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JAFoS2006  

Date

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December 8-10, 2006
 

Venue

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Beckman Conference Center (Irvine, California, USA)

 

Participants 

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(to be determined)

 

Session Topics:
 

- Chemical Boilogy

- Climate Change

- DNA-based Nanosystems

- Extreme Photonics

- Meditation and the Brain

- Single Molecule Nano-Biology - Watch and Touch Single Molecules

- Slow Light

- The Evolution of Modern Humans
 

Participants List:

   PGM: Planning Group Member
Chemical Boilogy (Chemistry/Biochemistry)  
PGM
(Co-chair)		 Tohru Yoshihisa Associate Professor Nagoya University, Research Center for Materials Science
PGM Dirk Trauner Professor University of Californis, Berkeley, Chemistry Department
Chair Carolyn Bertozzi Research Professor University of Washington, Department of Physics
Speaker Motonari Uesugi Professor Kyoto University, Institute for Chemical Research Division of Biochemistry, Chemical Biology
Speaker Tom W. Muir Assistant Professor Dartmouth College, Department of Earth Sciences
Climate Change (Earth Science/Environment)  
PGM Mie Ichihara Assistant Professor The University of Tokyo, Earthquake Research Institute
PGM Arjun M. Heimsath Associate Professor Dartmouth College, Department of Earth Sciences, Assistant Professor
Chair Peter B. de Menocal Professor University of Californis, Berkeley, Chemistry Department
Speaker Ayako Abe-Ouchi Associate Professor The University of Tokyo, Center for Climate System Research
Speaker Andreas Schmittner Associate Professor Brown University, Department of Chemistry
DNA-based Nanosystems (Math/Applied Math/Informatics)  
PGM Masami Hagiya Professor The University of Tokyo, Department of Computer Science, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology
PGM Dana Randall Associate Professor Georgia Institute of Technoology, College of Computing
Chair Milan N. Stojanovic Assistant Professor Oregon State University, College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences
Speaker Satoshi Murata Associate Professor Tokyo Institute of Technology, Department Computational Intelligence and Systems Science, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering
Speaker Erik Winfree   Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, Department of Medicine
Extreme Photonics (Material/Biomaterial Science)  
PGM Yasuyuki Tsuboi Associate Professor Hokkaido University, Division of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science
PGM David J. Norris Professor University of Minnesota, Graduate Studies in Chemical Engineering Dept. of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
Chair Kazutaka Nakamura Associate Professor Tokyo Institute of Technology, Materials and Structures Laboratory
Speaker Kodo Kawase Professor Nagoya University, Quantum Engineering Department, Graduate School of Engineering
Speaker Christoph Rose-Petruck Associate Professor Brown University, Department of Chemistry
Meditation and the Brain (Medical/Neuro Science)  
PGM Katsuyuki Sakai Associate Professor The University of Tokyo, Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine
PGM Blythe Corbett Assistant Clinical Professor University of California, Davis, M.I.N.D. Institute
Chair Linda Carlson   Stanford University, Department of Anthropological Sciences Department of Genetics
Speaker Manabu Honda Director National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Department of Cortical Function Disorders, National Institute of Neuroscience
Speaker Sara Lazar   Binghamton University, Departments of Anthropology and Biological Sciences
Single Molecule Nano-Biology ― Watch and Touch Single Molecules (Biology/Life Science)  
PGM Yoshihiro Kubo Professor National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Division of Biophysics and Neurobiology, Department of Molecular Physiology
PGM Rachel Green Associate Professor Johns Hopkins University, Molecular Biology & Genetics
Chair Takayuki Nishizaka Associate Professor Gakushuin University, Department of Physics
Speaker Michio Tomishige Associate Professor The University of Tokyo, Department of Applied Physics, School of Engineering
Speaker Eric C. Greene   Columbia University,College of Physicians and Surgeons, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
Slow Light (Physics/Astrophysics)  
PGM Jens Gundlach Research Professor University of Washington, Department of Physics
PGM Kae Nemoto Associate Professor National Institute of Informatics, Principles of Informatics Research Division
Chair Toshihiro Nakanishi Research Associate Kyoto University, Graduate School of Engineering Department of Electronic Science and Engineering
Speaker Mikio Kozuma Associate Professor KTokyo Institute of Technology, Department of Physics
