Osaka University Forum in San Diego

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Osaka University Forum in San Diego Frontier
Biomedical Research and Beyond... Date
December 4 and 5, 2006 Venue University of
California, San Diego
Sponsored by Osaka University Co-hosted by
University of California, San Diego
Burnham Institute for Medical Research The
Salk Institute for Biological Studies The
Scripps Research Institute
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Osaka University Forum

• The Osaka University Forum is an annual symposium
  that brings together international science
  leaders to explore trends and specific areas of
  current research
• work.
• Sponsored by Osaka University, the forum has been
  hosted at various famous academic venues around
• the world since 2002.

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Osaka University Forum

• 1st Osaka University-NIH Forum 2002
  (Bethesda, USA)
• Immunity and Inflammation
• 2nd Osaka University-EU-LMU Forum 2003
  (Munich, Germany)
• Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
• 3rd Bio-ADI T Forum 2004 (Lausanne,
  Switzerland)
• Advanced Information Technology
• 4th Forum 2004 de l'université d'Osaka
  (Strasburg, France)
• Le Japon, d'autres visages - Japan,
  another face
• 5th Hanoi Forum 2005 (Hanoi, Vietnam)
• Physics / Earth and Space Science /
  Mathematics

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Osaka University Forum in San Diego Frontier
Biomedical Research and Beyond...

• Keynote Speakers
• Prof. Shizuo Akira (Osaka University)Prof.
  Shigekazu Nagata (Osaka University)Prof. Erkki
  Ruoslahti (Burnham Institute for Medical
  Research)Prof. Indera Verma (The Salk Institute
  for Biological Studies)

• Topics (Tentative)
• Center for Integrated Cell and Tissue Regulation
• Integrated Functional Analyses of
  Disease-Associated Sugar Chains and Protein
• Combined Program on Microbiology and Immunology
• Frontier BioDentistry
• Pharmaceutical Sciences

Organizers
Prof. Yoneda
Prof. Akira
Prof. Taniguchi
Prof. Nakano
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Osaka University Forum in San DiegoFrontier
Biomedical Research and Beyond... Date
December 4 and 5, 2006 Venue University of
California, San Diego

• CoordinatorProf. Toshiyuki YONEDAGraduate
  School of DentistryOsaka University, Japan
• tyoneda_at_dent.osaka-u.ac.jp

Contact PersonDr. Yoshikatsu MUROOKAExecutive
DirectorOsaka University San Francisco
Center120 Montgomery St., Suite 1270San
Francisco, CA 94104Phone [phone]murooka-y_at_
osaka-u-sf.org