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1st Kyoto University-Inamori Foundation Joint Kyoto Prize Symposium
July 12-13, 2014
Executive Chair
Norihiro Tokitoh
Professor, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University
- Web Site URL
- http://boc.kuicr.kyoto-u.ac.jp/www/tokitoh/index_e.html
- A brief Biography
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Norihiro Tokitoh is a professor of chemistry at the Institute for Chemical Research (ICR), Kyoto University. He received his Ph. D. (1985) from the University of Tokyo. After spending some years as Research Associate (1986) and then Assistant Professor (1987) of Tsukuba Univ., and Assistant Professor (1989) and then Associate Professor (1994) of The University of Tokyo, he was appointed as Professor of the Institute for Fundamental Organic Chemistry, Kyushu Univ. in 1998 and moved to ICR, Kyoto University in 2000. He served as Guest Professor at Institute for Molecular Science (2001-2003), Technische Universität Braunschweig (2004-2007), and Universität Bonn (2013-), and Director of ICR (2008-2012).
- Details of selected Awards and Honors
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His main research interest is focused on novel bonding and structures in heavier main group element chemistry. He received Incentive Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan (1992), Progress Award in Silicon Chemistry, Japan (1996), Japan IBM Science Award (1998), Chemical Society of Japan Award for Creative Work (2003), Alexander von Humboldt Research Award (2003), Lectureship Award of National Science Council, Republic of China (2007), Kim Yong Hae Lectureship Award of KAIST, Korea (2010), BCSJ Awards (2002, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, and 2013), Best Reviewer Commendation (JSPS; 2010), and Re-invitation by AvH Research Award (2013). He contributed to several chemistry journals, such as Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry (Associate Editor for Asia, 1998-2006), Organometallics (Advisory Board Member, 2006-2009), Journal of Sulfur Chemistry (Editorial Board Member, 2001-), Main Group Metal Chemistry (Editorial Board Member, 2011-) and Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan (Editor-in-chief, 2013-).
- A list of selected Publications
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1) Synthesis and Characterization of a Stable Dibismuthene: Evidence for a Bi-Bi Double Bond, Tokitoh, N.; Arai, Y.; Okazaki, R.; Nagase, S. Science, 1997, 277, 78-80.
2) A Stable Neutral Silaaromatic Compound, 2-{2,4,6-Tris[bis(trimethylsilyl)methyl]phenyl}-2-silanaphthalene, Tokitoh, N.; Wakita, K.; Okazaki, R.; Nagase, S.; Schleyer, P. v. R.; Jiao, H. J. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1997, 119, 6951-6952.
3) New Progress in the Chemistry of Stable Metallaaromatic Compounds of Heavier Group 14 Elements, Tokitoh, N. Acc. Chem. Res. 2004, 37, 86-94.
4) Synthesis and Reactions of a Stable 1,2-Diaryl-1,2-dibromodisilene: A Precursor for Substituted Disilenes and a 1,2-Diaryldisilyne, Sasamori, T.; Hironaka, K. ; Sugiyama, Y.; Takagi, N.; Nagase, S.; Hosoi, Y. ; Furukawa, Y.; Tokitoh, N. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 13856-13857.
5) Stable Heavier Carbene Analogues, Mizuhata, Y.; Sasamori, T.; Tokitoh, N. Chem. Rev. 2009, 109, 3479-351.
Program Chair for the Category of Advanced Technology
Susumu Noda
Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University
- Web Site URL
- http://www.qoe.kuee.kyoto-u.ac.jp/e/index.php?FrontPage
- A brief Biography
- Professor Susumu Noda received B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, in 1982, 1984, and 1991, respectively, all in electronics. In 2006, he has received an honorary degree from Gent University, Gent, Belgium. From 1984 to 1988, he was with the Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, and he joined Kyoto University in 1988. Currently he is a full Professor with the Department of Electronic Science and Engineering and a director of Photonics and Electronics Science and Engineering Center (PESEC), Kyoto University. His research interest covers physics and applications of photonic and quantum nanostructures including photonic crystals and quantum dots.
- Details of selected Awards and Honors
- He received several awards including the IBM Science Award (2000), the Japan Society of Applied Physics Achievement Award on Quantum Electronics (2005), and OSA Joseph Fraunhofer Award/Robert M. Burley Prize (2006), IEEE Fellow (2008), IEEE Nanotechnology Pioneering Award (2009), Reo Esaki Awards (2009).
