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| THURSDAY, MAY 15, 2003 | |||
| Time Schedule | Chair | ||
| 12:30-13:30 | Registration | ||
| 13:30-13:35 | Opening Remarks | Prof. Yaeta Endo(Ehime University) | Prof. Yaeta Endo |
| 13:35-14:25 | 1 | What is life’s secret? RNA! The ribosome teaches in silence Prof. Harry F. Noller (University of California Santa Cruz, USA) |
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| 14:25-15:15 | 2 | Continuous cell-free translation systems: history of the invention, reaction
modes, and applications Prof. Alexander S. Spirin (Institute of Protein Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow State University, Russia) |
Prof. Kin-Ichiro Miura |
| 15:15-15:30 | Refreshment Break | ||
| 15:30-16:20 | 3 | Homology modeling for the proteins of all the species genes and the data
base: FAMS and FAMSBASE Prof. Hideaki Umeyama (Kitasato University) |
Prof. Shigeyuki Yokoyama |
| 16:20-17:10 | 4 | How protein factors control the catalysis of peptide bond formation by
ribosomal RNA Prof. Mathias Sprinzl (Universitat Bayreuth, Germany) |
Prof. Kimitsuna Watanabe |
| FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2003 | |||
| Time Schedule | Chair | ||
| 8:30-9:00 | Registration | ||
| 9:00-9:45 | 5 | Characteristic features of mammalian mitochondrial translation systems
and functional equivalency of mitochondrial tRNA and translation factors
to E. coli counterparts Prof. Kimitsuna Watanabe (University of Tokyo) |
Prof. Hidenori Hayashi |
| 9:45-10:30 | 6 | Protein synthesis system as a nanomachine Prof. Kin-Ichiro Miura (PROTEIOS RESEARCH, Inc.) |
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| 10:30-10:50 | Refreshment Break | ||
| 10:50-11:35 | 7 | Advances in cell-free protein synthesis system Prof. Yaeta Endo (Ehime University) |
Prof. Kimitsuna Watanabe |
| 11:35-13:30 | Lunch | ||
| 13:30-14:15 | 9 | Cell-free protein synthesis for structural proteomics Prof. Shigeyuki Yokoyama (University of Tokyo, RIKEN) |
Prof. Yuzuru Tozawa |
| 14:15-15:00 | 10 | Challenges in the age of structural proteomics Prof. John L. Markley (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA) |
Prof. Yuzuru Tozawa |
| 15:00-15:20 | Refreshment Break | ||
| 15:20-16:05 | 11 | Enhanced activity and stability of immobilized enzymes in functionalized
nanoporous silica Prof. Eric J. Ackerman (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Washington State University, USA) |
Prof. Hidenori Hayashi |
| 16:05-16:50 | 12 | The current status of Japanese Bio-Industry and impact of Cell-free systems
on it Mr. Mitsuru Miyata (Nikkei BP Inc.) |
Mr. Yukikazu Natori |
| 16:50-17:00 | Closing Remarks | Prof. Yaeta Endo(Ehime University) | |
| 17:30-19:30 | Banquet | ||
* Prof. Lewis T. Williams could not attend the symposium.
(Founder, President, and CEO, Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc Professor,
University of California San Francisco, USA)
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