CRC International Symposium on
Bio-interface and Biomass Conversion(The 2nd CRC Research Cluster Symposium on Structure and Function of
Bio-interface& The 22nd CRC International Symposium on Biomass Conversion)

October 29-31, 2008
Catalysis Research Center, Hokkaido University, Japan
Organizer:

Catalysis Research Center (CRC), Hokkaido University

Co-sponsors:

Hokkaido University Global COE Program:"Catalysis as the Basis for the Innovation Materials Science";
The Hokkaido Branch of the Chemical Society of Japan;
Division of Catalytic Biomass Conversion, Catalysis Society of Japan;
The Hokkaido Branch of the Electrochemical Society of Japan;
The Hokkaido Branch of the Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry;
The Hokkaido Branch of the Spectroscopical Society of Japan;

Cooperation:

The Surface Science Society of Japan

Conference Venue:
Catalysis Research Center, Hokkaido University, N-21 W-10, Kita-ku, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan
Conference Room (Sousei Building 5th floor): Registration and Oral Presentations
Science Plaza (Sousei Building 2nd floor): Poster Presentations
Organizing Committee:
Prof. Atsushi Fukuoka (Chair), Prof. Masatoshi Osawa, Dr. Shen Ye (Secretary), Dr. Kenji Hara
Registration Fee: Conference, Free
Drinks at Poster Session, 2,000 JPY (Student, 1,000 JPY)
Contact:Atsushi Fukuoka
Catalysis Research Center, Hokkaido University, Japan
E-mail: fukuoka@cat.hokudai.ac.jp
Phone: +81-11-706-9140 (FAX 9139)
Shen Ye
Catalysis Research Center, Hokkaido University, Japan
E-mail: ye@cat.hokudai.ac.jp
Phone & FAX: +81-11-706-9126

Time Table
October 29, 2008
8:30~

Registration

8:50~9:00

Opening Address

Bio-interface Session: Bioelectrochemistry
9:00~9:50

Isao Taniguchi (Kumamoto Univ., Japan)

9:50~10:20

Osamu Niwa (AIST, Japan)

10:20~10:40

Break

10:40~11:10

Tomokazu Matsue (Tohoku Univ., Japan)

11:10~11:50Hsien-Chang Chang (National Cheng Kung Univ., Taiwan)

11:50~12:20

Ryuhei Nakamura (Univ. of Tokyo, Japan)

12:20~13:30

Lunch

Bio-interface Session: Chirality, Imaging and Biomolecule Interface
13:30~14:00

Kenji Monde (Hokkaido Univ., Japan)

14:00~14:30

Hidenori Noguchi (Hokkaido Univ., Japan)

14:30~15:20

Yuen R. Shen (Univ. of California, Berkeley, USA)

15:20~15:40

Break

15:40~16:10

Kei Murakoshi (Hokkaido Univ., Japan)

16:10~16:40

Kenichi Ataka (Bielefeld Univ., Germany)

16:40~17:10

Mitsutoshi Setou (Hamamatsu Med. Univ., Japan)

October 30, 2008
Bio-interface Session: Biophysics and Biomaterial Interface
9:00~9:30

Shen Ye (Hokkaido Univ., Japan)

9:30~10:10

John Conboy (Utah Univ., USA)

10:10~10:30

Break

10:30~11:00

Koichi Itoh (Waseda Univ., Japan)

11:00~11:30

Katsutoshi Hori (Nagoya Tech. Inst., Japan)

11:30~12:00

Masaru Tanaka (Tohoku Univ., Japan)

12:00~12:15

Group Photo

12:15~13:30

Lunch

Biomass Conversion Session
13:30~14:10

Marcel Schlaf (Univ. of Guelph, Canada)

14:10~14:50

Chandrashekhar V. Rode (National Chemical Laboratory, India)

14:50~15:30

Z. Conrad Zhang (KiOR Inc., USA)

15:30~15:50

Break

15:50~16:30

Haichao Liu (Peking Univ., China)

16:30~17:00

Michikazu Hara (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)

17:00~17:30

Ayumu Onda (Kochi Univ., Japan)

17:30~18:00

Atsushi Fukuoka (Hokkaido Univ., Japan)

18:00~20:00

Poster Presentation

October 31, 2008
Biomass Conversion Session
10:00~10:30

Paresh L. Dhepe (National Chemical Laboratory, India)

10:30~11:00

Tamao Ishida (Tokyo Metropolitan Univ., Japan)

11:00~11:30

Masayuki Shirai (AIST, Japan)

11:30~11:40

Break

11:40~12:10

Seiichi Taguchi (Hokkaido Univ., Japan)

12:10~12:50

Victor S. -Y. Lin (Iowa State Univ., USA)12:50~12:55

Closing Remarks

Program

October 29 (Wed)08:30-08:50

Registration

08:50-09:00

Opening Address
Prof. Wataru Ueda (Director, CRC, Hokkaido Univ.)

