The 3rd HOKU (Honolulu Office of Kobe University) Symposium:

Agricultural Science for Sustainable Global Developmentand Healthy Society
Organized by: The Institute for Promoting International Partnerships, Kobe University
In collaboration with: The University of Nebraska – Lincoln
Date

Friday, November 16, 2018

Venue

Hideto Kono Seminar Room on the 2nd floor of JAIMS(Japan-America Institute of Management Science)

Address

JAIMS, 6660 Hawaii Kai Drive, Honolulu, Hawaii 96825-1192

9:30-9:45

Opening Remarks
Prof. Ken-Ichi Shimomura (Director, Office of the Americas, Kobe University)
Prof. Steve Goddard (Former Vice Chancellor / Professor, Department ofComputer Science & Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln)

9:45-9:55

Introduction to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Mr. Josh Davis (Assistant Vice Chancellor for Global Engagement for theInstitute of Agriculture and Natural Resources (IANR))
Dr. Tala Awada (Associate Dean of the Agricultural Research Division for theInstitute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, and Associate Director of theNebraska Agricultural Experiment Station)

Session 1

Human Health Science (chaired by Drs. Ro Osawa and Yasuhito Shirai)

9:55-10:20

Dr. Yasuhito Shirai (Kobe University, Japan)
Diacylglycerol kinase α(DGKα) as possible therapeutic targets for diabetic
nephropathy.

10:20-10:45

Dr. Varnavas Mouchlis (University of California San Diego, USA)
Defining binding and interactions of α-tocopherol with laminin receptor usinghydrogen/deuterium exchange and molecular dynamics.

10:45-11:00

Coffee break

11:00-11:30

Dr. Masashi Mizuno (Kobe University, Japan)
Lentinan exerts anti-inflammatory activity by suppression of transfer of tumor
necrosis factor receptor 1 to the surface on intestinal epithelial cell throughβglucan receptor Dectin-1.

11:30-12:00

Dr. Amanda Ramer-Tait (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA)Interactions between specific bacterial species and the resident microbiota candetermine the metabolic effects of a prebiotic.

12:00-12:30

Dr. Ro Osawa (Kobe University, Japan)
Evaluation of Functionality of Food components by human intestinal models:
Kobe University’s approach.

12:30-13:30

Lunch

Session 2

Agricultural Economics (chaired by Dr. Steve Goddard)

13:30-14:00

Dr. Akira Ishida (Kobe University, Japan)
Urban food production and household food security in developing countries.

14:00-14:30

Dr. Wei Zheng (Nankai University, China)
Sustainable Development of the Rural Finance in China--A Case Study on the Perspective of the “Financial Function”.

14:30-15:00

Dr. Jihei Kaneko (Kobe University, Japan)
Why do children and old people have evening meals alone in Japan?

15:00-15:30

Dr. Simanti Banerjee (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA)
Spatially Coordinated Agricultural Land Conservation through Payment for
Ecosystem Services Schemes: An Experimental Economic Study.

15:30-15:45

Coffee break

Session 3

Plant Pathology (chaired by Dr. Kenichi Ikeda)

15:45-16:15

Dr. Yukio Tosa (Kobe University, Japan)
The wheat blast fungus – mechanisms of its evolution and strategies for itscontrol.

16:15-16:45

Dr. Miaoying Tian (University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA)
Dissection of the pathogenicity mechanisms of Phytophthora palmivora using
CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing.

16:45-17:15

Dr. Richard Wilson (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA)
Molecular mechanisms governing fungal growth in rice cells.

17:15-17:30

Closing Remarks
Prof. Toshinori Kawabata, Dean, Faculty/Graduate School of Agricultural
Science (Kobe University, Japan)

18:30-20:30

Evening social