FAOPS2019 | Plenary Lectures

Plenary Lecturers

Linda Buck

[Session: PL1 Plenary Lecture]

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.

David Julius

[Session: PL2 Plenary Lecture]

Department of Physiology
University of California, 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.
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Yoshinori Ohsumi

[Session: PL3 Plenary Lecture]

Institute of Innovative Research,
Tokyo Institute of Technology(IIR), 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

Special Lecturers

[Session: SL2 Special Lecture]

Heping (Peace) Cheng

(Peking University, China)

"Signaling by Mitochondrial Flashes”

[Session: SL8 Special Lecture]

Julie Y. Chan

(Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan)

"Mitochondria in fetal programming of metabolic syndrome-associated end organ dysfunctions in adults"

"The Sunao Tawara Memorial Lecture"

[Session: SL3 Special Lecture]

Uhtaek Oh

(Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Korea)

"Tentonin 3, a Mechanosensitive Channel with Baroreceptor Function”

[Session: SL7 Special Lecture]

Laura Bennet

(The University of Auckland, New Zealand)

"The importance of understanding fetal physiology for detecting brain injury before birth"

[Session: SL4 Special Lecture]

Robert Graham Carroll

(East Carolina University, USA)

"Finding Instructional Balance Using the Educational Triangle"

[Session: SL6 Special Lecture]

Graham Douglas Lamb

(La Trobe University, Australia)

"The Beauty of Physiological Mechanisms in Skeletal Muscle Function and Fatigue"

[Session: SL1 Special Lecture]

Yasushi Miyashita

(RIKEN Center for Brain Science, Japan)

"Beyond memory circuit: Origins of metamemory and retrospection in the primate"

"The Susumu Hagiwara Memorial Lecture"

[Session: SL9 Special Lecture]

Hideyuki Okano

(Keio University, Japan)

"Modeling Human Neurological/Psychiatric Disorders using iPS cells and Transgenic Non-Human Primates”

[Session: SL5 Special Lecture]

Masashi Yanagisawa

(University of Tsukuba, Japan)

"Toward the Mysteries of Sleep”

JSPFSM-Joint Special Talk

[Session: ST Special Talk]

Ms. Nao KODAIRA

Guest Speaker

(Aizawa Hospital; Gold medal in women’s 500m speed skating and silver medal in women’s 1000m speed skating at the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games, World record holder in women’s 1000m speed skating)