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"Science in Japan" Forum

Sponsored by The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and
organized by its Washington Liaison Office
Cosponsored by National Institute of Health, National Science Foundation,
U.S. Department of Energy, and American Association for the Advancement of Science
Washington DC on June 17, 1999

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES AND ABSTRACT

 

9:00am-09:30am

Registration at the Warne Lounge, the Cosmos Club

9:30am-10:20am

Prospects of High Intensity Hadron Beam Facility in Japan

Dr. Shoji NAGAMIYA, Professor, Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies (IPNS), High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)

10:20am-11:10am

Neutrino Beams Now Go to Kamioka from KEK - The First Long Baseline Neutrino Oscillation Experiment Commenced -

Dr. Kenzo NAKAMURA, Professor, Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies (IPNS), High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)

11:10am-12:00am

The RHIC - Project at BNL and the Japanese Participation in its Research Program

Dr. Satoshi OZAKI, Project Leader, RHIC, Brookhaven National Laboratory

12:00am-1:20pm

Luncheon

1:20pm-2:10pm

Future Directives in Life Science Research in Japan

Dr. Kiyoshi KUROKAWA, Dean of Tokai University School of Medicine

2:10pm-3:00pm

A Tale of Protein Kinase C: Membrane Lipid Mediators for Cell Signaling and Regulation

Dr. Yasutomi NISHIZUKA, President of Kobe University

3:00pm-3:30pm

Coffee break

3:30pm-4:20pm

Molecular Dynamics Involved in Brain Development and Differentiation

Dr. Katsuhiko MIKOSHIBA, Professor, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo,

4:20pm-5:10pm

Searching for Visual System Mutations in Zebrafish

Dr. John E. DOWLING, Professor, The Biological Laboratories, Harvard University

5:30pm-6:00pm

Cocktail

6:00pm-8:00pm

Dinner at The Westin Fairfax - the former Ritz-Carlton Hotel


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