5th ISAJ Symposium PROGRAM

December 1, 2014 (Monday)

8:30 - 9:00

Registration

9:00 - 9:05

Lighting of the lamp

9:05 - 9:55

Inaugural Session

9:05 - 9:10

Welcome Address

Sunil Kaul

Chairman, ISAJ

9:10 - 9:20

Inaugural Address

H.E. Ms. Deepa Gopalan Wadhwa

The Ambassador of India to Japan

9:20 - 9:40

Keynote

Noboru Yumoto

Vice-President, AIST

9:40 - 9:50

Address

Chadaram Sivaji

Counselor Science & Technology, Embassy of India

9:50 - 9:55

Vote of Thanks

Alok Singh

Vice Chairman, ISAJ

9:55 - 10:00

GROUP PHOTO

10:00 - 10:15

COFFEE BREAK

10:15 - 11:20

Plenary Session 1:  Bio-imaging

Chairs:  Yoshihiro Ohmiya & D Sakthi Kumar

10:15 - 10:35

Masataka Kinjo

Hokkaido University

Study of transcription factor using fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy in the living cell

10:35 - 10:50

Toshimasa Uemura

AIST

Long term labeling of stem cells by internalizing quantum dots using mortalin

antibody

10:50 - 11:05

Srivani Veeranarayanan Toyo University

Molecular imaging with nanoparticles: Big tasks for dwarf players

11:05 - 11:20

Motomichi Doi

AIST

Direct visualization of neuronal circuit formation, function and maintenance by fluorescent-fusion proteins in living C. elegans

11:20 - 12:50

LUNCH

&

POSTER SESSION

Chair: Neeraj Kumar

12:50 - 13:55

Plenary Session 2:  Earth Sciences

Chairs: Yukio Masumoto & Swadhin Behera

12:50 - 13:10

Yukio Masumoto

Tokyo University

EIOURI and IIOE-2: Two international research activities of Indian ocean

oceanography

13:10 - 13:25

Prabir Patra

JAMSTEC

Estimation of hydroxyl concentration in Earth’s atmosphere

13:25 - 13:40

Satsuki Matsumura

FRA

Biological oceanography from space: practical application for fisheries

management in a changing climate!

13:40 - 13:55

J. V Ratnam

JAMSTEC

Remote effects of the north Indian Ocean tropical disturbances

13:55 - 14:10

COFFEE BREAK

14:10 - 15:25

Plenary Session 3:  Materials Science

Chairs: Yoko Yamabe-Mitarai  & Alok Singh

14:10 - 14:30

Yoko Yamabe-Mitarai

NIMS

High temperature functional and structure Ti alloys

14:30 - 14:50

Isao H. Inoue

AIST

Crisis of transistor, and beyond

14:50 - 15:10

Kazuya Shimoda

NIMS

Recent progress of SiC ceramic matrix composites for energy/environmental applications

15:10 - 15:25

Mukesh Kumar

NIMS

Atomistic modelling to understand, describe, and design absorber materials for thin-film solar cell applications

15:25 -15:40

COFFEE BREAK

15:40 -16:10

Session 4:  Student Session

Chairs:  Mahendra Kumar Pal & Anupama Choudhary

Jay Prakash, Banaras Hindu University

Swapnil Ghodke, Nagoya University

Xin Ji, NIMS

Nupur Nigam, Tsukuba University

16:10 - 16:50

Session 5:  Young PI Session

Chairs: Manish Biyani

16:00 - 16:10

Mahesh K. Kaushik Tsukuba University

Prostaglandin D₂ is crucial for seizure suppression and postictal sleep

16:10 - 16:20

P. K. Hashim

Tokyo University

Molecularly engineered bionanocaplets for intracellular delivery: Precise size

control via template polymerization

16:20 - 16:30

Babita Shashni

Tsukuba University

Implications of targeting transcriptional factor PPAR gamma for breast cancer therapeutics

16:30 - 16:40

Bhupendra Sharma Ritsumeikan University

Development of a novel powder metallurgy route to fabricate biomedical beta-

titanium alloys!

16:50 - 17:00

Concluding Session and Award Ceremony