- A list of selected Publications
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・Noda, et al., “Trapping and emission of photons by a single defect in a photonic bandgap structure”, Nature, vol. 407, No. 6804, pp.608-610 (OCT 5 2000)
・Noda, et al., “Full three-dimensional photonic bandgap crystals at near-infrared wavelengths”, Science, vol.289 No. 5479, pp. 604-606 (JUL 28 2000)
・Imada, Noda, et al., “Coherent two-dimensional lasing action in surface-emitting laser with triangular-lattice photonic crystal structure”, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol.75, No.3, pp. 316-318 (JUL 19 1999).
・Akahane, Noda, et al., “High-Q photonic nanocavity in a two-dimensional photonic crystal”, Nature, vol. 425, No. 6961, pp. 944-947 (OCT 30 2003).
and over 390
Total citation: over 12,000
Program Chairs for the Field of Information Science
Toru Ishida
Professor, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University
- Web Site URL
- http://www.ai.soc.i.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~ishida/indexj.htm
- A brief Biography
- 1998-present: Full Professor (April 1998), Department of Social Informatics, Kyoto University.
1993-1998: Full Professor (July 1993), Department of Information Science, Kyoto University.
1978-1993: Research Scientist, NTT Laboratories - Details of selected Awards and Honors
- 2010 Autonomous Agents and Multi Agent Systems Influential Paper Award
2006 The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology - A list of selected Publications
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Toru Ishida Ed. Field Informatics. Kyoto University Field Informatics Research Group. Springer, 2012.
Toru Ishida Ed. The Language Grid: Service-Oriented Collective Intelligence for Language Resource Interoperability. Springer, 2011.
Toshiyuki Tanaka
Professor, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University
- Web Site URL
- http://www-adsys.sys.i.kyoto-u.ac.jp/tt/Tanaka-e.html
- A brief Biography
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April, 1993 Assistant, Faculty of Technology, Tokyo Metropolitan University April, 2000 Lecturer, Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan University January, 2002 Associate Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan University April, 2005 Associate Professor, Faculty of System Design, Tokyo Metropolitan University October, 2005 – present Professor, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University
- Details of selected Awards and Honors
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2003 1st DoCoMo Mobile Science Prize (Fundamental Science) 2005 Young Scientist Award of Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology - A list of selected Publications
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Toshiyuki TANAKA, “A statistical-mechanics approach to large-system analysis of CDMA multiuser detectors,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, volume 48, number 11, pages 2888-2910, 2002.
Giuseppe CAIRE, Ralf MULLER, and Toshiyuki TANAKA, “Iterative multiuser joint decoding: optimal power allocation and low-complexity implementation,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, volume 50, number 9, pages 1950-1973, 2004.
Toshiyuki TANAKA and Masato OKADA, “Approximate belief propagation, density evolution, and statistical neurodynamics for CDMA multiuser detection,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, volume 51, number 2, pages 700-706, 2005.
Shiro IKEDA, Toshiyuki TANAKA, and Shun-ichi AMARI, “Stochastic reasoning, free energy and information geometry,” Neural Computation, volume 16, number 9, pages 1779-1810, 2004.
Yoshiyuki Kabashima, Tadashi Wadayama, and Toshiyuki Tanaka, “Typical reconstruction limit of compressed sensing based on Lp-norm minimization,” Journal of Statistical Mechanics, L09003 (12p), 2009.
Toshiyuki TANAKA, “Mean field theory of Boltzmann machine learning,” Physical Review E, volume 58, number 2, pages 2302-2310, 1998.
Toshiyuki TANAKA, “Information geometry of mean field approximation,” Neural Computation, volume 12, number 8, pages 1951-1968, 2000.
Yuichi Nakamura
Professor, Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies, Kyoto Unviersity
Program Chair for the Category of Basic Sciences
Atsushi Moriwaki
Professor, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University
- A brief Biography
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1986 – 1995 Research Assistant of Kyoto University 1992 – 1995 Assistant Professor of UCLA 1995 – 2003 Associate Professor of Kyoto University 2003 – Professor of Kyoto University 2008 – 2009 Vice-Dean of Graduate school of Science, Kyoto University 2010 – Assistant to the Executive Vice-President - Details of selected Awards and Honors
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2001 2001 Japanese Mathematical Society’s Fall Prize - A list of selected Publications
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●Papers
[1] Relative Zariski decomposition on higher-dimensional algebraic varieties. Proc. Japan Acad. Ser. A Math. Sci. 62 (1986), no. 3, 108-111.
[2] Semiampleness of the numerically effective part of Zariski decomposition. J. Math. Kyoto Univ. 26 (1986), no. 3, 465-481.
