International workshop on
“50th anniversary of
Thermus thermophilus discovery”
The winners of “Tth50 Poster Presentation Award” are selected:
Ms. Ayano Sakai (Keio University）
Ms. Kyoka Shibata (Tokyo Univ.of Agricul. and Technol.)
In 1968, Prof. Tairo Oshima discovered and isolated Thermus thermophilus from a Japanese Mine-onsen hot spring on the Izu-Peninsula. This microorganism is viable even in the high temperature environment of 85 ℃. As a model organism of thermophilic bacteria that are genetically manipulable, this bacterium greatly contributed toward the clarification of basic life phenomena and the development of biochemistry. The autumn of 2018 will be the 50-year milestone since T. thermophilus was discovered in Japan. Thus, we will review the remarkable research performed with this microorganism and discuss the future research, in the location of its discovery.
Dates: September 28 (Fri.) - September 29 (Sat.), 2018
Venue and accommodations: Atagawa-Heights training center, 1240-14 Naramoto, Higashiizu-cho, Kamo-gun, Shizuoka, Japan
Registration fee: ¥15,000 or ¥7,000 (students)
Main Speakers:
Prof. Jean Armengaud（CEA, France）
Prof. Jennifer Littlechild（Univ. Exeter, UK)
Prof. Nils-Kare Birkeland（Univ. Bergen, Norway）
Prof. Shih-Hsiung Wu（Academia Sinica, Taiwan）
Prof. Ken Yokoyama (Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan)
Contact information:
Workshop main secretariat, Naoki Nemoto
Email: thermus2018 [at] it-chiba.ac.jp
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Workshop homepage:
http://www.lifescience.it-chiba.ac.jp/nemoto/tth50/English.html
Organized by “Thermus thermophilus Anniversary committee” (Chairperson: Yoshitaka Bessho)
Co-organized by “Japanese Whole-Cell Project of Thermus thermophilus HB8” (Seiki Kuramitsu), and “Society for the study of primary biomaterials in the origin and evolution of common cellular activities” (Gota Kawai)
Supported by
“The Japanese Biochemical Society”
”Protein Science Society of Japan”
“Society for Whole-Organism Science”
“The Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology,
“Japanese Society for Extremophiles”
