Seminar Information 2008

December 24, 2008

Title : Transporter‐Based Drug Discovery and Development
Lecturer : Prof. Ikumi Tamai
Affiliation : Department of Membrane Transport and Pharmacokinetics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University
Venue : Conference Room, RIKEN Center for Molecular Imaging Science

September 5, 2008

Title : Current Activities of Molecular Imaging Research In Korea
Lecturer : Dr. Keon Wook Kang
Affiliation : Associate Professor of Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea
Venue : Conference Room, Molecular Imaging Research Program, RIKEN

June 3, 2008

Title : Recent Progress of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Lecturer : Kazuhiko Yamamoto
Affiliation : Professor and Chairman Department of Allergy & Rheumatology, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo

Title : Rheumatoid arthritis ‐ its pathophysiology, current management, and the possibility of imaging‐guided therapeutic strategy
Lecturer : Noboru Hagino, M.D.
Affiliation : Department of Allergy & Rheumatology, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo
Title : 18F‐FDG Accumulation in Rheumatoid Arthritis in Comparison with its Pathologic Findings using Disease‐model Animal
Lecturer : Akira Nakatani, Ph.D.
Affiliation : Nihon Medi‐Physics Co. Ltd., Research Center
Venue : Conference Room, Molecular Imaging Research Program, RIKEN

April 21, 2008

Title : PET in Neuroscience and Drug Development
Lecturer : Dr. Christer Halldin
Affiliation : Professor and Director of the Karolinska Institutet PET Centre
Venue : Conference Room, Molecular Imaging Research Program, RIKEN

April 15, 2009

Title : Molecular imaging for drug development and predictive medicine
Lecturer : Yasuyoshi Watanabe
Affiliation : Program Director, Molecular Imaging Research Program, RIKEN

Title : Study of molecular imaging with non‐human primates
Lecturer : Hirotaka Onoe
Affiliation : Laboratory Head, Functional Probe Research Laboratory, Molecular Imaging Research Program, RIKEN

Title : Application of Molecular Imaging with Animal PET on Drug Development
Lecturer : Hideo Tsukada
Affiliation : Director of PET Center, Central Research Laboratory, Hamamatsu Photonics K.K

Title : Molecular imaging of functional molecules and abnormal molecules
Lecturer : Tetsuya Suhara
Affiliation : Group Director, Molecular Neuroimaging Group, Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS)

Venue : Auditorium C1F, Center for Developmental Biology, RIKEN Kobe Institute

February 20, 2008

Title : Application of Molecular Imaging for Drug Discovery and Development
Lecturer : Prof. Antony Gee
Affiliation : Imperial College of London GlaxoSmithKline, Clinical Research Unit, ACCI
Venue : Conference Room, Molecular Imaging Research Program, RIKEN Kobe

February 19, 2008

Title : Recent Progress on Matrix‐assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Mass Spectrometry.
Lecturer : Dr. Zenzaburo Tozuka
Affiliation : General Manager & Executive JCL Bioassay Corporation
Venue :Strategy Room, Molecular Imaging Research Program, RIKEN Kobe

February 8, 2008

Title : Neurobiology of Love
Lecturer : Prof. Semir Zeki
Affiliation : Neuroscience, UCL

Title : Progress in Molecular Probe Development
Lecturer : Prof. Bengt Långström
Affiliation : Institute of Chemistry, University of Uppsala and Uppsala IMANET

Venue : Conference Room, Molecular Imaging Research Program, RIKEN Kobe

January 25, 2008

Title : A cue for molecular imaging from the perspective of variant amyloid.
Lecturer : Prof. Hiroshi Mori
Affiliation : Dept of Neuroscience, Osaka City University Medical School
Venue : Conference Room, Molecular Imaging Research Program, RIKEN Kobe

Event Information 2008

December 13 - 14, 2008

Title : Molecular Imaging Symposium 2008
- Breaking New Ground in Drug Discovery and PET Diagnosis
Venue : Kobe International Conference Center

July 17 - 18, August 7 - 8, 2008

Title : 2008 PET Science Academy Summer School
Venue : Translational Research Informatics Center

April 1, - September 30, 2008

Title : PET Science Academy, the second semester
Venue : RIKEN Center for Molecular Imaging Science

January 28, 2008

Title : Molecular Imaging Symposium 2008
Venue : Tokyo International Forum

October 1,2007 - March 30, 2008

Title : PET Science Academy, the first semester
Venue : RIKEN Center for Molecular Imaging Science