Program

The 9th Asia-Pacific Marine Biotechnology Conference
Saturday, July 14 - Sunday, July 15 - Monday, July 16

Friday, July 13, 2012

13:00-13:30
Opening Ceremony
13:30-14:20
Plenary Lecture I
Room: Main Hall [2F]
13PL
  • Biocatalysts from the Sea: Exploration of novel enzymes using genomic approach
    • Sang-Jin Kim
      Marine Biotechnology Research Centre, Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute
      Dept. of Marine Biotechnology, Korea University of Science and Technology, Korea
14:20-14:40
Coffee Break
14:30-14:40
Meeting of Japanese Society for Marine Biotechnology(JSMB)
14:40-16:20
Parallel Session <13S1, 13S2, 13S3, 13S4>
16:20-17:00
Coffee Break
17:00-17:40
Special Lecture I
Room: Main Hall [2F]
13SL
  • Novel Functionality and Molecular Mechanism of Brown Seaweed Carotenoid, Fucoxanthin
    • Kazuo Miyashita
      Faculty of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, Japan
17:40-18:40
Poster Session I
18:40-
Welcome Leception

Saturday, July 14, 2012

9:00-9:50
Plenary Lecture II
Room: Main Hall [2F]
14PL
  • Biofuel Production by Marine Microalgae
    • Tadashi Matsunaga
      Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan
9:50-10:10
Coffee Break
10:10-11:50
Special Session I <14S1>
The Potential of Marine Microbial Diversity in Biofuel Innovation
Parallel Session <14S2, 14S3, 14S4>
11:50-13:00
Lunch Break
13:00-14:40
Special Session II <14S5>
New Directions of Marine Biotechnology and Marine Natural Products Chemistry 1
Parallel Session <14S6, 14S7, 14S8>
14:40-15:00
Coffee Break
15:00-16:40
Special Session III <14S9>
New Directions of Marine Biotechnology and Marine Natural Products Chemistry 2
Parallel Session <14S10, 14S11, 14S12>
16:50-17:20
Special Lecuter II
Room: Main Hall [2F]
14SL
  • The Way Toward Establishment of Genetic Transformation in Marine Red Macroalgae: Application of PyGUS and sGFP (S65T) reporter systems
    • Ryo Hirata1, Megumu Takahashi1, Naotsune Saga2, Koji Mikami2
      1Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, Japan; 2Faculty of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, Japan
17:20-18:20
Poster Session II

Sunday, July 15, 2012

9:00-9:50
Plenary Lecture III
Room: Main Hall [2F]
15PL
  • Extending the Options for Marine Natural Products; Scaffolds and Fragments based on Marine Natural Products as Drug Discovery Tools
    • Ronald J Quinn
      Eskitis Institute, Griffith University, Australia
9:50-10:10
Coffee Break
10:10-11:50
Special Session IV <15S1>
Microalgae: sources of useful genes and biofuels
Parallel Session <15S2, 15S3, 15S4>
11:50-18:00
Lunch Box & Excursions
19:00-21:00
Banquet

Monday, July 16, 2012

9:00-10:40
Parallel Session <16S1, 16S2>
10:40-11:00
Coffee Break
11:00-11:50
Plenary Lecture IV
Room: Main Hall [2F]
16PL
  • Two Decades of Progress in Red Algal Biotechnology
    • John P. van der Meer
      Pan-American Marine Biotechnology Association(PAMBA), Canada
11:50-
Closing Remarks
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