Life Under Extreme Conditions

26th Japanese-German Symposium

jointly organized by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and Deutsche Gesellschaft der JSPS-Stipendiaten e.V. 

Date: May 12–13, 2023
Venue: Hans-Geiger-Hörsaal, Leibnizstr. 13, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, 24118 Kiel, Germany

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PROGRAM

May 12, 2023

12:00

Registration
 

Convener: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Duschl (University Kiel)

13:00

Welcome Remarks

  • Prof. Dr. Heinrich Menkhaus (Chairman, German JSPS Alumni Association)
  • Kikuko Kato (Consul General Japan)
  • Prof. Dr. Simone Fulda (President University Kiel)
  • Prof. Dr. Frank Kempken (Dean Natural Sciences, University Kiel)
  • N.N. (DJG)
 

13:45

“Lorenz von Stein in Japan”
Jule Herbst (University Kiel, Lorenz von Stein Institut für Verwaltungswissenschaften)
 

Part 1: Microbiology under Extreme Conditions
Convener: Dr. Matthias Hofmann (JSPS Club Board Member)

14:30

“Dark Energy Ecosystem Driven by Chemical Disequilibrium in the Earth and even Extraterrestrial Bodies“
Prof. Dr. Ken Takai (Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, JAMSTEC)

15:00

“Extremophiles”

Prof. Dr. Peter Schönheit (University Kiel)

15:30

Q & A sessions

15:45

Group Picture & Coffee Break
 

Part 2: Extra-Terrestrial Life
Convener: Prof. Dr. Masahiko Hayashi (JSPS Bonn Office)

16:30

“Exoplanets, Astrobiology”

Prof. Dr. Motohide Tamura (The University of Tokyo)

17:00

“In-situ research in the Solar System”

Prof. Dr. Robert Wimmer-Schweingruber (University Kiel)

17:30

Q & A session

17:45

“Introduction of JSPS Programs”

Eriko Suto (JSPS Bonn Office)

18:00

go to dinner venue

19:00

Dinner at restaurant
JSPS Alumni Club Award Ceremony
 

May 13, 2023

Opening Message from Prof. Dr. Kodaira (former Director, JSPS Bonn Office)
online from Japan

Part 3: Life in Deep Sea
Convener: Dr. Wolfgang Staguhn (JSPS Club Board Member)

09:15

“Life at the Edge: Black Smokers and Hydrothermal Systems in the Deep Sea”

Prof. Dr. Sven Petersen (GEOMAR)

09:45

“Ocean World Habitability and the Origin of Life”

Prof. Dr. Yasuhito Sekine (Earth-Life Science Institute of Tokyo Institute of Technology, ELSI)

10:15

Q & A sessions

10:30

Coffee Break
 

Part 4: Extreme Conditions in Society?
Convener: Prof. Dr. Katja Kölkebeck (JSPS Club Board Member)

11:15

“Modelling pandemics, Mathematics of Pandemics in a Nutshell”

Prof. Dr. Reinhard Schlickeiser (University Bochum)

11:45

“Extreme economic situation” (tbd)

N.N. (IfW)

12:15

Q & A session

12:30

Closing Remarks

Prof. Dr. Masahiko Hayashi (JSPS Bonn Office)

12:45

Lunch
 

For participants of the General Assembly of the JSPS Club:

14:00

General Assembly of the JSPS Club

Transport: Bus or shuttle boot (tbd)

16:45

Guided tour
 

For others:

Transport: Bus or shuttle boot (tbd)

14:30

Guided tour


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