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 16, 2000
| 9:00am-09:30am | Registration at the Warne Lounge, the Cosmos Club |
| 9:30am-10:20am |
Recent Progress in SUBARU and Prospects of Astronomy in Japan Dr. Kenichi KODAIRA, Former Director General, National Astronomical Observatory |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 12:00am-1:20pm |
Luncheon |
| 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 |
Molecular Biology of Rice Dr. Ko SHIMAMOTO , Professor, Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology |
| 3:00pm-3:30pm | Coffee break< |
| 3:30pm-4:20pm |
Plant Molecular Biology in Japan – past, present and future – Dr. Kiyotaka OKADA, Professor, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, |
| 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 |
| 5:30pm-6:00pm | Cocktail |
| 6:00pm-8:00pm | Dinner at The Westin Fairfax – the former Ritz-Carlton Hotel |