[3] Torsion freeness of higher direct images of canonical bundles. Math. Ann. 276 (1987), no. 3, 385-398.
[4] Semi-ampleness of the numerically effective part of Zariski decomposition. II. Algebraic geometry and commutative algebra, Vol. I, 289-311, Kinokuniya, Tokyo, 1988.
[5] A note on Bogomolov-Gieseker’s inequality in positive characteristic. Duke Math. J. 64 (1991), no. 2, 361-375.
[6] A criterion of openness of a family of nef line bundles. Manuscripta Math. 75 (1992), no. 3, 327-331.
[7] Semi-stably polarized fiber spaces and Bogomolov-Gieseker’s inequality. J. Math. Kyoto Univ. 32 (1992), no. 4, 843-872.
[8] Frobenius pull-back of vector bundles of rank 2 over nonuniruled varieties. Math. Ann. 296 (1993), no. 3, 441-451.
[9] Height inequality of nonisotrivial curves over function fields. J. Algebraic Geom. 3 (1994), no. 2, 249-263.
[10] Inequality of Bogomolov-Gieseker type on arithmetic surfaces. Duke Math. J. 74 (1994), no. 3, 713-761.
[11] Bogomolov unstability on arithmetic surfaces. Math. Res. Lett. 1 (1994), no. 5, 601-611.
[12] Geometric height inequality on varieties with ample cotangent bundles. J. Algebraic Geom. 4 (1995), no. 2, 385-396.
[13] Remarks on rational points of varieties whose cotangent bundles are generated by global sections. Math. Res. Lett. 2 (1995), no. 1, 113-118.
[14] Arithmetic Bogomolov-Gieseker’s inequality. Amer. J. Math. 117 (1995), no. 5, 1325-1347.
[15] Faltings modular height and self-intersection of dualizing sheaf. Math. Z. 220 (1995), no. 2, 273-278.
[16] Lower bound of self-intersection of dualizing sheaves on arithmetic surfaces with reducible fibres. Math. Ann. 305 (1996), no. 1, 183-190.
[17] Hodge index theorem for arithmetic cycles of codimension one. Math. Res. Lett. 3 (1996), no. 2, 173-183.
[18] A sharp slope inequality for general stable fibrations of curves. J. Reine Angew. Math. 480 (1996), 177-195.
[19] Bogomolov conjecture for curves of genus 2 over function fields. J. Math. Kyoto Univ. 36 (1996), no. 4, 687-695.
[20] Bogomolov conjecture over function fields for stable curves with only irreducible fibers. Compositio Math. 105 (1997), no. 2, 125-140.
[21] Relative Bogomolov’s inequality and the cone of positive divisors on the moduli space of stable curves. J. Amer. Math. Soc. 11 (1998), no. 3, 569-600.
[22] The continuity of Deligne’s pairing. Internat. Math. Res. Notices 1999, no. 19, 1057-1066.
[23] Arithmetic height functions over finitely generated fields. Invent. Math. 140 (2000), no. 1, 101-142.
[24] The canonical arithmetic height of subvarieties of an abelian variety over a finitely generated field. J. Reine Angew. Math. 530 (2001), 33-54.
[25] A generalization of conjectures of Bogomolov and Lang over finitely generated fields. Duke Math. J. 107 (2001), no. 1, 85-102.
[26] The Q-Picard group of the moduli space of curves in positive characteristic. Internat. J. Math. 12 (2001), no. 5, 519-534.
[27] (Joint work with S. Kawaguchi) Inequalities for semistable families of arithmetic varieties. J. Math. Kyoto Univ. 41 (2001), no. 1, 97-182.
[28] Nef divisors in codimension one on the moduli space of stable curves. Compositio Math. 132 (2002), no. 2, 191-228.
[29] (Joint work with S. Kawaguchi and K. Yamaki) Introduction to Arakelov geometry. Algebraic geometry in East Asia (Kyoto, 2001), 1-74, World Sci. Publ., River Edge, NJ, 2002.
[30] Diophantine geometry viewed from Arakelov geometry. Sugaku Expositions. Sugaku Expositions 17 (2004), no. 2, 219-234.
[31] The number of algebraic cycles with bounded degree. J. Math. Kyoto Univ. 44 (2004), no. 4, 819-890.
[32] On the finiteness of abelian varieties with bounded modular height, ASPM 45, 2006, Moduli Spaces and Arithmetic Geometry (Kyoto 2004), 157-187.
