FAOPS2019 Lectures

Plenary Lecturers

KEY SPEAKERS

Linda B. Buck

Division of Basic Sciences
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, USA
"Olfaction and Stress "

She and collaborator Richard Axel discovered odorant receptor mechanism of the sense of smell. They won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, 2004.
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2004/buck/auto-biography/

David Julius

Department of Physiology
University of California, San Francisco, USA
"Natural Products as Probes of the Pain Pathway: from Physiology to Atomic Structure"

He discovered TRP channels that are involved in pain and sensation of temperature. This discovery opened the new frontier of the pain and thermal physiology. He won the Canada Gairdner International Award, 2017.
https://profiles.ucsf.edu/david.julius

Yoshinori Ohsumi

Frontier Research Center
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
"Looking Back on 30 Years of Autophagy Research: Dynamic Equilibrium of the Cell "

He discovered molecular mechanism of autophagy from morphological phenomenon to the specific gene in yeast. He won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, 2016
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2016/ohsumi/facts/