President Lecture
(June 1,2011)
Masahiro Sokabe, Ph.D.
Professor & Chair Department of Physiology Nagoya University, Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
Talk title
”Comparative Biophysics and Physiology of Cell Mechanosensing: from passive to active touch”
Plenary Speaker 1
(June 2,2011)
Patrick Butler, Ph.D.
Professor of Comparative Physiology, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, UK
Talk title
“From the laboratory to the field: the physiology of wild animals”
Plenary Speaker 2
(June 3,2011)
Makoto Asashima, Ph.D.
Fellow and Director of Research Center for Stem Cell Engineering National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) Japan
Talk title
“Control of organogenesis and cell differentiation in vertebrates”
Plenary Speaker 3
(June 4,2011)
John G. Hildebrand, Ph.D.
Regents Professor and Head Department of Neuroscience University of Arizona USA
Talk title
“Learning from Insect Brains: Explorations of a ‘Simple’ Olfactory System”
Plenary Speaker 4
(June 5,2011)
Roy E. Weber, Ph.D.
Professor of Zoophysiology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Aarhus University, Denmark
Talk title
“Hemoglobin - Adaptations to environmental and metabolic constraints, with special reference to temperature as modulating effector”