[33] (Joint work with I. Iwanari) Dominant rational maps in the category of log schemes. Tohoku Math. J. 59 (2007), 481-525.
[34] Rigidity of log morphisms. Publ. Res. Inst. Math. Sci. 44 (2008), 371-401.
[35] Subsheaves of a hermitian torsion free coherent sheaf on an arithmetic variety. J. Math. Kyoto Univ. 48 (2008), 7-26.
[36] Continuity of volumes on arithmetic varieties. J. of Algebraic geometry 18 (2009), 407-457.
[37] Continuous Extension of Arithmetic Volumes. International Mathematics Research Notices (2009), 3598-3638.
[38] Estimation of arithmetic linear series. Kyoto J. of Math., 50 (Memorial issue for the late Professor Nagata) (2010), 685-725.
[39] Free basis consisting of strictly small sections. International Mathematics Research Notices, Advance Access published on June 9, 2010; doi: doi:10.1093/imrn/rnq116.
[40] Big arithmetic divisors on the projective spaces over Z. Kyoto J. of Math., 51 (2011), 503-534.
[41] Arithmetic linear series with base conditions, Math. Z., 272 (2012), 1383-1401. (DOI) 10.1007/s00209-012-0991-2.
[42] Zariski decompositions on arithmetic surfaces, Publ. RIMS Kyoto Univ., 48 (2012), 799-898. (DOI) 10.2977/PRIMS/89.
[43] Toward Dirichlet’s unit theorem on arithmetic varieties, Kyoto J. of Math., 53 (2013), 197-259. (DOI) 10.1215/21562261-1966116.
[44] Numerical characterization of nef arithmetic divisors on arithmetic surfaces, to appear in Annales de la faculté des sciences de Toulouse, see also preprint (arXiv:1201.6124 [math.AG]).
[45] (Joint work with José Ignacio Burgos Gil, Patrice Philippon and Martín Sombra) Arithmetic geometry of toric varieties. Positivity properties, to appear in Journal of Algebraic Geometry.
●Preprints
[1] Adelic divisors on arithmetic varieties, (arXiv:1302.1922 [math.AG]).
[2] (Joint work with Huayi Chen) Algebraic dynamical systems and Dirichlet’s unit theorem on arithmetic varieties, (arXiv:1312.3528 [math.AG]).
[3] Toward a geometric analogue of Dirichlet’s unit theorem, (arXiv:1311.6307 [math.AG]).
●Books
[1] Arakelov geometry. Iwanami Shoten (in Japanese).
Program Chairs for the Field of Life Sciences
Eisuke Nishida
Professor, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University
- Web Site URL
- http://www.lif.kyoto-u.ac.jp/labs/signal/
- A brief Biography
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Education:
1972-1976 University of Tokyo, Faculty of Science, Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry. 1976-1981 University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Science, Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry. Awarded the degree of PhD. Research and professional experience:
1981-1993 Assistant Professor at University of Tokyo, Faculty of Science. 1993-1997 Professor at Kyoto University, Institute for Virus Research. 1997 – Professor at Kyoto University, Graduate School of Science, Department of Biophysics. 1999 – Professor at Kyoto University, Graduate School of Biostudies, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology. 2005-2009 Dean, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University - Details of selected Awards and Honors
- 2001 Nissan Science Prize
2002 Inoue Prize for Science
2003 Osaka Science Prize
2009 Uehara Award
2010 Takeda Prize for Medical Science
2010 Purple Ribbon Medal - A list of selected Publications
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1. Gotoh, Y., Nishida, E. et al. (1991) In vitro effects on microtubule dynamics of purified Xenopus M phase-activated MAP kinase. Nature 349, 251-254.
2. Nishida, E. and Gotoh, Y. (1993) The MAP kinase cascade is essential for diverse signal transduction pathways. Trends Biochem. Sci. 18, 128-131.
3. Fukuda, M., Asano, S., Nakamura, T., Adachi, M., Yoshida, M., Yanagida, M. and Nishida, E. (1997) CRM1 is responsible for intracellular transport mediated by the nuclear export signal. Nature 390, 308-311.
4. Toyoshima-Morimoto, F., Taniguchi, E., Shinya, N., Iwamatsu, A. and Nishida, E. (2001) Polo-like kinase 1 phosphorylates cyclin B1 and targets it to the nucleus during prophase. Nature 410, 215-220.
5. Honjoh S., Yamamoto T., Uno M., and Nishida E. (2009) Signalling through RHEB-1 mediates intermittent fasting-induced longevity in C. elegans. Nature 457, 726-730.
