2007 Tohoku University Global COE Program Global Nano-Biomedical Engineering Education and Research Network Centre

■ 13:00-13:10　Opening Remarks :
Takami Yamaguchi
(Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University
Leader, Tohoku University Global COE Program "Global Nano-Biomedical Engineering Education and Research Network Centre" )

■ 13:10-14:10　Lecture 1:
Nanobiomechanics: Role in Human Health & Diseases
Lim Chwee Teck
(Associate Professor, Division of Bioengineering, National University of Singapore)

■ 14:20-15:20　Lecture 2:
Future Directions of Neuroscience and Medical Engineering
Noriko Osumi
(Professor, Division of Developmental Neuroscience, Center for Translational and Advanced Animal Research (CTAAR), Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine
Leader, Tohoku University Global COE Program "Basic & Translational Research Center for Global Brain Science" )

■ 15:30-16:30　Lecture 3:
In silico human as a Worldwide Open Platform for Hierarchical and Multiscale Modeling of Biological Functions
Taishin Nomura
(Professor, Department of Mechanical Science and Bioengineering, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University
Leader, Osaka University Global COE Program "A center of excellence for an in silico medicine-oriented worldwide open platform")

■ 16:40-17:40　Lecture 4:
Human Brain Aging Studied with MRI-Risk Factors for Brain Atrophy
Hiroshi Fukuda
(Director of the Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University)

■ 18:00-20:00　Banquet