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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 15, 2001

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES AND ABSTRACT 


9:00am-09:30am

Registration at the Warne Lounge, the Cosmos Club

9:30am-10:20am

How is the Matter Dominated Universe Created?

Dr. Motohiko Yoshimura, Director, Institute for Cosmic Ray, University of Tokyo

10:20am-11:10am

Does Particle and Anti-particle Behave Symmetric in B-mesons?

Dr. Fumihiko Takasaki, Professor, Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)

11:10am-12:00am

From the Structure of Protons to the Structure of Proteins - Electron Accelerator-based Science

Dr. Jonathan M. Dorfan,Director, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), Stanford University

12:00am-1:20pm

Luncheon

1:20pm-2:20pm

Plastic Can be Made Electrically Conductive - Research and Development on Polyacetylene -

Dr. Hideki Shirakawa, Professor Emeritus,University of Tsukuba

2:20pm-2:40pm

Dr. Alan J. Heeger, Professor,Department of Physics, University of California at Santa Barbara

2:40pm-3:00pm

Dr. Alan G. MacDiarmid, Blanchard Professor of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania

3:00pm-3:20pm

Coffee Break

3:20pm-4:10pm

Physics and Biology of Protein Folding

Dr. Nobuhiro Go, Professor,Department of Chemistry, Kyoto University

4:10pm-5:00pm

Structure, Function and Structural Organization of Mitochondrial Cytochrome c Oxidase

Dr. Tomitake Tsukihara, Professor, Institute of Protein Research,Osaka University

6:00pm-8:00pm

Cocktail at Westin Fairfax Hotel

6:30pm-9:00pm

Dinner at Westin Fairfax Hotel


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