Luncheon seminar & Technical Workshops

A total of 10 Luncheon Seminars, 2 Mini Luncheon Seminars and 2 Technical Workshops are scheduled at 12:20-13:20 on 29 and 30 March.
A light meal will be served in these seminars.

Luncheon seminar

[Session: LS1 (Luncheon Seminar)] March 29, Fri., 12:20-13:20 [Room B]3F, Conference Center
Structural Analysis of membrane proteins by Cryo-EM
(Co-sponsored by Thermo Fisher Scientific)
Chair Makoto Tominaga (National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Japan)
Speaker Yifan Cheng (Howard Hughes Medical Institute, USA, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, The University of California, USA)
[Session: LS2 (Luncheon Seminar)] March 29, Fri., 12:20-13:20 [Room C]3F, Conference Center
- Visualize Cellular Function - Application of DOJINDO Reagents
(Co-sponsored by DOJINDO LABORATORIES)
Chair Kazuhito Tomizawa (Kumamoto University, Japan)
Speaker Fan-Yan Wei (Kumamoto University, Japan)
[Session: LS3 (Luncheon Seminar)] March 29, Fri., 12:20-13:20 [Room D]4F, Conference Center
Physiological role of brain glycogen in rats with prolonged exercise- induced central fatigue: Usefulness of metabolomics study
(Co-sponsored by Human Metabolome Technologies, Inc.)
Chair Kentaro Kawanaka (University of Fukuoka, Japan)
Speaker Hideaki Soya (Laboratory of Exercise Biochemistry and Sport Neuroscience, Japan, Advanced Research Initiative for Human High Performance (ARIHHP), University of Tsukuba, Japan)

[Session: LS4 (Luncheon Seminar] March 29, Fri., 12:20-13:20 [Room G]5F, Conference Center
Absorption of Rare Sugars in the Small Intestine
(Co-sponsored by Matsutani Chemical Industry CO., LTD)
Chair Masaaki Tokuda (Kagawa University, Japan)
Speaker Kunihiro Kishida ( Kindai University, Japan)
[Session: LS5 (Luncheon Seminar)] March 29, Fri., 12:20-13:20 [Room I]5F, Conference Center
Functional imaging of marmoset visual cortex
(Co-sponsored by NIKON INSTECH CO., LTD.
Chair Misuzu Nakajima (NIKON INSTECH CO., LTD., Japan)
Speakers Kenichi Ohki (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Tadayoshi Ogura (NIKON INSTECH CO., LTD. Bioscience Sales Division, Japan)
[Session: LS6 (Luncheon Seminar)] March 30, Sat., 12:20-13:20 [Room A]1F, Conference Center
Plasmalogen: The effects on Alzheimer's disease and its mechanism
(Co-sponsored by The Japanese Plasmalogen Society)
Chair Junichi Nabekura (National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Japan)
Speakers Takehiko Fujino (The Japanese Plasmalogen Society, Japan)
Hossain Md Shamim (Kyushu University, Japan)
[Session: LS7 (Luncheon Seminar)] March 30, Sat., 12:20-13:20 [Room B]3F, Conference Center
Frailty and Ninjin’yoeito
(Co-sponsored by Kracie Pharmaceutical, Ltd.)
Chair Yoshinori Marunaka (Kyoto Industrial Health Association, General Incorporated Foundation, Japan; Ritsumeikan University, Japan; Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan)
Speakers Toshihiko Yada (Kansai Electric Power Medical Research Institute Center for Integrative Physiology, Division of Integrative Physiology, Japan, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine Division of System Physiology, Japan)
Akio Inui (Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences Pharmacological Department of Herbal Medicine, Japan)
[Session: LS8 (Luncheon Seminar)] March 30, Sat., 12:20-13:20 [Room C]3F, Conference Center
Imaging intracellular temperature using fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) reveals novel thermal signaling
(Co-sponsored by Leica Microsystems K.K.)
Chair Makoto Tominaga (National Institute for Physiological Sciences (NIPS), Japan; Exploratory Research Center on Life and Living Systems (ExCELLS), Japan)
Speaker Kohki Okabe (Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan, PRESTO, JST, Japan)
[Session: LS9 (Luncheon Seminar)] March 30, Sat., 12:20-13:20 [Room D]4F, Conference Center
ABiS Luncheon Event: Neurophysiological Sciences Assisted by Imaging Support Network
(Co-sponsored by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas“Advanced Bioimaging Support (ABiS)” of MEXT, Japan)
Chair Masanobu Kano (National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Japan; University of Tokyo, Japan)
Speakers Yugo Fukazawa (University of Fukui, Japan)
Shinji Matsuda (University of Electro-Communications, Japan)
ABiS-Office
[Session: LS10 (Luncheon Seminar)] March 30, Sat., 12:20-13:05 [Room H]5F, Conference Center
The effects of Bedding based on Physiology of sleep
(Co-sponsored by airweave inc.)
Chair Motohiro Ozone (The Jikei University school of Medicine, Japan)
Speakers Shintaro Chiba (Ota Memorial Sleep center, Japan, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, The Jikei University school of Medicine, Japan)
Motokuni Takaoka (airweave inc., Japan)

Technical Workshop

[Session: TW1 (Technical Workshop)] March 29, Fri., 12:20-13:20 [Room F]5F, Conference Center
Cutting edge of clinical rehabilitation for the paresis to reduce the burden on patients; Repetitive Facilitative Exercise combined with vibratory, electrical, magnetic stimulation and Robotics
(Co-sponsored by YASKAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION)
Chairs Seiji Etoh (Kagoshima University, Japan)
Yong Yu (Kagoshima University, Japan)
Speakers Tomokazu Noma (Nihon Fukushi University, Japan)
Seiji Etoh (Kagoshima University, Japan)
Yong Yu (Kagoshima University, Japan)
[Session: TW2 (Technical Workshop)] March 30, Sat., 12:20-13:20 [Room G]5F, Conference Center
How to take advantage of new tools and techniques with Narishige products
(Co-sponsored by NARISHIGE SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT LAB.)
Chair Hidemasa Furue (Hyogo College of Medicine, Japan)
Speakers Akihiro Yamanaka (Nagoya University, Japan)
Sang Jeong Kim (Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea)
Hidemasa Furue (Hyogo College of Medicine, Japan)

GAKUSAI (interdisciplinary) Seminar

[Session: GAKUSAI (interdisciplinary) Seminar] March 29, Fri., 12:20-13:20 [Room H]5F, Conference Center
GAKUSAI Frontiers of Plasma Biology
(Co-sponsored by Department of Plasmabio Science, Center for Novel Science Initiatives(CNSI), National Institutes of Natural Sciences (NINS))
Moderator Motohiro Nishida (National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Japan)
Speaker Masaru Hori (Nagoya University, Japan)

Mini Luncheon Seminar

[Session: mini luncheon Seminar] March 29, Fri., 12:20-13:20 [Room M]3F, Kobe International Exhibition Hall, No.2 Building
Seeking Gender Equality in Science. A comparison of issues and initiatives in Japan and New Zealand
(Organized by Promotion of Gender Equality Committee of the Physiological Society of Japan)
Chairs Yasuhiko Saito (Nara Medical University)
Tomoe Y. Nakamura-Nishitani (National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute)
Speakers Tomoe Y. Nakamura-Nishitani (National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute)
Gail Tripp (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University)