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HFSP 30th anniversary symposium program

 

Tuesday, 9 July          Wednesday, 10 July          Thursday, 11 July          Friday, 12 July          Poster list

Opening Remarks & Welcome

13:30-14:00

Shigekazu Nagata, President of HFSPO 

Masahiko Shibayama, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) 

Yoshihiko Isozaki, State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) 

Hirofumi Nakasone, Member of the House of Councillors, National Diet of Japan

2019 HFSP Nakasone Award Ceremony
14:00-14:05

Introduction
Warwick Anderson, Secretary-General of HFSPO

14:05-14:20

Award ceremony & acceptance speech

Hirofumi Nakasone, Member of the House of Councillors, National Diet of Japan
Michael Hall, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Switzerland

14:20-14:50 Coffee break
Invited Speakers (Chair Makoto Suematsu)
14:50-15:10

HFSP - a model program for international science

Torsten Wiesel, President Emeritus, The Rockefeller University, New York, USA and former Secretary-General of HFSPO

15:10-16:00

Serendipities of acquired immunity

Tasuku Honjo, Kyoto University, Japan

16:00-16:20 Coffee break
16:20-17:10

Innate immunity: from insects to humans
Jules A. Hoffman, University of Strasbourg, France

17:10-18:00

From basic science to advanced medicine

Ada Yonath, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

18:00-18:15

Closing Remarks

18:15-19:50 Anniversary Reception
 

Welcome remarks
Nobutaka Hirokawa, The University of Tokyo, Japan and former President of HFSPO