Bio-interface Session: Bioelectrochemistry
Chair: Masatoshi Osawa
O-1

09:00-09:50
Isao Taniguchi (Kumamoto Univ., Japan)“Bio-compatible Interfaces for Direct Electron Transfer Reactions of Biological
Molecules and Their Applications”

O-2

09:50-10:20
Osamu Niwa (AIST, Japan)“Nanocarbon Films for Electrochemical Interface of Non-label DNA Detection”

10:20-10:40

BreakChair: Tamotsu Takahashi
O-3

10:40-11:10
Tomokazu Matsue (Tohoku Univ., Japan)“Electrochemical Detection of Gene Expression in a Single Living Cell”

O-4

11:10-11:50
Hsien-Chang Chang (National Cheng Kung Univ., Taiwan)“A Novel SERS Active Particle with Highly Bio-organics Absorption Affinity for the
Description of Bacteria Fingerprint”

O-5

11:50-12:20
Ryuhei Nakamura & Kazuhito Hashimoto (Univ. of Tokyo, Japan)“Self-constructed Electrically Conductive Bacterial Networks”

12:20-13:30

Lunch

Bio-interface Session: Chirality, Imaging and Biomolecule Interface
Chair: Satoru Takakusagi
O-6

13:30-14:00
Kenji Monde (Hokkaido Univ., Japan)“What Can We Do for Biomolecules Using Vibrational Circular Dichroism (VCD) ?
– Chiroptical Analysis of Glycoconjugates and Related Materials –”O-7

14:00-14:30
Hidenori Noguchi & Kohei Uosaki (Hokkaido Univ., Japan)“Biomaterials and Functional Surfaces Studied by in situ Surface Vibrational
Spectroscopies”

Chair: Kohei Uosaki
O-8

14:30-15:20
Yuen R. Shen (Univ. of California, Berkeley, USA)
“Sum-Frequency Spectroscopy for probing Molecular Chirality and Water Interfaces”

15:20-15:40

BreakChair: Masamichi Ogasawara
O-9

15:40- 16:10
Kei Murakoshi (Hokkaido Univ., Japan)“Segregation of Molecules in Lipid Bilayer Spreading Through Metal Nano-gate”

O-10

16:10-16:40
Kenichi Ataka (Bielefeld Univ., Germany)“Toward the Functional Study of Membrane Protein Monolayer: A Vibrational
Spectroscopic Approach by Surface Enhanced Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy”

O-11

16:40-17:10
Mitsutoshi Setou (Hamamatsu Med. Univ., Japan)“Nanoparticle-assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization (Nano-PALDI) Based Mass Imaging
with Cellular Resolution”

October 30 (Thu)
Bio-interface Session: Biophysics and Biomaterial Interface
Chair: Tatsuya Tsukuda
O-12

09:00-09:30
Shen Ye (Hokkaido Univ., Japan)“Molecular Structures of Lipid Films Investigated by Sum Frequency Generation (SFG)
Spectroscopy”

O-13

09:30-10:10
John Conboy (Utah Univ., USA)
“Nonlinear Vibrational Spectroscopy for the Analysis of Lipid Membrane Structure andDynamics”

10:10-10:30

Break

Chair: Ryu Abe
O-14

10:30-11:00
Koichi Itoh (Waseda Univ., Japan)“Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy on Biological Membrane Models at the
Air-Water Interface”O-15

11:00-11:30
Katsutoshi Hori (Nagoya Tech. Inst., Japan)“Interaction between Bacterial Cells and Interfaces”

O-16

11:30-12:00
Masaru Tanaka (Tohoku Univ., Japan)“Design and Fabrication of Novel Bio-interface Using Self-organization to Control ofCell Functions”

12:00-12:15

Group Photo
5th floor, Conference Room

12:15-13:30

Lunch Meeting (Invited speakers and CRC faculties)
4th floor, Seminar Room B&C

Biomass Conversion Session
Chair: Atsushi Fukuoka
O-17

13:30-14:10
Marcel Schlaf (Univ. of Guelph, Canada)“Group 8 Metal Complexes as Homogeneous Ionic Hydrogenation and Hydrogenolysis
Catalysts for the Deoxygenation of Biomass to Petrochemicals - Opportunities,
Challenges, Strategies and the Story so far”

Chair: Kenji Hara
O-18

14:10-14:50
Chandrashekhar V. Rode (National Chemical Laboratory, India)“Liquid Phase Dehydration vs. Hydrogenolysis of Bioglycerol”

O-19

14:50-15:30
Z. Conrad Zhang (KiOR Inc., USA)“A New Pathway for Cellulose Depolymerization and Catalytic Conversion of Sugars toHydroxymethylfurfural”

