Pre-conference Workshop

 

8:30 a.m.         Welcome to Japan — by Naryuya Saitou, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Population

                          Genetics National Institute of Genetics

 

 

Session 1          Student Presentations

 

9:00 a.m.          Introduction to Student Presentations

 

9:30 a.m.         US Student Presentations

 

10:30 a.m.       Japanese Student Presentations

 

11:00 a.m.        Discussion

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11:30 a.m. –

1:00 p.m.           Lunch break

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Session 2         “CDPG Alumni: The Schullian Way”

 

1:00 -

6:00 p.m.         Center for Demographic and Population Genetics (CDPG)

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6:00 p.m.         CDPG Reception/Dinner

 

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“Song among the Ruins,” ABCC/RERF, Radiation Effects, and People

 

8:30 a.m.         Welcome to the 6th Annual Invitational Conference — by Kim Dunn, MD, PhD,

                          President, Schull Institute

 

8:45 a.m.         Welcome by the Local Organizer: Takashi Gojobori, PhD, Distinguished Professor,

                          Bioscience Acting Director, Computational Bioscience Research Center, KAUST

 

9:00 a.m.         Welcome by the Local Organizer: Naruya Saito, PhD, Professor, Department of

                          Population Genetics, NIG

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Session 3        Keynote Presentations

 

9:15 a.m.         Introduction of the Keynote Speakers/Tomoko Y. Steen, PhD, Professor,

                          Georgetown University Medical Center

 

9:30 a.m.         Keynote Remark: Japan-US Science Diplomacy/Hideo Fukushima, MA, Japanese

                          Consul-General of Japan in Houston

 

10:00 a.m.       RERF Past and Present: Japan-US Research Collaborations/Ohtsura Niwa, PhD,

                          Chairman, RERF; Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University

 

10:30 a.m.       Q&A

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11:00 a.m. –

12:30 p.m.        Lunch break

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Session 4        Historical, Anthropological, Sociological, and Archival Studies of

                                Nuclear Incidents

 

12:30 p.m.       “An ABCC Doctor”/Betty Smocovitas, PhD, Professor, University of Florida

 

1:00 p.m.         Images of Atomic Bombs/Maika Nakako, PhD, Professor, Nagasaki University

 

1:30 p.m.         Japanese Physicists: First Examination of the Atomic Bomb Incident/Akira

                          Masaike, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University

 

2:00 p.m.         Bikini Atoll and People/Satoe Nakahara, PhD, Staff Scientist, Earth Science

                          Institute

 

2:30 p.m.         Fukushima Nuclear Accident/Yooichi Tao, President, Resurrection of Fukushima

                          (Fukushima saisei no kai)

 

3:00 p.m.         “Radiation and Events”: Archival Project/Philip Montgomery, MLS, Curator,

                          McGovern Historical Center, Texas Medical Center Library

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3:30 p.m.         Coffee break

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4:00 p.m.         Group Photo

 

5:00 p.m.         Tour of Waseda University Campus

 

5:30 p.m.         Cocktail Party

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6:30 p.m.         Dinner

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7:30 p.m. -

8:00 p.m.          Dinner Talk “Japan-US Friendship: William Jack Schull and “Song among the

                          Ruins”/Tomoko Y. Steen, PhD, Professor, Georgetown Medical Center

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Japan-US Scientific Collaborations: Radiation Epidemiology, Human Genetics, Low Dose Radiation and (LNT), Cancer, Ecological Impacts of Radiation

 

8:30 a.m.         Welcome Remark: Introduction to Genetics and Epidemiological Studies of the

                          Atomic Bomb Survivors, Human Genetics/Takashi Gojobori, PhD, Distinguished

                          Professor, Bioscience Acting Director, Computational Bioscience Research Center,

                          KAUST

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Session 5        Dr. Gilbert Wheeler Beebe NCI/RERF Cancer Studies and Radiation

 

9:00 a.m.          Radiation and Over-all Cancer Risks of Children/Lindsay Morton, PhD, PI, National

                          Cancer Institute

 

9:30 a.m.         What Can Chemical Carcinogenesis Shed Light on the LNT Hypothesis in

                          Radiation Carcinogenesis?/James E. Trosko, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Center for

                          Integrative Toxicology, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University

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10:00 a.m.       Q&A

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Session 6        Human Genetics, Epidemiology, and Metabolomics

 

10:30 a.m.       Dose and Dose Rate Effectiveness Factors/Evagelia (Lia) C. Laiakis, PhD,

                          Associate Professor, Georgetown University, Medical School

 

10:50 a.m.       Life Span Studies/Eric Grant, PhD, Associate Chief of Research, RERF

 

11:10 a.m.       In Utero Study/Hiromi Sugiyama PhD, Research Scientist, RERF

 

11:30 a.m.       Why Genetic Effects of Radiation are Seen in Mice but not in Humans/Nori

                          Nakamura, PhD, Consultant, RERF

 

11:50 a.m.       RERF Adult Health Study/Waka Ohishi, MD, PhD, Clinical Studies Department

                          Chief, RERF

 

12:10 p.m.       Discussion

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12:30 pm -

2:00 pm            Lunch Break

 

 

Session 7         Comparing Radiation Impacts in Chernobyl and Fukushima

 

2:00 p.m.          Long Term Studies of Low Dose Radiation/Ko Sakauchi, MS, PhD Candidate,

                          University of Ryukyu

 

2:30 p.m.         Wild-life Studies in Chernobyl and Fukushima/Timothy Mousseau, PhD, Professor,

                          University of South Carolina

 

3:00 p.m.          Future Plans for the Annual Meetings

 

4:00 p.m.          Closing Remarks/Kim Dunn, MD, PhD, President, Schull Institute

 

4:30 p.m.          Adjourn

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