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The 20th “Science in Japan” Forum
Frontiers of Research on Marine Biological Science
- VENUE Cosmos Club, 2121 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington,
DC 20008, USA
- DATE June 12, 2015
Agenda
8:30am
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9:00am
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Registration
9:30am
Opening Remarks Richard Spinrad (Chief Scientist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
Key Note Lecture
9:30am
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10:00am
Rita Colwell (Univ. of Maryland): Climate, Oceans, and Human Health: A New Frontier
10:00am
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10:30am
Coffee Break
Technologies
10:30am
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11:00am
John Delaney (Univ. of Washington): Understanding the Planetary Life Support System:
Next Generation Science in the Ocean Basins
11:00am
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11:30am
Masayuki Takahashi (Kochi Univ.): Utilization of deep-sea water for better human life (TBC)
Marine Biodiversity
11:30am
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12:00pm
Yoshihisa Shirayama (JAMSTEC): Understanding marine biodiversity and ecosystem service for
sustainable use of the ocean
12:00pm
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1:30pm
Lunch
1:30pm
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2:00pm
Ken Nealson (Univ. Southern California): A look at the “new” world of electric bacteria: how they
work, and how we can use them to create a better world
2:00pm
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2:30pm
Lisa Levin (Univ. of California, San Diego): Deep-Ocean Industrialization and Biodiversity
Consequences for the 21st Century
2:30pm
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3:00pm
Nancy Knowlton (National Museum of Natural History): The health of the ocean and conservation
success stories (TBC)
3:00pm
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3:30pm
Coffee Break
Laboratory Works
3:30pm
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4:00pm
Motonori Hoshi (Tokyo Institute of Technology): Developmental Biology at Marine Biological
Stations in Japan
4:00pm
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4:30pm
Eitaro Wada (JAMSTEC): Current progresses on stable isotope studies of marine food chains
Large Scale Migration
4:30pm
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5:00pm
Sara Iverson (Dalhousie Univ.): The Ocean Tracking Network: Aquatic Animal Telemetry across
Local to Global Scales and with Changing Climate
5:00pm
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5:30pm
Katsumi Tsukamoto (Nihon Univ.): Why do freshwater eels migrate thousands kilometers in
oceans?
5:30pm
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5:45pm
Closing Remarks
6:00pm
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Reception
Organized by : Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Washington Office (JSPS-WO)
Co-Sponsored by: