Japanese American Frontiers of Science Symposium | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

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2012

	Date	:	November 30 – December 2, 2012
	Venue	:	Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center in Irvine, California

Session Topics:

- Epigenetics: Was Lamarck Right?

- Artificial Cells and Tissues by Chemistry

- Ocean Acidification / N₂O

- Potential Replacements for Rare Earths

- Auction Theory and Mechanism Design

- Personalized Medicine

- Second Law of Thermodynamics

- Aftermath of Disasters


	List of Participants:
	PGM: Planning Group Member Chairs, Speakers (US side): to be announced

Epigenetics: Was Lamarck Right? (Bioscience/Life Science)			Glossary
PGM [Co-chair]	Takeharu NAGAI	Osaka University
PGM	Joy K. WARD	University of Kansas
Chair	Jennifer BRISSON	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	Abstract
Speaker	Tania L. ROTH	University of Delaware	Abstract
Speaker	Hidetoshi SAZE	Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology	Abstract
Artificial Cells and Tissues by Chemistry (Chemistry/Biochemistry)			Glossary
PGM	Yasuteru URANO	The University of Tokyo
PGM	Torsten FIEBIG	Northwestern University
Chair	Shin-ichiro M. NOMURA	Tohoku University	Abstract
Speaker	Daniel GIBSON	J. Craig Venter Institute	Abstract
Speaker	Hiroaki ONOE	The University of Tokyo	Abstract
Ocean Acidification / N2O (Earth Science/Environment)			Glossary
PGM	Yusuke YOKOYAMA	The University of Tokyo
PGM	David H. MCNEAR	University of Kentucky
Chair	Michael BEMAN	University of California, Merced	Abstract
Speaker	Kristy J. KROEKER	University of California, Davis	Abstract
Speaker	Sakae TOYODA	Tokyo Institute of Technology	Abstract
Potential Replacements for Rare Earths (Materials Sciences/Biomaterials)			Glossary
PGM	Yuka TABE	Waseda University
PGM	Helen H. LU	Columbia University
Chair	Toshiharu TERANISHI	Kyoto University	Abstract
Speaker	Ping LIU	University of Texas at Arlington	Abstract
Speaker	Tomoyuki OGAWA	Tohoku University	Abstract
Auction Theory and Mechanism Design (Mathematics/Applied Mathematics/ Informatics)			Glossary
PGM	Kazuhisa MAKINO	The University of Tokyo
PGM	Jake HOFMAN	Microsoft Research
Chair	Sergei VASSILVITSKII	Google Research	Abstract
Speaker	Takayuki ITO	Nagoya Institute of Technology	Abstract
Speaker	Sebastien LAHAIE	Microsoft Research	Abstract
Personalized Medicine (Medical/Neuroscience)			Glossary
PGM	Toshihiko HOSOYA	RIKEN
PGM	Gonzalo E. TORRES	University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Chair	Taku MIYAGAWA	The University of Tokyo	Abstract
Speaker	Makoto ARAI	Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science	Abstract
Speaker	Elizabeth WORTHEY	Medical College of Wisconsin	Abstract
Second Law of Thermodynamics (Physics/Astrophysics/Astronomy)			Glossary
PGM	Yusuke KATO	The University of Tokyo
PGM [Co-chair]	Heather LEWANDOWSKI	JILA, University of Colorado
Chair	Kensuke KOBAYASHI	Osaka University	Abstract
Speaker	Gavin CROOKS	Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	Abstract
Speaker	Takahiro SAGAWA	Kyoto University	Abstract
Aftermath of Disasters (Social Sciences)			Glossary
PGM	Daiji KAWAGUCHI	Hitotsubashi University
PGM	Peter S. DODDS	University of Vermont
Chair	Carter T. BUTTS	University of California, Irvine	Abstract
Speaker	Yasuyuki SAWADA	University of Tokyo	Abstract
Speaker	Tricia WACHTENDORF	University of Delaware	Abstract

General Participants(Japan side)
Waka AOYAMA	Hokkaido University
Makoto ARITA	The University of Tokyo
Tatsushi IGAKI	Kobe University
Miya ISHIHARA	National Deffense Medical College
Toshimasa ISHII	Hokkaido University
Kiyoto KASAI	The University of Tokyo
Junichiro KURODA	Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)
Hiroaki KUSUNOSE	Ehime University
Kazuhiro MAESHIMA	National Institute of Genetics
Masanori MATSUZAKI	National Institutes of Natural Sciences (NINS)
Makiko NAKAMURO	Tohoku University
Yasushi OKADA	RIKEN
Yusuke OKAZAKI	Kyushu University
Hirotaka ONO	Kyushu University
Yuko SAKURAI	Kyushu University
Masaru SASAKI	Osaka University
Tomohiro SASAMOTO	Chiba University
Ryoko SHIMADA	Japan Women's University
Yoshinori TAKANO	Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)
Shinya YOSHIOKA	Osaka University
General Participants(US side)
Jill ANDERSON	University of South Carolina
Matthew BOGYO	Stanford University
Edward A. BOTCHWEY	Georgia Institute of Technology
Kate CARROLL	Scripps Research Institute
Damon CENTOLA	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jennifer N. Cha	University of Colorado
Sandeep Robert DATTA	Harvard Medical School
Diva D. De LEON	University of Pennsylvania
Arne D. EKSTROM	University of California, Davis
Elham FINI	North Carolina A&T State University
Brian GLAZER	University of Hawai'i, Manoa
Marta GONZALEZ	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Amy E. HOFMANN	University of California, Berkeley
Jacob HOOKER	Harvard Medical School
Ali KHADEMHOSSEINI	Harvard Medical School
LaShanda KORLEY	Case Western Reserve University
Krista LISDAHL	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Emilia MOROSAN	Rice University
Dustin RUBENSTEIN	Columbia University
Richard SCHALLER	Northwestern University
Megan SCHWAMB	Yale University
Emily TROEMEL	University of California, San Diego
Herschel WADE	Johns Hopkins University
Matthew WILLARD	Case Western Reserve University

—Program(PDF)