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August 27
10:00 Registration
Plenary session I
Simultaneous translation will be provided.
Chair: Dr. Toru Asahi
Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University
Manager, Executive Office,
ASMeW
10:30 Opening address (10min) (in Japanese) Dr. Katsuhiko Shirai
President, Waseda University
Chairman, ASMeW
10:40 Address (10min) Mr. Kimikazu Iwase
Deputy Director-General, Science and Technology Policy Bureau, Ministry of education, culture, sports, science and technology (MEXT)
10:50 Achievements and perspectives on ASMeW project, and our Development on Bio-chips (40min) Dr Tetsuya Osaka
Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University
Executive Director, ASMeW
11:30 Plenary lecture (40min)
Future of health science
- A shift from an integrative approach to a fusion -(in Japanese)
Dr. Hiroo Imura
President, Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation
12:10 Lunch@
Session I Health promotion Chair: Dr. Motohiko Miyachi
National Institute of Health and Nutrition / ASMeW

13:30 I-1: Invited (30min)
Functional roles of muscle\tendon complex during human movement
Dr. Tetsuo Fukunaga
Professor, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University
I-2 (10min)
ŸASMeW Priority Research A
Building of scientific basis designed to develop the exercise prescription for health promotion
Dr. Kiyoshi Sanada
Associate Professor, ASMeW
I-3 (10min)
ŸASMeW Priority Research B
Novel mechanism of stress-induced lifestyle-disease
Dr. Daisuke Shiva
Research Associate,
ASMeW
I-4 (10min)
ŸASMeW Priority Research B
Development and feasibility studies of? robot for stimulating rooms to cope with stressful society
Dr. Akiyoshi Kabe
Associate Professor, Faculty of Human Sciences, Waseda University /
ASMeW
Session II Medical support system Chair: Dr. Mitsuo Umezu
Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University
Deputy Director, Executive Office, ASMeW
14:30 II-1: Invited (30min)
Frontiers of robotics in surgery: an endoluminal approach with high potential for micro- and nano-robotics
Dr. Paolo Dario
Professor, Scuola Superiore San't Anna
II-2: Invited (30min)
Long-term circulatory support for end-stage heart failure with an implantable centrifugal blood pump
Dr. Kenji Yamazaki
Professor, Tokyo Women's Medical University
II-3 (10min)
ŸASMeW Priority Research A
Research of advanced robot technology for healthcare from the treatment to the social participation
Dr. Jun Okamoto
Research Associate,
ASMeW
II-4 (10min)
Perception-assisting rehabilitation technology for hemiparetic stroke patients to promote relearning and reorganization
Dr. Hiroyasu Iwata
Associate Professor, Waseda Institute for Advanced Studies, Waseda University /
ASMeW
II-5 (10min)
Development of novel soft actuator aimed at achieving chemical robot
Dr. Yusuke Hara
Lecturer,
ASMeW
16:00 Poster Session
18:00 End of 1st day
18:30 Reception (buffet style) All participants
   
     
 
August 28
9:30 Registration
Plenary session II Chair: Dr. Takahiro Shinada
Associate Professor, ASMeW
10:00 Keynote lecture (40min)
Learn from nature, and go beyond it -  Medicinal developments (in Japanese)
Dr. Kuniaki Tatsuta
Professor,
Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University / ASMeW
Session III Regenerative medicine Chair: Dr. Masayuki Yamato
Professor, Tokyo Women's Medical University
10:40 III-1: Invited (30min)
Using biotechnology to address challenges of materials performance in medicine
Dr. David W. Grainger
Professor, The University of Utah
III-2: Invited (30min)
Development of high-performance implant devices
Dr. Yuichi Tei
Professor, The University of Tokyo
III-3 (10min)
ŸASMeW Priority Research A
Engineering decellularized tissues (heart valve, ligament and pericardium) guiding regeneration to improve motility
Dr. Kiyotaka Iwasaki
Associate Professor, Waseda Institute for Advanced Studies, Waseda University / ASMeW
III-4 (10min)
ŸASMeW Priority Research A
Physical stress-induced microRNA attenuates skeletal muscle atrophy
Dr. Takayuki Akimoto
Lecturer, The University of Tokyo / ASMeW
12:00 Lunch
Session IV Medicinal chemistry Chair: Dr. Toru Asahi
Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University / ASMeW
13:30 IV-1: Invited (30min)
Merging genetics with chemical biology in the analysis of energy metabolism, growth and aging
Dr. Michael Hoch
Professor, The University of Bonn
IV-2: Invited (30min)
Mesoporous materials-synthesis, structure, and biomedical Implications
Dr. Kazuyuki Kuroda
Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University / ASMeW
IV-3 (10min)
ŸASMeW Priority Research B
Discovery of novel oncogenes and development of anticancer drugs
Dr. Kentaro Semba
Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University / ASMeW
IV-4 (10min)
ŸASMeW Priority Research B
Identification of regulatory factors and innovation of novel therapeutic strategy for neointimal thickening of arteries
Dr. Susumu Minamisawa
Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University / ASMeW
IV-5 (10min)
Structure-based functional analyses of the human DNA recombination proteins
Dr. Hitoshi Kurumizaka
Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University
/ASMeW
15:00 Break
Session V Nanobio science and technology Chair: Dr. Tetsuya Osaka
Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University / ASMeW
15:20 V-1: Invited (30min)
NanoBio integration for medical innovation
- Supramolecular nanodevice for gene and drug delivery -
Dr. Kazunori Kataoka
Professor, The University of Tokyo
V-2: Invited (30min)
Designing nanoimpellers and nanovalves for controlled release of anticancer drugs
Dr. Fuyuhiko Tamanoi
Professor, UCLA
V-3: Invited (30min)
Novel nano-biomaterial via biomineralization: from gene structures to medical application
Dr. Tadashi Matsunaga
Professor, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology / ASMeW
V-4 (10min)
ŸASMeW Priority Research B
Construction of polymeric nanosheets with different surface modifications (nanoadhesive plasters) and their medical applications
Dr. Shinji Takeoka
Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University / ASMeW
V-5 (10min)
Chiral recognition using nanoscale chiral spaces in a self-assembled monolayer on gold
Dr. Takuya Nakanishi
Associate Professor, ASMeW
V-6 (10min)
Cell function revealed by microscopic heating and temperature measurement

Dr. Madoka Suzuki
Lecturer, ASMeW
17:20 Closing remarks (10min) Dr. Masataka Ota
Executive Director, Waseda University
17:30 End of 2nd day
 
   
 
   
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