Akira Kakizuka
Professor, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University
- A brief Biography
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1984 M.D. (Kanazawa University, Faculty of Medicine) 1988 Ph.D. (Kyoto University, Graduate School of Medicine) 1988〜1992 Research Associate, (Kyoto University, Faculty of Medicine) 1989〜1992 Visiting Research Associate (The Salk Institute of Biological Studies) 1992〜1995 Lecturer (Kyoto University, Faculty of Medicine) 1995〜1997 Associate Professor (Kyoto University, Graduate School of Medicine) 1997〜2001 Lab Head (Osaka Bioscience Institute) 2001〜 Professor (Kyoto University, Graduate School of Biostudies) 2014〜 Vice Dean (Kyoto University, Graduate School of Biostudies) - Details of selected Awards and Honors
- 1995 Encouraging Award from The Japanese Biochemical Society
2001 Honorary member of Osaka Bioscience Institute
2001 The39th Bälz prize - A list of selected Publications
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Sasaoka N, Sakamoto M, Kanemori S, Kan M, Tsukano C, Takemoto Y, &Kakizuka A. Long-term oral administration of hop flower extracts mitigatesAlzheimer phenotypes in mice. PLoS One. 9:e87185, 2014.
Koike M, Fukushi J, Ichinohe Y, Higashimae N, Fujishiro M, Sasaki C, Yamaguchi M, Uchihara T, Yagishita S, Ohizumi H, Hori S, & Kakizuka A. Valosin-containing protein (VCP) in novel feedback machinery between abnormal protein accumulation and transcriptional suppression. J Biol Chem. 285:21736-21749, 2010.
Kakizuka A. Roles of VCP in human neurodegenerative disorders. Biochem Soc Trans 36:105-108, 2008.
Kamei Y, Ohizumi H, Fujitani Y, Nemoto T, Tanaka T, Takahashi N, Kawada T, Miyoshi M, Ezaki O, & Kakizuka A. PGC-1β/ERRL1 is an ERR protein ligand, whose expression induces a high-energy expenditure and antagonizes obesity in mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 100: 12378-12383, 2003.
Higashiyama H, Hirose F, Yamaguchi M, Inoue Y, Fujikake N, Matsukage A, & Kakizuka A. Identification of ter94, Drosophila VCP, as a modulator of polyglutamine-induced neurodegenerations in Drosophila. Cell Death Differ. 9: 264-273, 2002.
Hirabayashi M, Inoue K, Tanaka K, Nakadate K, Ohsawa Y, Kamei Y, Popiel AH, Sinohara A, Iwamatsu A, Kimura Y, Uchiyama Y, Hori S, & Kakizuka A. VCP/p97 in abnormal protein aggregates, cytoplasmic vacuoles, and cell death, phenotypes relevant to neurodegeneration. Cell Death Differ 8: 977-984, 2001.
Kakizuka A. Protein Precipitation: A common etiology in neurodegenerative disorders? Trend Genet 14: 396-402, 1998.
Ikeda H, Yamaguchi M, Sugai S, Aze Y, Narumiya S, & Kakizuka A. Expanded poly-glutamine in the Machado-Joseph disease protein induces cell death in vitro and in vivo. Nat Genet 13: 196-202, 1996.
Kawaguchi Y, Okamoto T, Taniwaki M, Aizawa M, Inoue M, Katayama S, Kawakami H, Nakamura S, Nishimura M, Akiguchi I, Kimura J, Narumiya S, & Kakizuka A. CAG expansions in a novel gene for Machado-Joseph disease at chromosome 14q32.1 Nat Genet 8: 221-228, 1994.
