Final Programme CINP 2014 - page 13

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cinp brief biography of plenary speakers
tuesday, 24 June 2014
09:00 – 09:45
PL-03
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Plenary Lecture
Plenary Hall A
The system – a fifty years trip endocannabinoid
Raphael Mechoulam, Israel
Chair: Alexandra Sulcova, Czech Republic
Prof. Mechoulam received his Masters Degree in Biochemistry from
the Hebrew University in 1952 and his Ph.D. from the Weizmann
Institute in 1958 where he studied under Professor F. Sondheimer.
He completed his postdoctoral research at the Rockefeller Institute.
Dr. Mechoulam is currently with the Institute for Drug Research at
the Faculty of Medicine at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He
is former Rector of the University and is a member of the Israel
Academy of Sciences. Dr. Mechoulam has received many honours,
including honorary doctorates from Spain and USA, the Israel Prize
in 2000 and the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology
Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006. In 2012, he received the Roth-
schild Prize. His research interests are in the field of the chemistry
and biological activity of natural products and medicinal agents. His
main contributions are in the field of the constituents of cannabis and
the endogenous cannabinoids found in the brain and the periphery.
He has published extensively on their pharmacological activities.
tuesday, 24 June 2014
14:00 – 14:45
PL-04
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Plenary Lecture
Plenary Hall A
Brain science using iPS cell technology and transgenic non-human
primates
Hideyuki Okano, Japan
Chair: Shigeto Yamawaki, Japan
Hideyuki Okano received a M.D. in Physiology from Keio University
in 1983, and served as a research associate in Keio University School
of Medicine and in Osaka University Institute for Protein Research.
After he obtained his Ph.D. degree from Keio University in 1988, he
held a post doctoral position at Johns Hopkins University Medical
School. He was appointed a full professor at Tsukuba University
School of Medicine in 1994, Osaka University School of Medicine in
1997, and returned to Keio University Medical School in 2001 as a full
professor of Physiology. He has been conducting basic research in
the field of restorative medicine including, neural stem cells and iPS
cells, spinal cord injury, developmental genetics and RNA binding
proteins. He has been awarded numerous awards and honors includ-
ing the Medal with Purple Ribbon in 2009. Currently, his aim is to
establish and provide genetically modified non-human primate mod-
els for neuroscience research and to explore the molecular mecha-
nisms of human-intellectual function by using the marmoset model.
And, together with micro array system and genome sequence infor-
mation of common marmoset, he is trying to develop a wide range of
research as a model of human diseases including Parkinson’s disease,
ALS and Alzheimer’s diseases, neurophysiology, cognitive science
and higher brain function research by taking advantage of our trans-
genic technology, thereby addressing discrete questions regarding
neurobiological bases of human-intellectual function.
Raphael Mechoulam
Hideyuki Okano
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