Program

November 24th

  15:00- Registration (Hotel Rubura Ohzan)
  18:00- Welcome Reception (Room 'Hananoki')

November 25th

  Morning Session (Room 'Aoi')

    8:50-  9:00 Opening Remarks
    9:00-10:10 > chair: Toru Fukuyama
    9:00-  9:35

Chemical biology of a cyclic peptide exhibiting fat accumulation inhibition
Daisuke Uemura     (Kanagawa University, Japan)

    9:35-10:10

Asymmetric total synthesis of (+)-fusarisetin A via the intramolecular Pauson-Khand reaction as a key step
Zhen Yang (Peking University, China)

  10:10-10:40 Tea break
  10:40-11:50 > chair: Toshio Nishikawa
  10:40-11:15

Solid-phase total synthesis of spiruchostatin A, biological evaluation, and protein-network analysis.
Takayuki Doi (Tohoku University, Japan)

  11:15-11:50

Total synthesis of azaphilone natural products
Zhu-Jun Yao (Nanjing University, China)

  11:50-13:30 Lunch (Room 'Sennari')
   

  Afternoon Session(Room 'Aoi')

  13:30-15:15 > chair: Hirokazu Kawagishi
  13:30-14:05

Genomic data-based synthesis of fungal natural products
Hideaki Oikawa (Hokkaido University, Japan)

  14:05-14:40

Glycopeptide vaccines
Yan-Mei Li (Tsinghua University, China)

  14:40-15:15

Molecular mode of action of natural products that inhibit pre-mRNA splicing
Minoru Yoshida (RIKEN, Japan)

  15:15-15:45 Tea break
  15:45-17:30 > chair: Motonari Uesugi
  15:45-16:20

Target deconvolution of autophagy inducing small molecules
Ho Jeong Kwon (Yonsei University, Korea)

  16:20-16:55

Identification of volatile and non-volatile pheromones involved in sexual behaviors in mice
Kazushige Touhara (University of Tokyo, Japan)

  16:55-17:30

Dissecting cell death by means of natural product and chemical genetics
Xiaoguang Lei (National Institute of Biological Sciences, China)

  18:00-

Banquet (Room 'Sennari')

November 26th

  Morning Session (Room 'Aoi')

    9:00-10:10 > chair: Ho Jeong Kwon
    9:00-  9:35

Small molecule tools for cell biology and cell therapy
Motonari Uesugi (Kyoto University, Japan)

    9:35-10:10

Combinatorial biosyntheic generation of novel natural products
Yeo Joon Yoon (Ewha Womans University, Korea)

  10:10-10:40 Tea break
  10:40-11:50 > chair: Zhu-Jun Yao
  10:40-11:15

Synthesis and biological activities of the simplified analogs of a natural PKC ligand aplysiatoxin
Kazuhiro Irie (Kyoto University, Japan)

  11:15-11:50

Unnatural mutagenesis: protein chemistry in living cells
Peng Chen (Peking University, China)

  11:50-13:30

Lunch (Room 'Sennari')

   

  Afternoon Session(Room 'Aoi')

  13:30-15:15  
  13:30-14:05

Marine natural products inhibiting the ubiquitin-proteasome system
Sachiko Tsukamoto (Kumamoto University, Japan)

  14:05-14:40

Toxins and pigments from higher fungi in China
Ji-Kai Liu (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)

  14:40-15:15

Search for fruiting body-inducing compound(s) in higher fungi
Hirokazu Kawagishi (Shizuoka University, Japan)

  15:15-15:45 Tea break
  15:45-17:30 > chair: Makoto Ojika
  15:45-16:20

A promising small molecule for treatment of Alzheimer's disease and diabetes
Jianhua Qi (Zhejiang University, China)

  16:20-16:55

Chemical biology study of anti-osteoclast agent isolated from a soil actinomycete
Hiroyuki Osada (RIKEN, Japan)

  16:55-17:30

Synthetic studies on heterocyclic natural products
Tohru Fukuyama (Nagoya University, Japan)

  17:30-17:35

Closing Remarks

  18:00-20:00

Meeting (Restaurant 'Yoshikawa')