Karolinska-Tohoku Joint Symposium on Medical Sciences
Information
Date
November 8, 2014 – November 9, 2014
Venue
Conference room of Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University
2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8573, Japan
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Invited Researchers
- Lorenz Poellinger (Karolinska Institute)
- Mark Divers (Karolinska Institute)
- Randall Johnson (Karolinska Institute)
- Arne Holmgren (Karolinska Institute)
- Jon Lundberg (Karolinska Institute)
- Lucia Coppo (Karolinska Institute)
- Ryuichi Nishinakamura (Kumamoto University)
- Masaomi Nangaku (University of Tokyo)
- Motoko Yanagita (Kyoto University)
- Tove Rylander Rudqvist (Karolinska Institute Biobank)
- James Thompson (Karolinska Institute Biobank)
- Jun Lu (Karolinska Institute)
Time Schedule
- Sat. November 8, 2014
- 12:00 – 13:10
- Reception
- 13:15 – 13:25
- Opening Remarks Masayuki Yamamoto (Tohoku University)
- 13:30 – 17:10
- Session I: Clinical Application and Management of Biobanks
- 13:30 – 14:10
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Session I
Biobanking value: reflections from the Swedish experience Mark Divers (KI Biobank)
- 14:10 – 14:40
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Session I
Aim and progress of Tohoku Medical Megabank project Masayuki Yamamoto (ToMMo & Tohoku University)
- 14:40 – 15:05
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Session I
Opportunities and challenges with medical biobanking Tove Rylander Rudqvist (KI Biobank)
- 15:30 – 15:55
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Session I
High throughput developments in medical biobanking James Thompson (KI Biobank)
- 15:55 – 16:20
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Session I
Biobank construction based on cohort studies after the seismic disaster of 2011 Naoko Minegishi (ToMMo)
- 16:20 – 16:45
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Session I
Data management and bioinformatics of thousands Japanese whole-genome project Masao Nagasaki (ToMMo)
- 16:45 – 17:20
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Session I
Perspectives towards the development of personalized medicine by the ToMMo genome cohort Jun Yasuda (ToMMo)
- 17:20 – 18:00
- Tour around Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization
- Sun. November 9, 2014
- 9:30 – 12:30
- Session II: Oxygen and Medicine
- 9:30 – 10:10
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Session II
Epigenetic mechanisms of gene regulation in hypoxia and cancer Lorenz Poellinger (Karolinska Institute & National University of Singapore)
- 10:10 – 10:35
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Session II
A novel pharmacotherapy of preeclampsia Nobuyuki Takahashi (Tohoku University)
- 10:35 – 11:05
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Session II
Drug discovery in kidney disease - From serendipity to rationality Toshio Miyata (Tohoku University)
- 11:20 – 12:00
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Session II
The role of HIF isoforms in the physiology of hypoxia Randall Johnson (Karolinska Institute & University of Cambridge)
- 12:00 – 12:30
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Session II
Hypoxia as the appropriate and realistic therapeutic target in kidney disease Masaomi Nangaku (University of Tokyo)
- 13:30 – 17:30
- Session III: Redox and Diseases
- 13:30 – 14:10
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Session III
Redox regulation and signaling by thioredoxin and glutaredoxin systems Arne Holmgren (Karolinska Institute)
- 14:10 – 14:40
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Session III
Renal fibrosis and anemia: cause, trigger and plasticity Motoko Yanagita (Kyoto University)
- 14:40 – 15:05
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Session III
Thioredoxin and glutaredoxin systems in relation to superoxide dismutase Jun Lu (Karolinska Institute)
- 15:05 – 15:35
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Session III
tRNA metabolism and mitochondrial dysfunction Takaaki Abe (Tohoku University)
- 15:55 – 16:20
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Session III
Glutathione and Grx2 in Alzheimers disease Lucia Coppo (Karolinska Institute)
- 16:20 – 16:50
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Session III
Creating the kidney in vitro Ryuichi Nishinakamura (Kumamoto University)
- 16:50 – 17:30
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Session III
Inorganic nitrate and nitrite in health and disease Jon Lundberg (Karolinska Institute)
- 17:30 – 17:40
- Closing Remarks Susumu Satomi (President of Tohoku University)
Poster
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Contact
Dr. Norio Suzuki
E-mail:sunorio*med.tohoku.ac.jp (change * to @)
※Registration is not required to join this event. All researchers are free to attend this symposium.