Colloque France-Japon de Jeunes Chercheurs 
"Frontières de Biologie/Chimie/Physique"

4 et 5 mai 2001 - Atrium, ULP, Esplanade, Strasbourg

Colloque organisé par l'Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, avec l'Ambassade de France au Japon, le Consulat Général du Japon à Strasbourg, la Ville de Strasbourg, l'Adira & l'Association Amitié Strasbourg-Japon

Comité d'organisation: D. Aunis, M. Rohmer, M. Hoffert, G. Sandner, E. Meyer, J. L. Souciet, Y. Nakatani.
Programme Scientifique: D. Aunis, Y. Nakatani.

VENDREDI 4 MAI 2001

Opening
8h30-9h00 Welcome Address
Prof. Jean-Yves MERINDOL Président de l'Université Louis Pasteur
Prof. Hiromi WADA Porte-Parole de la Délégation Japonaise
Mme Fabienne KELLER Maire de Strasbourg

Origin of life
Chairmen : Dr. M. Rohmer, Dr. Y. Nakatani

9h00-9h30 Pierre ADAM Institut de Chimie, Université Louis Pasteur-CNRS, Strasbourg
Cyclized regular polyprenoids, a novel class of "primitive" biological lipids disclosed by their molecular fossils

9h30-10h00 Yutaka KURODA RIKEN (The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research), Wako Design and experimental characterization of natively folded trypsin inhibitors with highly simplified amino acid sequences

10h00-10h30 Coffee Break

10h30-11h00 Luc JAEGER Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS, Strasbourg, RNA modular origami

11h00-11h30 Hidehiro OANA Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto
Conformational dynamics of giant DNA in quasi-cellular system 

11h30-12h00 Laurence MARECHAL-DROUARD Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, CNRS, Strasbourg
Plant mitochondrial tRNAs and their aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases: a strange evolutionary history

12h00-12h30 Tsutomu SUZUKI Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo: Novel uridine derivatives and mitochondrial human disease

13h00-14h00 Lunch

Structural Biology 
Chairmen : Dr. M. Yoshida, Dr. J. L. Souciet

14h00-14h30 Bruno KIEFFER IGBMC (Institut de Génétique et Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire), Illkirch:
Solution structure of two fragments of the humain transcription factor TFIIH: the RING finger family revisited

14h30-15h00 Kazuhiko ISHIKAWA AIST (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology), Tsukuba: Thermostable enzymes from Pyrococcus horikoshii OT3

15h00-15h30 Luc LEBEAU Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Louis Pasteur-CNRS, Illkirch:
New tools for the 2D crystallization of soluble and membrane proteins

15h30-16h00 Yuto KOMEIJI AIST (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology), Tsukuba:
Electronic structure of proteins as revealed by a new molecular orbital method: Fragment MO

16h00-16h15 Coffee Break

16h15-16h45 Jean-Paul RENAUD IGBMC (Institut de Génétique et Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire), Illkirch:
Ligand-dependent activation of transcription by nuclear receptors 

16h45-17h15 Manabu MINAMI Department of Geriatric Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto: Oxidized Low-Density Lipoprotein (LDL) and atherosclerosis; Role of lection-like oxidized LDL receptor-1 (LOX-1)

SAMEDI 5 MAI 2001

Neuroimagery
Chairmen : Dr. H. Wada, Dr. D. Aunis

8h30-9h00 Jack FOUCHER Institut de Physique Biologique, Université Louis Pasteur-CNRS, Strasbourg:
Long-range EEG-MEG synchrony in a verb generation task: A window into the functional integration of working memory

9h00-9h30 Takuya HAYASHI Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto:
Animal studies using positron emission tomography (PET)

9h30-10h00 Nicolas R. BOLO FORENAP Center for Research in Neuroscience & Psychiatry, Rouffach
At the frontiers of functional neuroimaging

10h00-10h30 Coffee Break

Non-linear Optics/Nanophysics
Chairmen : Dr. J. P. Deville, Dr. A. Fort

10h30-11h00 Takashi ISOSHIMA RIKEN (The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research), Wako
Physics in anisotropic optical response of two-dimensional organic molecules

11h00-11h30 François BARDOU IPCMS (Institut de Physique et de Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg), Strasbourg: An introduction to phenomena dominated by fluctuations: Lévy flights in physics in quantum tunneling

11h30-12h00 Toshihide KAMATA AIST (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology), Tsukuba : Nonlinear optical properties of organometallic complexes with a low-dimensional structure

12h00-12h30 Loïc MAGER IPCMS (Institut de Physique et de Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg), Strasbourg: 
Organic photorefractive materials : a rheological point of view

12h30-13h00 Xinwei ZHAO Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Science University of Tokyo, Tokyo:
Nanocrystalline Si and its applications

13h00-14h00 Lunch

Ecological Physiology/Teledetection
Chairmen : Dr. Y. le Maho, Dr. G. Sandner

14h00-14h30 David GREMILLET Centre d'Ecologie et Physiologie Energétiques, CNRS, Strasbourg
Cormorants, fish, and people: conservation issues and fundamental research

14h30-15h00 Yukio MASUMOTO Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo: Ocean circulation and its variability inferred from satellite data and numerical models

15h00-15h30 Françoise NERRY LSIIT (Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Image, de l'Informatique et de la Télédétection), Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Physique, Illkirch: Determination and mapping from space of thermal Infrared optical properties of Earth's land surface. Method and application to Iberian Peninsula and North Africa

15h30-16h00 Hisae NAGASHIMA Botanical Garden, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Nikko:
Mechanical stability of competing plants in stands 

16h00-16h30 Coffee Break

Discussion and Conclusion
Chairman : Prof. Guy OURISSON
Past President of French Academy of Science
16h30-17h15 Discussion on Science of 21st Century 

17h15-17h30 Closing Address 
Dr. Dominique AUNIS Organisateur du Colloque
Prof. Mitsuteru YOSHIDA Porte-Parole de la Délégation Japonaise