SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM updated on 11/22 POSTER SESSION updated on 11/22

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Opening Remark

Prof. Koki Horikoshi Extremobiosphere Research Center(XBR), Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)

Keynote Speakers

	History of Discovery of the First Hyperthermophiles from Methanothermus to the “Korarchaeota”. Prof. Karl O. Stetter Lehrstuhl fur Mikrobiogie, Universitaet Regensburg
	Symbiosis: A New Vista of the Microbial World Prof. Teruhiko Beppu Life Science Research Center, Nihon University

Invited Speakers

	Structural determinants of cold-adaptation : What have we learned so far with psychrophilic enzymes? Dr. Nushin B. H. Aghajari Laboratory for BioCrystallography Institute for Biology and Chemistry of Proteins UMR 5086, CNRS-Université Claude Bernard Lyon I, IFR128 "BioSciences Lyon-Gerland"			The potential of extremophiles for the industrial (white) biotechnology Prof. Garabed Antranikian Institute of Technical Microbiology, Hamburg University of Technology
	Microbial ecology of high temperature, high pH peridotite-hosted hydrothermal systems: The Lost City Hydrothermal Field Prof. John A. Baross School of Oceanography, University of Washington			Some secrets in the life of Escherichia coli Prof. Howard C. Berg Departments of Molecular & Cellular Biology and of Physics, Harvard University
	4,000 meter hyperbaric fish trap aquaria respirometer Mr. Larry E. Bird Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute			Microbial ecosystems of cold seeps and methane-driven subsurface environments Prof. Antje Boetius Microbial Habitat group, Biochemistry department, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology
	Deep-Sea Actinomycetes : Diversity and Natural Product Discovery Prof. Alan T. Bull Research School of Biosciences, University of Kent at Canterbury			Proteins from Extremophiles as Probes for the Design of Advanced Nano-Sensors for Analyses of High Social Interests Dr. Sabato D'Auria Institute of Protein Biochemistry, National Research Council
	Microbial Activities in Deep Subseafloor Sediments Prof. Steven D'Hondt Graduate School of Oceangraphy, University Of Rhode Island			Plant Cell Wall Degradation by Clostridium cellulovorans Cellulosomes and Intercellular Complementation Prof. Roy H. Doi Molecular & Cellular Biology, University of California
	Cold-adaptation Mechanism of Psychrotrophic Bacteria and Their Applications Prof. Nobuyoshi Esaki Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University			Adaptation strategies and use of cold-adapted enzymes in biotechnological processes Prof. Charles C. Gerday Biochemistry, University of Liége
	Accessing the metagenome Prof. William D. Grant Dept of Infection, Immunity & Inflammation, University of Leicester			Oligonucleotide cleavage and rejoining by topoisomerase III from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus: temperature dependence and strand annealing-promoted religation Prof. Li Huang State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
	Complete genome analysis and gene disruption of the hyperthermophilic archaeon, Thermococcus kodakaraensis and its application for hydrogen production Prof.Tadayuki Imanaka Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University			The Alkaline, Saline Environment as a Source of Industrial Enzymes for Consumer Products Prof. Brian E. Jones Genencor International
	Extreme Alkaliphiles are Experts at Alkaline pH Homeostasis and Continue to Grow when the Cytoplasmic pH Rises to Levels that Arrest Growth of Non-Alkaliphiles Prof. Terry A. Krulwich Pharmacology and Biological Chemistry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine			The Concept of Alpha-Amylase Family: a Rational Tool for Interconverting Glucanohydrolases/Glucanotransferases， and Their Specificities Dr. Takashi Kuriki Biochemical Research Laboratory, Ezaki Glico Co.,Ltd
	Novel Thermophilic Enzymes Important for Chiral Drug Synthesis Prof. Jennifer A. Littlechild Exeter Biocatalysis Centre School of Biosciences, University of Exeter			Functional Metagenomics of Extremophiles Dr. Eric J. Mathur Scientific Affairs & Molecular Diversity, Diversa Corporation
	Saltern Crystallizer Ponds as Field Laboratories for The Study of Extremely Halophilic Archaea and Bacteria Prof. Aharon Oren The Institute of Life Sciences and the Moshe Shilo Minerva Center for Marine Biogeochemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem			Unique Polyamines Found in Thermophiles Stabilize Nucleic Acids at High Temperatures Prof. Tairo Oshima Institute of Environmental Microbiology, Kyowa-kako Co., Ltd.
	Detergent Enzymes from Alkaliphilic Bacillus Strains Dr.Katsuya Ozaki Tochigi Research Laboratories, Kao Corporation			Novel Catalytic Properties of a Hyperthermophilic Amylolytic Enzyme from Pyrococcus furiosus and Its Application Prof. Kwan-Hwa Park Department of Food Science & Biotechnology, Seoul National University
	Properties and roles of DNA polymerases of Pyrococcus abyssi Dr. Joel Querellou DEEP/LM2E UMR6197, Ifremer			Regulation of transcription in the thermophilic Archaeon Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus. Prof. John N. Reeve Microbiology, Ohio State University
	Discovery and design of improved hyperthermophilic hydrolases for biocatalysis Prof. Mosé Rossi Institute of Protein Biochemistry, National Research Council			The bacterial diversity of snow collected from Himalayan peaks: a study system for stratospheric transfer of microorganisms and colonization of extremely cold environments Prof. Nicholas J. Russell Food & Environmental Microbiology, Imperial College London
	Biosynthesis Regulation and Applications of Compatible Solutes of Microorganisms from Hot Marine Environments Prof. Helena Santos Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa			Extreme conditions in commercial enzyme applications Dr. Carsten Sjøholm Bacterial Screening, Novozymes A/S
	Biochemical and Genetic Analyses of a Novel gamma-Cyclodextrin Glucanotransferase From an Alkalophilic Bacillus clarkii 7364 Dr. Masayasu Takada Nihon Shokuhin Kako Co., Ltd.			Extracellular Hydrolases Produced by Halophilic Microorganisms Prof. Antonio Ventosa Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Sevilla
	Insights from lactic acid bacteria into mechanisms of high hydrostatic pressure adaptation Prof. Rudi F. Vogel Lehrstuhl fur Technische Mikrobiologie, Technisch Universität München			Life at Extreme Limits: Diversity of The Egyptian Soda Lakes of The Wadi An Natrun and Isolaton and Cultivaton of Novel Halophilic Alkalithermophiles. Prof. Juergen Wiegel Microbiology , Univ. of Georgia
	Regulation of the Biosynthesis of Cellulosomal and Non-cellulosomal Cellulase Components in Clostridium thermocellum Prof. J.H. David Wu University of Rochester			Protein-glutaminase from Chryseobacterium proteolyticum isolated from soil and its applications Dr. Shotaro Yamaguchi Food ＆ Industrial Enzyme Division Gifu R & D Center, Amano Enzyme Inc.

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