaw (University of Edinburgh, UK)

12:15 - 13:15

Lunch
Conference Room 303, TSUKUBA INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS CENTER

Human Biology Symposium I
Conference Room 101, TSUKUBA INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS CENTER

13:30 - 13:35

Opening Remarks
Dr. Michiyoshi Ae (Head of SIGMA, Vice President of Education, University of Tsukuba)

13:35 - 14:25“Model-aided Understanding of Self-organization”
Dr. Masayasu Mimura (Meiji University, Japan)

14:25 - 15:15“Nonlinear Networked Filters for Molecular Bioinformatics and Its Applicationin Computational Reconstruction of Cellular Signal Pathways”
Dr. Jian-Qin Liu (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology(NICT), Japan)

15:15 - 15:45

Coffee Break15:45 - 16:35“Grand Challenge in Life Science on K Computer”
Dr. Ryutaro Himeno (RIKEN, Japan)

16:35 - 17:25“Computing Opportunities in Biological Sciences at Berkeley Lab”
Dr. Esmond G. Ng (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), USA)

17:25

Closing Remarks
Dr. Tetsuya Sakurai (Symposium I Coordinator)

18:00 - 20:00

Reception Party
Restaurant ESPOIR, TSUKUBA INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS CENTER

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Wednesday, October 31
Time

LectureLecture for Students in Human Biology Program
Room 706, Laboratory of Advanced Research A Building, UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA

8:40 - 9:55“Spontaneous Signaling Dynamics: From Stimulus-Independent Interference
Channels to Brain’s Default Mode Network”
Dr. Jian-Qin Liu (NICT, Japan)

9:55 - 10:10

Coffee Break

10:10 - 11:25“Impact of High-Performance Computing on Scientific Discoveries”
Dr. Esmond G. Ng (LBNL, USA)12:15 - 13:15

Lunch
Conference Room 303, TSUKUBA INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS CENTER

Human Biology Symposium II
Conference Room 101, TSUKUBA INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS CENTER

13:30-14:00“Unravelling Amyloid Proteins”
Dr. Jeremy Bradshaw (University of Edinburgh, UK)

14:00-14:30“Single-molecule and Mili-second-order Kinetic Analysis of theATP-dependent Conformational Changes of SR Ca2+-ATPase - Challenge toPost-Albers Scheme”
Dr. Masatoshi Yokokawa (University of Tsukuba, Japan)

14:30-15:00“Learning from Hepatitis B Virus about Cell Biology”
Dr. Michael Kann (Université Bordeaux Segalen, France)

15:00-15:30“Assembly and Maintenance of the Nucleolar Structure by RNA and RNA
Binding Proteins”
Dr. Mitsuru Okuwaki (University of Tsukuba, Japan)

15:30-16:00“The Cytoskeleton of the Animal Pathogen Trypanosoma brucei brucei”
Dr. Derrick Roy Robinson(Université Bordeaux Segalen, France)

16:00-16:15

Coffee Break

16:15-16:45“Nuclear PI-PLbetaCbeta1 in Low-Risk MDS Patients: Its Behaviour Depends
on the Therapy”
Dr. Lucio Cocco (University of Bologna, Italy)

16:45-17:15“In Vivo Physiological Roles of the Small GTPase ADP-ribosylation Factor 6”
Dr. Hiroshi Hasegawa (University of Tsukuba, Japan)

17:15-17:45“Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Models of Parkinson's and Dementia”
Dr. Tilo Kunath (University of Edinburgh, UK)

17:45-18:15“Induction of Insulin Production from Liver Cells”
Dr. Satoru Takahashi (University of Tsukuba, Japan)

18:15

Closing Remarks
Dr. Satoru Takahashi (Symposium II Coordinator)

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