Registration                                8:00 - 9:00

Group Photo and Tea break

Shortwave-Infrared (SWIR)-Emitting Cyanine Fluorophores for Non-Invasive Labeling of Solid Tumors

Prof. Kenji Monde, Hokkaido University, Japan

Comprehensive evaluation of food functionality using nuclear receptor reporter assays

Dr. Naoki Morita, Deputy Director, AIST Hokkaido

Alterations of Reproductive Hormone Levels Associated with Plastic Additive Exposure in Prepubertal Children: the Hokkaido Study

Prof. Atsuko Ikeda, Professor, Hokkaido University, Japan

Ashwagandha-based anticancer drug: from Ayurveda to FDA approval

Dr. Renu Wadhwa, Head, AIST-INDIA DAILAB, AIST, Japan

Withanone Protects Human Neurons from Low-Dose BMAA-Induced Genotoxic Stress and Pre-Senescent State

Dr. Kazumi Hirano, Senior Researcher, AIST, Japan

"New developments for the diagnosis and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases from technical developments to medicinal plants" 

Prof. Jens Pahnke,  Professor, University of Oslo, Norway

Enzymatic Remodeling of Atherogenic Lipids: Structural and Therapeutic Implications for Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease

Prof. Maurice Ke, Professor, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan

Regulation of Liquid-liquid phase separation enabled by butterfly-shaped gold nanomaterial 

Dr.Tomohiro Nobeyama , Assistant Professor, Kyoto University, Japan

Immune Fitness and Cardiac Healing - Linking Dietary Lipids to Lifestyle and Heart Failure 

Prof. Ganesh Halade, Professor, University of South Florida, USA

Sustainable Wine Making in India 

Mr. Gorakh Gaikwad, COO, Sula Wines, India

 JST LOTUS  PI and fellow talks

OL1: novelBGC: a web-based tool to help scientists find new natural products hidden in bacterial genomes. ○Gyanesh Shukla 

OL2: Micro- and Nanoplastic Polymer-Induced Fibroblast Dysfunction and Fibroblast Memory in Human Cardiac Fibroblasts: Evaluating the Protective Potential of Natural Polyphenols. ○Namthip Phetkla

OL3: Lactobacillus-mediated sustained indole delivery ameliorates pro-inflammatory microenvironment in Type 2 Diabetes. ○Mitiksha Gupta

Development of Metal Oxide-Based Thin-Film Transistors and Thermal Transistors

Dr. Hiromichi Ohta, Professor and Director of RIES, Hokkaido University

Beyond LDL Cholesterol: Lysophosphatidylcholine as Cargo and Driver of Pathogenic Electronegative Lipoproteins 

Prof. Hua-Chen Chan, I-Shou University, Taiwan

Developed highly biocompatible nanoparticles (NPs) from Pectin for drug delivery applications (TBD)

Prof. Sakthi Kumar, Professor, Toyo University, Japan

Mechanochemical Synthesis to Selective Anticancer Activity of Dopamine-Pyridine Schiff Base Complexes 

Prof. P. Mallu, Professor, JSSTU, India

Diverse Impacts of Cellular Senescence on Inflammation and Regeneration

Prof. Takako Chikenji, Professor, Hokkaido University 

Plant virus vectors for efficient gene function analysis in plants.

Dr. Atsumi Go, Senior Researcher, AIST, Japan

Harnessing African rice genetic resources for sustainable rice production under global warming

Dr. Yohei Koide,  Assistant Professor, Hokkaido University, Japan

OL4: SILAR Grown CePO4 Nanosheet Arrays for Solid-state Supercapacitors. ○Akanksha Agarwal

OL5: Built Morphology-Based High-Resolution Spatial Assessment of PM₂.₅ Using Machine Learning. ○Amarnath Sharma 

OL6: Exposure assessment and modelling of Phosphate Flame Retardants in accumulated house dust and its association with allergic symptoms. ○Aswin Giri Jawahar

OL7: Advanced Technologies for Sustainable Food, Health, and Materials: Opportunities, Risks, and Governance Pathways. ○Eric Lin 

OL8: Correlated electronic phase dynamics enable intrinsic reservoir computing. ○Aryan Keshri

OL9: Exploring the mechanism of Indian honey loaded chitosan nanoparticles in castration resistant prostate cancer based on network pharmacology, molecular docking analysis and experimental validation. ○Siddhartha Das Pramanik