Kakizuka A, Miller WHJr, Umesono K, Warrell RPJ., Frankel SR, Murty VVVS, Dmitrovsk, E, & Evans RM. Chromosomal translocation t(15;17) in human acute promyelocytic leukemia fuses RARα with a novel putative transcription factor, PML. Cell 66: 663-674, 1991
Michiyuki Matsuda
Professor, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University
- A brief Biography
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Education:
1977-1983 Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo
Awarded the degree of M. D.1983-1987 Department of Pathology,
Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo
Awarded the degree of Ph. D. in Pathology for a thesis entitled
“Origin of the medulloblastoma experimentally induced by human polyomavirus JC”
Work supervised by Late Professor Wataru Mori.Research and professional experience:
1987-1988 Researcher at Department of Pathology, National Institute of Health, Japan, working with Dr. Takeshi Kurata 1988-1990 Postdoctoral associate at the Rockefeller University, working with Late Professor Hidesaburo Hanafusa 1990-1996 Senior Researcher at Department of Pathology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan 1996-2000 Director, Department of Pathology, Research Institute, International Medical Center of Japan 2001-2006 Professor, Department of Tumor Virology, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Japan 2006- Professor, Department of Pathology and Biology of Diseases, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University 2007- Professor, Laboratory of Bioimaging and Cell Signaling, Department of Molecular and System Biology, Division of Systemic Life Science, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University - Details of selected Awards and Honors
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1994 Sugiura Young Investigator Award from the Japanese Society for Virology. 1997 Young Investigator Award from the Japanese Cancer Association. 2008 Sagawa Cancer Research Grant Award 2011 Memorial Mochida Academic Award - A list of selected Publications
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2014
Mizuno R, Kamioka Y, Kabashima K, Imajo M, Sumiyama K, Nakasho E, Ito T, Hamazaki Y, Okuchi Y, Sakai Y, Kiyokawa E, Matsuda M.
In vivo imaging reveals PKA regulation of ERK activity during neutrophil recruitment to inflamed intestines.
J Exp Med. 2014 May 19. doi: 10.1084/jem.20132112Kumagai Y, Naoki H, Nakasyo E, Kamioka Y, Kiyokawa E, Matsuda M.
Heterogeneity in ERK activity as visualized by in vivo FRET imaging of mammary tumor cells developed in MMTV-Neu mice.
Oncogene 2014 Mar 17. doi: 10.1038/onc.2014.28.Yukinaga H, Shionyu C, Hirata E, Ui-Tei K, Nagashima T, Kondo S, Okada-Hatakeyama M, Naoki H, Matsuda M.
Slow fluctuation of Rac1 activity is associated with biological and transcriptional heterogeneity of glioma cells.
J Cell Sci. J Cell Sci. 2014 Feb 12. PMID: 245221912013
Aoki K, Kumagai Y, Sakurai A, Komatsu N, Fujita Y, Shionyu C, Matsuda M.
Stochastic ERK Activation Induced by Noise and Cell-to-Cell Propagation Regulates Cell Density-Dependent Proliferation.
Mol Cell. 2013 Nov 21;52(4):529-40.Goto A, Sumiyama K, Kamioka Y, Nakasyo E, Ito K, Iwasaki M, Enomoto H, Matsuda M.
GDNF and Endothelin 3 Regulate Migration of Enteric Neural Crest-Derived Cells via Protein Kinase A and Rac1.
J Neurosci.2013;33(11):4901-4912.2012
Hirata E, Yukinaga H, Kamioka Y, Arakawa Y, Miyamoto S, Okada T, Sahai E, Matsuda M.
In vivo fluorescence resonance energy transfer imaging reveals differential activation of Rho-family GTPases in glioblastoma cell invasion. J Cell Sci. 2012 Mar. 7; 125:858-868.Kamioka Y, Sumiyama K, Mizuno R, Sakai Y, Hirata E, Kiyokawa E, Matsuda M.
Live Imaging of Protein Kinase Activities in Transgenic Mice Expressing FRET Biosensors.
Cell Struct Funct. 2012 Jan 24; 37(1):65-73.2011
Komatsu N, Aoki K, Yamada M, Yukinaga H, Fujita Y, Kamioka Y, Matsuda M.
Development of an optimized backbone of FRET biosensors for kinases and GTPases.
Mol Biol Cell. 2011;22:4647-56.Aoki K, Yamada M, Kunida K, Yasuda S, Matsuda M.
Processive phosphorylation of ERK MAP kinase in mammalian cells.
Proc Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2011;108:12675-80.
Program Chair for the Category of Arts and Philosophy
Shoko Suzuki
Professor, Graduate School of Education, Kyoto University
- Web Site URL
- http://www.educ.kyoto-u.ac.jp/shoko/
- A brief Biography
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Dr. Phil. (Sophia University, Tokyo)
Research activities in University of Cologne 1982-1989
1997-2003 associate Professor, Graduate School of Education/Faculty of Education, Kyoto University
Since 2003 Professor, Graduate School of Education/Faculty of Education, Kyoto University,
Visiting Professorship at the Free University of Berlin 2009/10 - A list of selected Publications
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1) Suzuki, Shoko(2014): Ernährungspädagogik in Japan. In: Althans, B./ Schmidt, F./ Wulf, Chr.: Nahrung als Bildung. Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven auf einen anthropologischen Zusammenhang, Beltz Juventa; Weinheim/Basel 2014, S.128-138.
