Biomineralization and Calcification - from gene to global environment

Update: 10. 17, 2011

(Feb. 10, 2011)

Date: Febuary 10, 2011 (Thu) 10:00-17:20
Venue: Auditorium
Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo　
5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8564 Japan Tel: 04-7136-6011
Convener: Atsushi Suzuki, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, TEL 029-861-3765
Contact Person at AORI: Hodaka Kawahata, Ocean Floor Geoscience, TEL 04-7136-6140

February 10 (Thu)
Keynote lectures
10:00-10:20 1) Hodaka Kawahata (University of Tokyo)
10:20-10:40 2) Yusuke Yokoyama (University of Tokyo)

Session 1: Molecular Biology of Calcification in Corals and other Calciifiers 
10:40-13:45 (Chair: A. Suzuki)

Session 2: Recent Achivements of Coral-based Paleo-environmental Reconstruction
13:45-14:45 (Chair: M. Inoue)

Session 3: Stable Isotope Signature of Carbonate Skeleton 
15:00-16:15 (Chair: R. Nakashima)

Session 4: Ocean Acidification and Carbonate Dissolution
16:30-17:20 (Chair: A. Suzuki)