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Prospectus of FY2008 UK-Japan FoS Symposium

Background		In FY2008, JSPS will hold UK-Japan Frontiers of Science Symposium with the Royal Society of UK to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Amity and Commerce. The event will bring together outstanding Japanese and British researchers in all the fields of science.
Date	:	October 4- 6, 2008
Venue	:	Shonan Village Center (Kanagawa, Japan)
Number of participants		About 70 (35 from each side) Each session will be attended by two OCMs (one from each side), a chair, two speakers (one from each side) and the general participants. Organizing Committee Members

Session Topics:

- Olfaction and Pheromonal Communication in Vertebrates

- Self-assembling Materials

- Frontiers in the Plankton: Jellyfish Ecology

- Bio-inspired Approaches to Advanced Materials

- Transport Networks

- Genetic Basis of Cognition

- Gamma-ray Bursts


	Participants List:
	OCM : Organizing Committee Member

Olfaction and Pheromonal Communication in Vertebrates (Biology/Life Science)
OCM	Toshifumi Inada	Nagoya University
OCM [co-chair]	Kathryn Arnold	University of Glasgow
Chair	Jane HURST	University of Liverpool	Abstract
Speaker	Kazushige Touhara	The University of Tokyo	Abstract
Speaker	Peter BRENNAN	University of Bristol	Abstract
Self-assembling Materials (Chemistry/Biochemistry)
OCM	Itaru Hamachi	Kyoto University
OCM	Martin Bates	University of York
Chair	Kazushi Kinbara	Tohoku University	Abstract
Speaker	Izumi Ichinose	National Institute for Materials Science	Abstract
Speaker	David SMITH	University of York	Abstract
Frontiers in the Plankton: Jellyfish Ecology (Earth Science/Environment)
OCM	Masao Nakatani	The University of Tokyo
OCM	Richard Kirby	University of Plymouth
Chair	Hiroshi Miyake	Kitasato University	Abstract
Speaker	Dhugal Lindsay	Japan Marine Science & Technology Center	Abstract
Speaker	Priscilla LICANDRO	Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science	Abstract
Bio-Inspired Approaches to Advanced Materials (Material/Biomaterial Science)
OCM	Toshiya Okazaki	National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
OCM	Fiona Meldrum	University of Bristol
Chair	Richard BONSER	University of Reading	Abstract
Speaker	Jian Ping Gong	Hokkaido University	Abstract
Speaker	Pete VUKUSIC	University of Exeter	Abstract
Transport Networks (Math/Applied Math/Informatics)
OCM	Hiroki Arimura	Hokkaido University
OCM	Damon Wischik	University College London
Chair	Richard CONNORS	University of Leeds	Abstract
Speaker	Takamasa Iryo	Kobe University	Abstract
Speaker	Kathryn STEWART	Napier University	Abstract
Genetic Basis of Cognition (Medical/Neuroscience)
OCM [co-chair]	Katsuyuki Sakai	The University of Tokyo
OCM	Kate Lewis	University of Cambridge
Chair	Tadafumi Kato	RIKEN	Abstract
Speaker	Naoki Matsuo	Fujita Health University	Abstract
Speaker	Yulia KOVAS	Goldsmiths University	Abstract
Gamma-ray Bursts (Physics/Astrophysics)
OCM	Mio Murao	The University of Tokyo
OCM	Shiho Kobayashi	Liverpool John Moores University
Chair	Tomonori Totani	Kyoto University	Abstract
Speaker	Kunihito Ioka	High Energy Accelerator Research Organization	Abstract
Speaker	Stéphanie COURTY	University of Central Lancashire	Abstract

General Participants(Japan)
Kazuo EMOTO	National Institute of Genetics
Tomoteru FUKUMURA	Tohoku University
Hisashi HAYASHI	Japan Women’s University
Shunsuke KAMIJO	The University of Tokyo
Yuki KAWAGUCHI	The University of Tokyo
Takefumi KIKUSUI	Azabu University
Hidehito KUROYANAGI	Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Yutaka MAJIMA	Tokyo Institute of Technology
Kazunori MATSUURA	Kyushu University
Takeyoshi NAGAI	Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
Kae NAKAMURA	Kansai Medical University
Yoshio OKAMOTO	Tokyo Institute of Technology
Naoko TOKUCHI	Kyoto University
Kazuhito TSUKAGOSHI	National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Ryuhei UEHARA	Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Tomonari WAKABAYASHI	Kinki University

General Participants(UK)
Martin ATTFIELD	University of Manchester
Georgi DASKALOV	Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory
Moez DRAIEF	Imperial College London
Sophie DUPORT	Royal Hospital for Neurodisability
Steve EICHHORN	University of Manchester
John ELDRIDGE	University of Cambridge
Alexis GALLAGHER	University of Oxford
Saif HAQUE	Imperial College London
Ian JONES	University of Southampton
Mika KOHONEN	University of Hull
Cathy LUCAS	University of Southampton
Simone MEDDLE	University of Edinburgh
Thanh NGUYEN	University of Liverpool
David RIPPIN	University of Hull
Patricia SCHADY	University College London
Natasha SIGALA	University of Oxford
Andrew WILLS	University College London

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