2) Suzuki(2014): Takt, in: Chr.Wulf / J. Zirfas (Hrsg.): Handbuch Pädagogische Anthropologie, Wiesbaden S. 295-304.
3) Suzuki, S. / Wulf, Ch. (2013): Auf dem Weg des Lebens – West- östliche Meditation. Logos Verlag; Berlin.
4) Suzuki, S. (2013): Wisdom on the Pursuit of Happiness in Daily Life: Christmas Celebration in the German Family, Klien, S./ Wulf, Chr.(Hrsg.) Paragrana- Internationale Zeitschrift für Historische Anthropologie, Band 22, Heft1: Well-Being – Emotions, Rituals, and Performances in Japan, P.235-248.
5) Suzuki, Shoko (2012): ‚The Kyoto School and J.F.Herbart‘. In: P. Standish, /N. Saito, (ed.): Education and the Kyoto School of Philosophy. Pedagogy for Human Transformation, Heidelberg/New York/London, P.41-53.
6) Suzuki, S./ Wulf, Chr. u. anderen (2011):Glück der der Familie. Wiesbaden; VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften; Wiesbaden.
7) Suzuki, S. (2010): Sein und Werden – Poiesis in Gesten, in: Wulf Chr./ Fischer-Lichte, E. (Hrsg.): Geste, Wilhelm Fink, S. 116-122.
8) Suzuki, S. (2010): Takt in Modern Education. Münster/New York; Waxmann
9) Suzuki, S. (2008): Die Zukunft verhandeln. Aus der Sicht der Wissenschafts-kommunikation in der Risikoforschung und Bioethik Japans, in: Paragrana-Internationale Zeitschrift für Historische Anthropologie. Bd.17: Das Menschliche Leben, S.187-194.
10) Suzuki, S . (2008): Takt als Medium, in: Paragrana- Internationale Zeitschrift für Historische Anthropologie, Bd.16, S. 145-167.
11) Suzuki, S./ Wulf, Chr. (ed.) (2007): Mimesis/ Poiesis/ Performativity. Münster/New York; Waxmann.
12) Suzuki, S., (2007): Über die ‘Musse’ aus japanischer Sicht, in: Paragrana- Internationale Zeitschrift für Historische Anthropologie(Akademie Verlag),Band 15, S.114-124,
13) Suzuki, S.(2007): Brush Calligraphy. Mimesis and Poiesis in Rinsho. Imai,Y. /Wulf, Chr.(eds.), “Concepts of Aesthetic Education. Japanese and European Perspektives”, Waxmann, pp.149-161.
Program Chairs for the Field of Thought and Ethics
Masakatsu Fujita
Professor, Graduate School of Advanced Leadership Studies, Kyoto University
- Web Site URL
- http://www.bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/japanese_philosophy/jp-top_page/
- A brief Biography
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1983 Lecturer, Meijo University 1986 Assistant Professor, Meijo University 1988 Assistant Professor, Kyoto Institute of Technology 1991 Assistant Professor of Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University 1996 Professor of Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University 2013 Professor of Graduate School of Advanced Integrated Studies in Human Survivability , Kyoto University - A list of selected Publications
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Philosophie und Religion beim jungen Hegel. Unter besonderer Berucksichtigung seiner Auseinandersetzung mit Schelling. Hegel-Studien, Beiheft 26. 1985
『西田幾多郎』2007 岩波書店 “Nishida Kitaro” 2007 Iwanami publishing company
Masashi Nakahata
Professor, Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University
- A brief Biography
- 1983 M.A. Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University
2005 D.Phil. Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University
1987 Assistant, Faculty of Humanities, Tokyo Metropolitan University
1991 Associate Professor, Faculty of Humanities, Kyusyu University
1995 Associate Professor, Faculty of Letters, Kyoto University
2007 Professor, Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University - Details of selected Awards and Honors
- The Watsuji Prize for Culture
- A list of selected Publications
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Transformation of the soul: Historical construction of fundamental mental concepts.
Masahiko Mizutani
Professor, Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University
- A brief Biography
- Prof. Mizutani’s background is ethics and moral philosophy. He graduated from Kyoto University and is professor at the department of ethics in Kyoto University Graduate School of Letters and director of Center for Applied Philosophy and Ethics. His prior positions include associate professor at Kobe University and president of Japan Society for Applied Philosophy. His specialities lie within ethics, information ethics, bioethics, ethics of communication, and phenomenological ethics. Along with numerous articles, his books (written in Japanese) include Ethics of Information, Lectures on Information Ethics (ed.), Information Ethics (co-ed.), and Micro Ethics (co-ed.). His recent article written in English is ‘Ethics of Privacy’ in Encyclopedia of Applied Philosophy, ” 2nd edition (2012).
