| Date | : | August 11th and 12th, 2011 |
| Target | : | Persons Interested in "Bioelectronics" |
| Venue | : | KEIHANNA PLAZA, Room "Huang He" (5th Fl.) [日本語] [English] |
| Organized by | : | Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) |
| Language | : | English |
| Charge | : | Free |
(Last updated: July 29, 2011)
Thursday 11th August
| 09:30-10:00 | Registration |
| 10:00-10:25 | Welcome Address and Overview of Science and Technology policy in Japan and JST activities Mr. Akira Takamatsu, Executive Director, JST |
| 10:25-10:50 | Welcome Address and Overview of A*STAR Prof. Andy Hor, Executive Director, Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR |
| First Group: | Molecular Design |
| 10:50-11:20 | Supramolecular Materials for Drug Release and Sensing Dr. Katsuhiko Ariga, National Institute for Materials Science |
| 11:20-11:50 | The use of proteins in computer hardware Dr. Chandra Verma, Bioinformatics Institute |
| 11:50-12:20 | Mechanisms of Charge Transport Across Arrays of SAM-Based Tunneling Junctions Assis. Prof. Christan Nijhuis, National Univ. of Singapore |
| 12:20-13:30 | LUNCH (*) |
| Second Group: | Bioelectronics |
| 13:30-14:00 | Implantable CMOS Devices for Biomedical Applications Prof. Jun Ohta, Nara Institute of Science and Technology |
| 14:00-14:30 | Integrated Point of Care and Drug Discovery tools Dr. Abdur Rub Abdur Rahman, Institute of Microelectronics, A*STAR |
| 14:30-15:00 | Effective Lectin and Galectin Recognition on the Carbohydrate and short ethylene glycol terminated Alkanethiol Densified Hybrid Monolayer Dr. Yukari Sato, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology |
| 15:00-15:20 | Coffee Break |
| 15:20-15:50 | Optical Detection of Chemical and Morphological Changes in Destabilized Biological and Biomimetic Systems. Dr. Jonathan Hobley, Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR |
| 15:50-16:20 | Electric field-induced cell-membrane alternation in microfabricated structures and its applications Prof. Masao Washizu, The University of Tokyo |
| 16:20-16:40 | Coffee Break |
| 16:40-17:10 | Detection of biomolecular recognition using bio-transistors Prof. Yuji Miyahara, Tokyo Medical and Dental University |
| End of the 1st day session | |
Friday 12th August
| 10:00-10:30 | Registration |
| Third Group: | Microfluidics |
| 10:30-11:00 | Constrictive On-Chip Cellomics Technologies for in vitro Cell-Network Drug-Screening System Exploiting Human iPS Cells and Other Pluripotent Stem Cells Prof. Kenji Yasuda, Tokyo Medical and Dental University |
| 11:00-11:30 | Mapping regulatory networks and macromolecular assemblies using high-throughput measurements of protein-protein and protein-DNA binding affinities Dr. Bill Burkholder, Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR |
| 11:30-12:00 | Title (TBA) Assoc. Prof. Yuzuru Takamura, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology |
| 12:00-12:20 | Coffee Break |
| Fourth Group: | Optical Biosensing |
| 12:20-12:50 | Biosensing of living cell reactions for clinical diagnosis by surface plasmon resonance Prof. Michihiro Hide, Hiroshima University |
| 12:50-13:20 | Interrogating Biomolecular Interactions Using SPR Spectroscopy and Metallic Nanoparticles Dr. Xiaodi Su, Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR |
| 13:20-14:30 | LUNCH (*) |
| Fifth Group: | Biomaterials |
| 14:30-15:00 | Development of functional polymeric micelles for cancer diagnosis and therapy Assoc. Prof. Nobuhiro Nishiyama, The University of Tokyo |
| 15:00-15:30 | Silver organometallic polymers as effective anti-microbials Dr. Karen Chong, Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR |
| 15:00-15:10 | Closing Remarks by the Japanese Coordinator Prof. Yuji Miyahara, Tokyo Medical and Dental University |
| 15:10-15:20 | Closing Remarks by the Singapore Coordinator Prof. Andy Hor, Executive Director, Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR |
| End of the workshop | |
(*) Lunch will not be provided.
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