Speaker Lene Vestergaard Hau   University of Calgary, Department of Psychosocial Resources Tom Baker Cancer Centre-Holy Cross Site
The Evolution of Modern Humans (Social Science)  
PGM Taisei Kaizoji Professor International Christian University, Division of Social Sciences
PGM Barry Rolett Professor University of Hawaii, Department of Anthropology
Chair Joanna Mountain Assistant Professor Columbia University,College of Physicians and Surgeons, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
Speaker Minoru Yoneda Associate Professor The University of Tokyo, Laboratory of Human Evolution System Department of Integrated Biosciences Graduate School of Frontier Sciences
Speaker J. Koji Lum   Harvard University, Department of Physics, Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics and Professor of Physics
General Participant
Participant Itaru Hamachi Professor Kyoto University, Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering
Participant Kazunori Ikebukuro Associate Professor Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Faculty of Technology, Department Biotechnology and Life Science
Participant Takeshi Ohkuma Professor Hokkaido University, Laboratory of Organic Synthesis, Division of Chemical Process Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering
Participant Hiroshi Munekane Researcher Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Space Geodesy Research Division, Geography & Crustal Dynamics Research Center, Geographical Survey Institute
Participant Norihiro Nakamura Assistant Professor Tohoku University, Division of Geo-Environmental Science, Department of Earth Sciences
Participant Takeshi Hashimoto Associate Professor Hokkaido University, Faculty of ScienceGraduate, School of Science Institute of Seismology and Volcanology
Participant Masahito Yamamoto Associate Professor Hokkaido University, Laboratory of Harmonious Systems Engineering, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology
Participant Reiji Suda Associate Professor The University of Tokyo, Department of Computer Science, Gradute School of Information Science and Technology
Participant Toshimasa Fujisawa Senior Research Scientist, Distinguished Technical Member NTT, Basic Research Laboratories, Quantum Solid State Research Group
Participant Koji Hatanaka Assistant Professor Tohoku University, Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science
Participant Yusuke Mori Associate Professor Osaka University, Department of Electrical, Electronic and information Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering
Participant Akio Sakamoto Surgeon Kyushu University Hospital, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Participant Yoichi Ando Senior Research Scientist Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, Materials Physics and Synthesis Materials Science Research Laboratory
Participant Masahiko Haruno Researcher ATR, Computational Neuroscience Laboratories, Department of computational neurobiology
Participant Kenzo Hirose Professor Nagoya University, Department of Cell Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine
Participant Hiroko Takeuchi Assistant Professor Osaka University, Physiological laboratory, Department of Frontierbiosciences
Participant Akira Furusaki Chief Scientist RIKEN, Condensed Matter Theory Laboratory, Discovery Research Institute
(The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research)
Participant Tetsuo Deguchi Professor Ochanomizu University, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science
Participant Misako Takayasu Associate Professor Tokyo Institute of Technology, Department of Computational Intelligence and Systems Science, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering
Participant Mikihiro Moriyama Professor Nanzan University, Faculty of Foreign Languages, Department of Asian Studies
Participant Yosuke Okada Associate Professor Hitotsubashi University, Graduate School of Economics
General Participant (USA)
Participant William Bailey   Columbia University, Material Science Program, Department of Applied Physics & Applied Mathematics
Participant Elizabeth Barton   University of California, Irvine, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Participant Rachel Bean   Cornell University
Participant Raissa D'Souza   University of California, Davis, Computational Science and Engineering
Participant Katrina Goddard   Case Western Reserve University, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Participant Stefan Heller   Stanford University School of Medicine, OHNS & Molecular Cell Physiology
Participant Marika Holland   National Center for Atmospheric Research
Participant Darrell Irvine   Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Participant Moses Nam Fong Lee   Hope College, Dean of Natural and Applied Sciences and Professor of Chemistry
Participant Katie Peichel   Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Human Biology, Assistant Member
   
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