15:30-15:50

Break

Chair: Miho Yamauchi
O-20

15:50-16:30
Haichao Liu (Peking Univ., China)“A Novel Strategy for Biomass Utilization: Catalytic Synthesis and Reactions of Polyols”

O-21

16:30-17:00
Michikazu Hara (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)“Hydrolysis of Cellulose into Glucose by Using a Carbon Material”

Chair: Kiyotaka Asakura
O-22

17:00-17:30
Ayumu Onda (Kochi Univ., Japan)“Selective Hydrolysis of Cellulose and Starch into Glucose under Hydrothermal
Conditions Using Sulfonated Activated-Carbon Catalyst”

O-23

17:30-18:00
Atsushi Fukuoka (Hokkaido Univ., Japan)“Sustainable Green Catalysis for the Conversion of Nonfood Biomass”

18:00-20:00

Poster Session (Science Plaza, 2F)

October 31 (Fri)
Biomass Conversion Session
Chair: Tatsuya Takeguchi
O-24

10:00 - 10:30
Paresh L. Dhepe (National Chemical Laboratory, India)“Heterogeneous Catalysts for the Conversion of Biomolecules”

O-25

10:30 - 11:00
Tamao Ishida (Tokyo Metropolitan Univ., Japan)“Influence of Support and Size of Gold Catalysts for Aerobic Oxidation of Glucose”

O-26

11:00 – 11:30
Masayuki Shirai (AIST, Japan)“Low Temperature Gasification of Lignin over Supported Metal Catalysts inSupercritical Water”

11:30-11:40

BreakChair: Bunsho Ohtani
O-27

11:40 - 12:10
Seiichi Taguchi (Hokkaido Univ., Japan)“The Complete Bioprocess of Polymers Based on Enzyme Evolution”

O-28

12:10 - 12:50
Victor S. -Y. Lin (Iowa State Univ., USA)“Multifunctional Mesoporous Catalysts for Selective Conversions of BiologicalFeedstocks to Biodiesel and Ethanol”

12:50 - 12:55

Closing Remarks
Prof. Atsushi Fukuoka (CRC, Hokkaido Univ.)Poster Session
1. Toshiaki Hanaoka (AIST, Japan)“Bench-scale Production of Liquid Fuel Using Syngas Derived from Woody Biomas”.
2. Takashi Tsuchida, Jun Kubo, Tetsuya Yoshioka, Shuji Sakuma, Tatsuya Takeguchi and Wataru
Ueda (Sangi Co., Ltd.; Hokkaido University)“Influence of Acidity and Basicity of Hydroxyapatite Catalyst on the Reaction of Ethanol”
3. Leong Chean-Ring, Sung-Jin Jo, Ken’ichiro Matsumoto, Toshihiko Ooi, and Seiichi Taguchi(Hokkaido University)“Biosynthesis of Biodegradable Polyester from Renewable Carbon Sources by GeneticallyEngineered Corynebacterium Glutamicum”
4. Chi-Chang Lin, Ying-Mei Yang and Hsien-Chang Chang (National Cheng Kung University,Taiwan)“Raman Discrimination of Helicobacter Pylori Fingerprint in Dielectrophoresis Chip”
5. Mitsumasa Osada, Norihito Hiyoshi, Aritomo Yagaguchi, Osamu Sato, and Masayuki Shirai(Ichinoseki College; AIST)"Regeneration of Sulfur-Poisoned Supported Ruthenium Catalyst in Subcritical Water"
6. Aritomo Yamaguchi, Norihito Hiyoshi, Osamu Sato, Kyoko K. Bando, and Masayuki Shirai(Ichinoseki College; AIST)"Regeneration of Sulfur-Poisoned Supported Ruthenium Catalyst in Subcritical Water"
7. Yasuyoshi Iwase, Toru Koyama, Akimitsu Miyaji, Koji Inazu and Toshihide Baba (Tokyo Instituteof Technology)“Selective Conversion of Ethene to Propene over H+-exchanged Zeolites"8. Tasuku Komanoya, Mizuho Watanabe, Kenji Hara and Atsushi Fukuoka (Hokkaido University),“Cellulose Conversion to Soluble Sugars by Supported Metal Catalysts”
9. Satoru Takakusagi, Kotaro Miyazaki, Naoki Watanabe, Wang-Jae Chun, Yuichiro Koike,
Masaharu Nomura, Kaoru Ijima and Kiyotaka Asakura (Hokkaido University)“Polarization Dependent Total-Reflection Fluorescence (PTRF) XAFS Study on Structure of Au
Nanoclusters on TiO2(110) surface”
10. Satoshi Funai, Yumi Sato, Teruoki Tago, Takao Masuda (Hokkaido University)“Selective Production of Acetone from Livestock Excrement-derived Black Water Using FeOXCatalyst”
11. Y. Sato, K. Yoshioka, M. Tanaka, T.Murakami, and O. Niwa (AIST)“Protein-resistant Surface Prepared with Oligo(ethylene glycol) Alkanethiolate Monolayer”
12. Hisako Sato, Kayako Hori, Takara Sakurai and Akihiko Yamagishi (The University of Tokyo andPRESTO, JST)
“Chiral Transfer in a Gel: Vibration Circular Dichroism Spectra of R- and S-12-Hydroxyoctadecanoic Acid Gels”
13. Shengjun Huang, Kenji Hara, Tadashi Oshio, Atsushi Fukuoka (Hokkaido University)“PROX Reaction by Platinum Nanoparticle Catalysts Supported on Mesoporous Silica”
14. H. Tsunoyama, N. Ichikuni, H. Sakurai, T. Tsukuda ( Hokkaido University)“On the Origin of Size-specific Catalytic Activity of PVP-stabilized Gold Clusters for Aerobic
Oxidation Reactions in Water”

