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9:00am-09:30am |
Registration at the Warne Lounge, the Cosmos Club |
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9:30am-10:20am |
Recent Progress in SUBARU and Prospects of Astronomy in Japan Dr. Kenichi KODAIRA, Former Director General, National Astronomical Observatory |
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10:20am-11:10am |
How Stars Are Formed: What We Have Leaned from Mm and Sub-mm Studies Dr. Yasuo FUKUI, Professor, Department of Physics and Astrophysics, Nagoya University |
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11:10am-12:00am |
Astrophysics and Particle Physics with Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) Dr. Tuneyoshi KAMAE, Professor, Faculty of Science, Hiroshima Unviersity |
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12:00am-1:20pm |
Luncheon |
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1:20pm-2:10pm |
Recent Topics in RNA Research in Japan Dr. Yoshiro SHIMURA, Professor Emeritus of Kyoto University, Director of Biomolecular Engineering Research Institute |
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2:10pm-3:00pm |
Dr. Ko SHIMAMOTO, Professor, Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology |
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3:00pm-3:30pm |
Coffee break |
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3:30pm-4:20pm |
Plant Molecular Biology in Japan - past, present and future - Dr. Kiyotaka OKADA, Professor, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, |
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4:20pm-5:10pm |
The Origins and Diversity of Crops: An Evolutionary Perspective Dr. Barbara A. Schaal, Professor, Department of Biology, Washington University at St. Louis |
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5:30pm-6:00pm |
Cocktail |
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6:00pm-8:00pm |
Dinner at The Westin Fairfax - the former Ritz-Carlton Hotel |