- A list of selected Publications
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『情報の倫理学』丸善、2003
Mizutani M., Ethics of Privacy. In: Ruth
Chadwick(ed.) Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics, Second Edition, volume 3., Academic Press; 2012. pp. 609-615.
Secretariat of Symposium
Susumu Yoshida
Specially Appointed Professor, Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University
- A brief Biography
- He was engaged in the education and research of information and communication engineering for 40 years in Kyoto University until his retirement in March 2013. Since October 2013, he has been with the Office of the President, Kyoto University. He has also been serving as council members of Science Council of Japan and Information and Communication Council of Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
- Details of selected Awards and Honors
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1993 Achievement Award (Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers) 2007 Ericsson Telecommunications Award 2011 Radio Day Ministerial Commendations, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications 2013 Okawa Prize - A list of selected Publications
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(1) J.X. Yu, Y. Li, H. Murata and S. Yoshida,
“Hybrid-ARQ Scheme Using Different TCM for Retransmission”,
IEEE Trans. Communications, vol.48, no.10, pp. 1609-1613, Oct. 2000.(2) K. Yamamoto and S. Yoshida,
“Tradeoff between area spectral efficiency and end-to-end throughput in rate-adaptive multihop radio networks”,
IEICE Trans. Communications, vol.E88-B, no.9, pp.3532-3540, Sept. 2005.(3) S. Kucera, S. Aissa and S. Yoshida,
“Adaptive channel allocation for enabling target SINR achievability in power-controlled wireless networks”,
IEEE Trans. Wireless Communications, vol.9, no. 2, pp.833-843, Feb. 2010(4) H. Murata, S. Yoshida, K. Yamamoto, D. Umehara, S. Denno, M. Morikura,
“Software radio-based distributed multi-user MIMO testbed: Towards green wireless communications”,
IEICE Trans. Fundamentals, vol.E96-A, no.1, pp.247-254, Jan. 2013.
Cooperation
Satoshi Kodama
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University
- Web Site URL
- http://plaza.umin.ac.jp/kodama/
- A brief Biography
- Dr. Satoshi Kodama’s background is moral and political philosophy. He graduated from Kyoto University and now is an associate professor of ethics at Kyoto University since 2012. Prior to that he held a lectureship at the department of biomedical ethics in the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine.
- Details of selected Awards and Honors
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2011 The Watsuji Prize (The Japanese Society for Ethics)
2012 The University of Tokyo Faculty of Medicine Best Teachers Award - A list of selected Publications
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Utility and Intuition (in Japanese, 2011), which won the Watsuji prize by the Japanese Society for Ethics, and An Introduction to Utilitarianism (in Japanese, 2012).
Akira Akabayashi, Satoshi Kodama, B.T. Slingsby, Biomedical Ethics in Asia: A Casebook for Multicultural Learners, McGraw-Hill Education (Asia), 139 pages, 2010.06.
Satoshi Kodama, `Tsunami-tendenko and morality in disasters’, Journal of Medical Ethics, (Online First, March 2013)
Hitoshi Arima
Associate Professor, International College of Arts and Sciences, Yokohama City University
- Web Site URL
- http://plaza.umin.ac.jp/kodama/
- A brief Biography
- Hitoshi Arima earned his master’s degree in bioethics from Case
Reserve University, OH, USA in 2004, and his doctorate in philosophy from State University of New York at Buffalo, NY, USA in 2009.
Before joining the faculty of Yokohama City University in 2012, he was a project assistant professor at the Center for Biomedical Ethics and Law (CBEL), the University of Tokyo, from 2009-2012. - Details of selected Awards and Honors
- Encouragement Prize for Young Researcher, Japan Association of Bioethics (2006)
- A list of selected Publications
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Utility and Intuition (in Japanese, 2011), which won the Watsuji prize by the Japanese Society for Ethics, and An Introduction to Utilitarianism (in Japanese, 2012).
Akira Akabayashi, Satoshi Kodama, B.T. Slingsby, Biomedical Ethics in Asia: A Casebook for Multicultural Learners, McGraw-Hill Education (Asia), 139 pages, 2010.06.
Satoshi Kodama, `Tsunami-tendenko and morality in disasters’, Journal of Medical Ethics, (Online First, March 2013)