Workshops
1st ELSI International Symposium
- Date
- March 27, 2013 - March 29, 2013
Opening Ceremony
KURAMAE Hall 09:30-11:30
9:00 Registration
9:30 Opening address Y. Mishima, Tokyo Tech
Guest speech K. Morimoto, MEXT
Guest speech M. Asashima, JSPS
Guest speech M. Aizawa, JST
Guest speech Y. Yanagisawa, Ehime U.
Guest speech M. Nakamura, JAXA
Guest speech H. Kitazato, JAMSTEC
Opening speech "The Big Questions" P. Hut IAS/ ELSI
[Presentation]
Opening speech
"Perspectives of ELSI projects" K. Hirose, ELSI
[Presentation]
Symposium
Digital Hall 13:45-
| Wednesday, 27 March | |||
| Session 1 | Theory of planetary formation | Chair: C. Ormel | |
| 13:45-14:10 |
Keynote "Origin and early evolution of the Earth" |
S. Ida | ELSI |
| 14:10-14:25 |
"Origin of Earth's ocean" |
H. Genda | U. Tokyo/ ELSI |
| 14:25-14:45 |
"From planetary embryos to planetary systems: integrated models of planet formation" |
Y. Alibert | Bern U. |
| 14:45-15:05 |
"On the chemical composition of protoplanetary disks, stars and planets" |
T. Guillot | Obs. Cote d'Azur |
| Session 2 | Role of solid Earth and surface environment of primordial Earth | Chair: H. Genda | |
| 15:20-15:45 |
Keynote "Birth of the Geodynamo" |
J. Hernlund | UCB/ ELSI |
| 15:45-16:00 | "Divergence of Earth and Venus: Coupling climate, tectonics, and thermal history" | P. Driscoll | Yale U. |
| 16:00-16:15 |
"Laboratory approaches to composition, origin, and evolution of the solid Earth" |
T. Irifune | Ehime U. / ELSI |
| 16:15:-16:35 |
"True Polar Wander and Life?" |
J. Kirschvink | Caltech/ELSI |
| 16:35-16:50 |
"Porphyrin, a key molecular group for chemical evolution and early Earth" |
N. Ohkouchi | JAMSTEC/ELSI |
| 16:50-17:10 | Discussion for sessions 1 & 2 | Chair: K. Hirose | ELSI |
| Thursday, 28 March | |||
| Session 3 | Origin of life | Chair: D. Kiga | |
| 09:00-09:25 |
Keynote "Birth place of life on the Hadean Earth" |
S. Maruyama | ELSI |
| 09:25-09:40 |
"Experimental Challenges to Connect the Dots Looking Backwards" |
M. Hara | Tokyo Tech/ELSI |
| 09:40-10:00 |
"RNA, Minerals and the Origin of Life" |
S. Benner | U. Florida |
| 10:00-10:20 |
"Laboratory simulation of formation and alteration of high molecular weight organics in space" |
K. Kobayashi | Yokohama National U. |
| 10:20-10:40 | "RNA fitness landscapes" | I. Chen | UCSB |
| 10:40-10:55 | Break | ||
| 10:55-11:15 | "Comparative genomics and early cell evolution: inklings of life before DNA" | A. Lazcano | UNAM |
| 11:15-11:35 |
"Asymmetric Autocatalysis and the Origin of Homochirality of Biomolecules" |
K. Soai | Tokyo U. of Sci |
| 11:35-11:50 | "Where did the most ancient, ancestral ecosystem originate?" | K. Takai | JAMSTEC/ELSI |
| 11:50-12:05 | "Molecular Complexity and the Origin of Life" | J. Cleaves | ELSI |
| 12:05-12:25 |
"A Formal Framework for Autocatalytic Sets" |
W. Hordijk | SmartAnalytiX.com |
| Session 4 | Synthetic experiment of life and evolution of genome |
Chair: K. Kurokawa |
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| 14:00-14:25 |
Keynote |
D. Kiga | ELSI |
| 14:25-14:45 | "Experimental evolution of RNA-protein cell model" | T. Yomo | Osaka U. |
| 14:45-15:05 |
"Are Planets in Habitable Zones Habited?" |
G. Cody | Carnegie Inst. |
| 15:05-15:25 |
"Principles of ancient genome evolution from Oxytricha" |
L. Landweber | Princeton U. |
| 15:25-15:40 | Break | ||
| 15:40-16:00 |
"Ancient metabolic pathways within the modern protein repertoire" |
A. Goldman | Princeton U. |
| 16:00-16:20 |
"Evolutionary Genomics and the Origin of Life: Insights and Constraint" |
G. Fournier | MIT |
| 16:20-16:40 |
"Self-organization and phoretic motions for the origin of life" |
Y. Maeda | Kyoto U. |
| 16:40-17:00 | Discussion for sessions 3 & 4 | Chair: J. Cleaves | |
| 17:00-17:20 | Message from WPI program director Missions of WPI Program- Toward internationally opened and globally visible institutes | T. Kuroki | JSPS |
| Friday, 29 March | |||
| Session 5 | Evolution of Earth-life System | Chair: S. Maruyama | |
| 09:00-09:25 |
Keynote "Early evolution of ocean, atmosphere and life: constraints from the geological record" |
Y. Ueno & N. Yoshida | ELSI |
| 09:25-09:40 | "Origin of cynanobacteria, and its role for evolution of life" | S. Masuda & H. Ohta | Tokyo Tech/ELSI |
| 09:40-09:55 | "Deciphering ancient ecosystems with environmental genomics and "Earth-Life DB"" | K. Kurokawa & Y. Hongoh | ELSI/ Tokyo Tech |
| Session 6 | Exploration of planets and satellite of Solar system | Chair: S.Ida | |
| 09:55-10:10 | "Molecular Simulation of formation for dimer of RNA substance and membrane" | K. Yasuoka | Keio U. |
| 10:25-10:50 |
Keynote "Geochemistry and astrobiology on icy satellties in the solar system" |
Y. Sekine | U. Tokyo |
| 10:50-11:05 |
"Icy moons: why do we care? " |
M. Fujimoto | JAXA/ELSI |
| 11:05-11:20 | "Asteroid Sample Returns by Hayabusa and Hayabusa2″ | H. Kuninaka | JAXA/ELSI |
| 11:20-11:40 |
"Organic Compounds in Meteorites, Comets, and Cosmic Dusts: Building Blocks of Planets and Life" |
H. Yabuta | Osaka U. |
| 11:40-11:55 |
"Habitable Trinity" |
J. Dohm | ELSI |
| Session 7 | Exoplanets and towards astrobiology | Chair: K. Takai | |
| 13:45-14:10 | Keynote "Observation of biomarker" | L. Kaltenegger | MPIA/CfA |
| 14:10-14:30 |
"Diversity of habitable planets" |
D. Lin | UCSC |
| 14:30-14:50 |
"Paleomineralogy of the Hadean Eon: What minerals are available for origins of life on terrestrial planets?" |
R. Hazen | Carnegie Inst. of Washington |
| 14:50-15:05 |
"A Wide Variety of Habitable Planets" |
T. Sasaki | Tokyo Tech |
| 15:05-15:20 | "Characterizing surface environment of Earth-like exoplanets via disk-integrated scattered light" | Y. Fujii | U. Tokyo/ELSI |
| 15:20-15:35 | Galactic environment | J. Makino | ELSI |
| 15:35-15:55 | General discussion | Chair: S. Maruyama |