Aptamer Seminar in Tokyo will be held

TAGCyx will organize “Aptamer Seminar in Tokyo” on October 4th 2019.
Aptamer Seminar in Tokyo

Date/Time:
4th October 2019 (Friday) 13:00-19:00

Venue:
TKP Tokyo Station Nihonbashi Conference Centre、Room 218
〒103-0028 Tōkyō-to, Chuo City, Yaesu, 1-chōme−2−16　TG Bldg　（No parking）
Access http://www.kashikaigishitsu.net/facilitys/cc-tokyo-nihombashi/access/

Programme
12:30 Registration
13:00 Opening Remarks (Dr. Koseki)
13:15  Dr. Jean-Jacques Toulmé
Research Director, Emeritus, Inserm; – Scientific Director, Co-founder at Novaptech
 “Aptasensing small molecules”
14:05  Dr. Ichiro Hirao
Founder of TAGCyx Biotechnologies Inc.
Covering Executive Director, Team Leader and Principal Research Scientist
Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, A*STAR (Singapore)
 “High-affinity and high-specificity DNA aptamer generation by genetic alphabet expansion”
14:55  Dr. Shinsuke Sando
Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biotechnology, Department of Bioengineering (adjunct), School of Engineering,  The   University of Tokyo
“Aptamers for controlling cellular functions and fates”
15:45- 16:00 Break time
16:00 Dr. Keitaro Yoshimoto
Associate Prof., PI, Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo,
 “Magnetic-beads Assisted Capillary Electrophoresis (MACE) for Aptamer Selection”
16:50 Dr. Chizuko Koseki
President and CEO TAGCyx　Biotechnologies
“Xenoligo® drug discovery and development using unnatural base pair technology”
17:40 Closing remarks
17:50　-19:00 Networking

      Registration fee:  1000 JPY/person