The 23rd SANKEN International Symposium
The 18th SANKEN Nanotechnology International Symposium

January 9th – 10th, 2020

Scientific and Industrial Research for Space Age

Program

8th January (Event Hall Foyer) [B1F]

18:00-

Registration

19:00-

Reception



9th January (Event Hall) [B1F]

8:30-

Registration

9:00

Opening
Katsuaki Suganuma
Director of ISIR

(Chair A. Oiwa)

Plenary Session Ⅰ

(Chair M.Taniguchi)

9:20

A Direct Search for Life As We Know It and Don’t Know It
Christopher E. Carr
Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Science, MIT/
Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital

10:20

Break

Session I  Materials and Technologies for Space

(Chair H. Koga)

10:40

Transportation of the Lunar Regolith Dust via Charging by the Solar Wind on the Surface of the Moon
Necmi Cihan Örger(Kyushu Institute of Technology)

11:20

Evaluation of space environment resistance for polymeric materials
       ~Current status and future~
Kazuki Yukumatsu (JAXA)

12:00

Urinary microRNA ensemble biomarkers for medical checkups
Takao Yasui (Nagoya University)

12:30

Lunch

Session Ⅱ  Bioscience Research In Space  

(Chair T. Nagai)

14:00

Microgravity experiments onboard the International Space Station and beyond
Izumi Yoshizaki (JAXA)

14:40

Structural basis of RND-type multidrug exporters
Ryousuke Nakashima (Osaka University)

15:20

Tomoaki Ichijo (Osaka Shoin Women's Unievrsity)

15:50

Coffee Break

Poster Session  (Event Hall Foyer) [B1F]  

16:00- 18:00

19:00

Banquet (Reception Hall B) [2F]



10th January (Event Hall) [B1F]

8:10-

Registration

Session Ⅲ  Life Detection

Chair M.Taniguchi

8:30

Studying the Sequence Space of Nonenzymatic RNA Polymerization Using Deep Sequencing
Daniel Duzdevich, (Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard University)

9:20

Direct determination of accumulated vacuum ultraviolet radiation dose at International Space Station during 2015-2018 measured with alanine dosimeter
Kazumichi Nakagawa (Kobe University/Osaka University)

9:50

Single biomolecule detection and discrimination with nanogap measurements
Yuki Komoto (Osaka University)

10:20

Coffee Break

Session Ⅳ  Artificial intelligence and Space

(Chair M. Holland)

10:40

Exoplanet Discovery via Direct Imaging with Deep Learning
Nikolaos Nikolaou (University College London)

11:20

Towards Intelligent Asteroid Exploration: Visual SLAM in Space
Naoya Takeishi (RIKEN)

11:50

Neural network as a discrete geometry for materials through holographic principle
Koji Hashimoto (Osaka University)

12:30

Lunch

Plenary session Ⅱ

(Chair A. Oiwa)

14:00

Sprit for Cutting-Edge Technologies enabling Innovating and Challenging Solar System Exploration
Junichiro Kawaguchi (JAXA)

15:00

Closing