The 82nd Annual Meeting of The Japanese Pharmacological Society

The 82nd Annual Meeting of The Japanese Pharmacological Society

Plenary Lecture

Dr. Oliver Smithies: Excellence Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine,; The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, U.S.A.; A Laureate of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 2007

Two Mouse Tales

I intend to look back at the progression of ideas that occurred during the 30 years before gene targeting was possible, and the 20 years that I have since spent in altering genes in mice, with emphasis on those related to the control of blood pressure. My talk will consist of "turning pages" in my notebooks. I shall also stress the importance of experimentally controlling the level of expression of genes of interest, and the usefulness of developing computer simulations to help understand the results of the experiments.

Special Lecture

1) Dr. Martin C. Michel: Professor and Chairman,; Department of Pharmacology & Pharmacotherapy at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2) Dr. Toichi Takenaka: The CEO of Astellas Pharma Inc.; An honorable member of the JPS

3) Dr. Hiroaki Mitsuya: Professor of Medicine,; Department of Hematology at the Kumamoto University; Chief and principal investigator at the HIV and AIDS Malignancy Branch of the National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, U.S.A.

4) Dr. Akitomo Matsuki: Professor Emeritus at the Hirosaki University,; Department of Anesthesiology

5) Dr. Toshio Ohhashi: Professor of Physiology at the Shinshu University

6) Dr. Colin L Masters: Professor of the Mental Health Research Institute,; National Neuroscience Facility at the University of Melbourne, Australia

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