15. Kohei Nogami, Fumiaki Amano and Bunsho Ohtani (Hokkaido University)“Photocatalytic Oxidative Decomposition of Gaseous Acetaldehyde over Visible LightResponsive Bismuth Tungstate Photocatalyst”
16. S. Sato, M. G. Moula, H. Niimi, S. Suzuki, K. Irokawa, H. Kuroda and K. Asakura (HokkaidoUniversity)“A possible Control for the Reaction Pathways of C2H5OH Oxidation Reaction by Using aTunable Infrared Laser”
17. Koji Inazu, Zhixiong You, Ken-ichi Aika, Toshihide Baba (Numazu National College ofTechnology)“Novel Supported Ruthenium Catalyst for Ammonia Synthesis Using Barium Hexaaluminate asSupport”
18. M. Yamauchi and T. Tsukuda (Hokkaido University)“Production and Catalytic Properties of CuPd Ordered-Alloy Nanoparticles”
19. Shuichi Koso, Kimio Kunimori, Keiichi Tomishige (University of Tsukuba)“Synthesis of Chemical Products from Biomass-derived Compounds Using Hydrogenolysis
Catalysts”
20. Shenyong Ren, Eri Igarashi, Kiyohiko Nakajim, Ken-ichiro Kanno and Tamotsu Takahashi(Hokkaido University)“Coupling of Cp or Indenyl Ligands with Diene Moieties of Bis(cyclopentadienyl)- orBis(indenyl)zirconacyclopentadienes”
21. Shi Li, Ken-ichiro Kanno, Kiyohiko Nakajim and Tamotsu Takahashi (Hokkaido University)“Synthesis and Dimerization Behavior of Symmetrically-Substituted Pentacenes
Zirconium-Mediated Double Ring Extension”

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22. Ryu Abe (Hokkaido University)“Platinized Tungsten Oxide: A Highly Active Visible-light Responsive Photocatalyst”
23. Yusuke Waki, Hidenori Noguchi, and Kohei Uosaki (Hokkaido University)“Characterization of Interfacial Water Structure at Thermo-responsive Polymer Surface Studied
by SFG Spectroscopy”
24. Tatsuhiko Adachi, Hidenori Noguchi, Akiko Nakatomi, Michio Yazawa, and Kohei Uosaki(Hokkaido University)“Structure and Function of Calmodulin Immobilized on Solid Substrate Studied by in situ ATR-IRand SFG Spectroscopies”
25. Huijin Liu, Yujin Tong, Masatoshi Osawa and Shen Ye (Hokkaido University)“Condensation Effect of DPPC on Surfactant DOMA Monolayer Studied by Sum Frequency
Generation (SFG) Spectroscopy”
26. Na Li, Yujin Tong, Huijin Liu Masatoshi Osawa and Shen Ye (Hokkaido University)“Phase Transition in Hybrid Bilayer Membranes Studied by Sum Frequency Generation (SFG)
Spectroscopy”
27. Yujin Tong, Yanbao Zhao, Masatoshi Osawa and Shen Ye (Hokkaido University)“Interference Effect in SFG Spectra for the Thin Film Sample”
28. Yi Zhang, Yanbao Zhao, Masatoshi Osawa and Shen Ye (Hokkaido University)“In situ Monitoring of Lipid Vesicle Fusion on Electrode Surface”

29. Akira Yamakata and Masatoshi Osawa (Hokkaido University)“Dynamics of Water Molecules on Electrochemical Interfaces”
30. Wataru Ninomiya, Masahiro Sadakane, Hiroyuki Naitou and Wataru Ueda (Hokkaido University;
Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.)“An Effective Acylation of Pyruvate Esters to α-Acyloxyacrylate Esters with Heteropolyacid
Catalysts”