JSPS Quarterly No.23 2008

The following fellows participated in JSPS's Science Dialogue Program during the period from November 2007 through January 2008. For details about the program, please see its webpage at: http://www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-plaza/e-sdialogue/

- Overseas Fellowship Division

Chiba Prefectural Kashiwa High School

Date: 24 November
Dr. Michele Guarnieri (Italy)
Host institution: Tokyo Institute of Technology
Title: "From Snakes to Humanitarian Assistance Robots"

Fukui Prefectural Fujishima Senior High School

Date: 26 November
Dr. Christoph Gerle (Germany)
Host institution: Kyoto University
Title: "What Is Science and Why Am I Doing Science?"

Date: 25 January
Dr. Hsinyi S. Tsang (USA)
Host institution: National Institute of Infectious Diseases
Title: "Bioinformatics: Is It Really Science?"

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Gunma Prefectural Takasaki High School
Gunma Prefectural Takasaki Girl's High School
Waseda University Honjo Senior High School (Saitama)

Date: 10-11 November
Dr. Mikael O. Lindgren (Sweden)
Host institution: Osaka University
Title: "To See Is to Believe—and Some Optical Phenomena in Nature"

Dr. Kittiphong Paiboonsukwong (Thailand)
Host institution: Saitama Medical School
Title: "An Introduction to Gene Therapy"

Dr. Dorothee Dorner (Germany)
Host institution: National Institute for Materials Science
Title: "Some Notes on Materials Science"

Dr. Matthias U. Frey (Switzerland)
Host institution: Tokyo Institute of Technology
Title: "Chocolate, Cheese and Converters—An Introduction to Switzerland and A/D Conversion"

Dr. Erik D. Reese (USA)
Host institution: The University of Tokyo
Title: "Cosmology"

Hyogo Prefectural Kakogawa Higashi High School

Date: 18 December
Dr. Patryk S. Lykawka (Brazil)
Host institution: Kobe University
Title: "Origin and Evolution of the Solar System: Outstanding Questions and Mysteries"

Ibaraki Prefectural Takahagi High School

Date: 3 December
Dr. Myrian Nunomura (Brazil)
Host institution: University of Tsukuba
Title: "Introduction of Brazil"

Ikeda High School (Kagoshima)

Date: 28 January
Dr. Alexander D. Hernandez (USA)
Host institution: Kyoto University
Title: "The Ecology of Parasites in Japanese Macaques and Other Wildlife"

Kumamoto Prefectural Daini High School

Date: 6 November
Dr. Khaled F. H. Greish (Egypt)
Host institution: Sojo University
Title: "Cancer in the 21^st Century, Challenges and Solutions"

Miyazaki Prefectural Miyazaki Kita High School

Date: 14 December
Dr. Pavel Kocan (Czech Republic)
Host institution: Kyushu University
Title: "World of Nano-Science"

Osaka Prefectural Tondabayashi High School

Date: 1 November
Dr. Thi Thi Zin (Myanmar)
Host institution: Osaka City University
Title: "Introduction to New Technology of Image Processing"

Nara Prefectural Nara High School

Date: 21 November
Dr. Marie Paschaki (Greece)
Host institution: RIKEN
Title: "Only the Nose Knows"

Date: 26 December
Dr. Oanh T. P. Kim (Vietnam)
Host institution: Nara Women's University
Title: "From Genes to Proteins: A Brief Overview"

Ritsumeikan Senior High School (Kyoto)

Date: 18 December
Dr. Tito Akindele (UK)
Host institution: Kyoto University
Title: "From Atoms to Molecules: The Making of a Scientist"

Seishin Girls' High School (Okayama)

Date: 13 November
Dr. Siu Shan Mak (UK)
Host institution: RIKEN
Title: "A Tale of the Columella"

Shizuoka Kita High School (Shizuoka)

Date: 31 January
Dr. Oleg Gusev (Russia)
Host institution: National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences
Title: "Sleeping Chironomid and Its Usage in Space Life Science"

Shizuoka Prefectural Iwata Minami High School

Date: 13 December
Dr. Devang K. Thakor (USA)
Host institution: Kyoto University
Title: "Neuropathic Pain and Gene Therapy of the Peripheral Nervous System"

Dr. Aneta A. Kowalska (Poland)
Host institution: National Institutes of Natural Sciences
Title: "From Casual Life to Science"

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Tezukayama Senior High School (Nara)

Date: 6 November
Dr. David C. K. Ng (Malaysia)
Host institution: Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Title: "Image Sensor and the Human Eye"

Dr. Hedvig Rozsnyoi (Hungary)
Host institution: Nagoya University
Title: "1000 Years of Hungarian History"

Yamanashi Prefectural Tsuru High School

Date: 2 November
Dr. Abid A. Shah (Pakistan)
Host institution: Tokyo Institute of Technology
Title: "Introduction to Pakistan and My Research in Japan"

Date: 6 November
Dr. Lokesh K. Sahu (India)
Host institution: The University of Tokyo
Title: "Global Ozone and Climate Change & Culture of Chhattisgarh"

Yamanashi Prefectural Tsuru High School_2

Date: 11 December
Dr. David R. Mutekanga (Uganda)
Host institution: The University of Tokyo
Title: "General Introduction to Africa and Uganda—Sustainable Development"

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Date: 14 December
Dr. Charles S. Vairappan (Malaysia)
Host institution: The University of Tokyo
Title: "Marine Ecology Research in Borneo"

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Date: 25 January
Dr. Chi Wai Wong (UK)
Host institution: The University of Tokyo
Title: "Flow Control Studies on Airfoils"

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JSPS Quarterly No.23 2008