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International Workshop "Exploring Quantum, Elements, and Life Interactions"

Information

The birth of the earth about 4.6 billion years ago to the present, the earth has experienced many climatic and environmental changes, and life has also adapted and evolved to these changes to overcome many extinction crises. Now, as global warming and ocean acidification have become apparent, human activities are beginning to have a significant impact on all subsystems of the earth. In other words, all subsystems of the atmosphere, land, oceans, polar regions, and biosphere are changing in unison at an acceleration that far exceeds natural variations. This cataclysmic change in the Earth system will have direct feedbacks on human life, which depends on the global environment and ecosystems. In this workshop, to clarify the profound question, "What are the earth and human beings?", we will discuss quantum, elements, its circulations, and the interaction between them and life from the standpoint of basic science.

Date

Special Seminar: Monday, May 2, 2022 10:00 – 11:00 (JST)
International Workshop: Monday, May 9, 2022 09:00 – 12:20 (JST)

Venue

Online event: Zoom

Capacity

100 people

Registration

Fee: Free of Charge
Registration deadline: Sunday, May 1, 2022 12:00 (JST)
-Closed

Speakers

Takaaki Akaike (Tohoku University)
John Hernlund (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Michio Kawamiya (Japan Agency for Marine–Earth Science and Technology)
Craig O’Neill (Origins Research Institute, Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences)
Mike Pluth (University of Oregon)
Kelvin Richards (University of Hawaii at Manoa)

Abstract

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Time Schedule

Moday, May 2, 2022: Special Seminar
Chair: Hozumi Motohashi (Tohoku University)
10:00 – 11:00
Mike Pluth (University of Oregon)
Prebiotic to Present: The Chemical Biology and Physical Organic Chemistry of Sulfur Species
Monday, May 9, 2022: International Workshop
Session 1
Chair: Hiroko Watanabe (Tohoku University)
09:00 – 09:05
Opening Remark
Motoko Kotani ((Executive Vice President for Research, Tohoku University)
09:05 – 09:30
John Hernlund (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Planetary Metabolism: Science of a Living Planet
09:30 – 09:55
Craig O’Neill (Origins Research Institute, Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences)
Deep time connections between the atmosphere, biosphere and Earth’s interior
09:55 – 10:05
Break
Session 2
Chair: Toshio Suga (Tohoku University)
10:05 – 10:30
Kelvin Richards (University of Hawaii at Manoa)
Ocean dynamics and their impact on the marine ecosystem
10:30 – 10:55
Michio Kawamiya (Japan Agency for Marine–Earth Science and Technology)
Earth system modeling for gaining comprehensive understanding of global change
10:55 – 11:20
Takaaki Akaike (Tohoku University)
Carbonyl sulfide interface evolving energy metabolism and environmental stress response in organisms
11:20 – 11:30
Break
11:30 – 12:20
Panel discussion
Facilitator:
· Hozumi Motohashi (Tohoku University)
· Hiroko Watanabe (Tohoku University)
· Toshio Suga (Tohoku University)
Panelists:
· Takaaki Akaike (Tohoku University)
· John Hernlund (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
· Michio Kawamiya (Japan Agency for Marine–Earth Science and Technology)
· Craig O’Neill (Origins Research Institute, Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences)
· Kelvin Richards (University of Hawaii at Manoa)

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