ACTIVITIES
ACTIVITIES

Lowering the leaf temperature by stomatal opening in response to light
○Ken-ichiro Shimazaki
(Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, KyushuUniversity)

Lunch

1. Gelatinization properties of starch at sub-zero temperature by high hydrostatic pressure treatment
   ○Kiyoshi Kawai1,2, Ken Fukami3, Shigenobu Koseki2, Kazutaka Yamamoto2 (1Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 2National Food Research Institute 3San-ei Sucrochemical Co. Ltd )
   
2. Purification of L-phenylalanine by progressive-freeze-concentration crystallization
   ○Gu Xiao Ye1, Toru Suzuki1, Osato Miyawaki2(1Department of Food Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, 2Department of Food Science, Ishikawa Prefectural University )
   
3. Freeze-thawing behaviour of aqueous glucose solutions
   ○Pariya Thanatuksorn1, Felix Franks2, Norio Murase3, Kazuhito Kajiwara1 ( 1Tokyo University of Tecnology 2BioUpdate Foundation 3Tokyo denki University)
   
4. Near-infrared analysis of freeze-dried formulations
   ○Ken-ichi Izutsu, Chikako Yomota, Yukio Hiyama, Nobuo Aoyagi (National Institute of Health Sciences)
   
5. Complex heat capacity measurement on glass transition of ethylene glycol aqueous solution
   ○Yuichi Seshimo,Yuji Ike, Seiji Kojima (Tsukuba University of Pure and Applied Sciences)
   
6. Terahertz Time Domain Spectroscopy Study of Ethylene Glycol Aqueous Solutions
   ○Yuji Ike, Yuichi Seshimo, Seiji Kojima (Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba )

7. Diffusion of oxygen molecules in saccharide solutions investigated by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy
   ○Yutaka Nagasawa, Genki Katayama, Syoji Ito, Hiroshi Miyasaka (Division of Frontier Materials Science, Graduate School of Engineering Science, and Center for Quantum Science and Technology under Extreme Conditions, Osaka University)
8. DNA Persists in double stranded structure even at dry state
   ○Bo Zhu1, Furuki Takao1, Takashi Okuda2, Minoru Sakurai1 (1Center for Biological Resources and Informatics, Tokyo Institute of Technology; 2National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences )
   
9. Molecular dynamics simulation on the interaction between trehalose and lipid bilayers
   ○Yuka Takano, Takao Furuki, Minoru Sakurai (Center for Biological Resources and Informatics, Tokyo Institute of Technology)
   
10. Molecular dynamics simulation on the glass transition of trehalose and neotrehalose
    ○Naoko Kawasaki , Takao Furuki, Minoru Sakurai(Center for Biological Resources and Informatics, Tokyo Institute of Technology)
    
11. Cellular states of dried polypedirum vanderplanki as studied by temperature-controlled fourier transform infrared spectroscopy
    ○Takao Furuki1, Minoru Sakurai1 ,Kenichi Akao2 Masahiko Watanabe3, Takahiro Kikawada3, Takashi Okuda3 (1Center for Biological Resources and Informatics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2Spectroscopic Instruments Division, JASCO Corporation, 3National Institute of Agrobiological Science)

12. Desiccation tolerance and vitrification in an unicellular system of Marchantia polymorpha L.
    Hideki Amagai, Hideaki Sayama, ○Yasutake Sugawara (DepartmentofRegulation-Biology, Saitama University )
    
13. Induction mechanism of desiccation tolerance in suspension-cultured cells of Marchantia polymorpha L.
    ○Hatanaka Rie, Sugawara Yasutake (Graduate School of Science and Engineering)
    
14. Changes in freezing tolerance in mutants of Physcomitrella patens with reduced sensitivity to abscisic acid.
    ○Daisuke Takezawa (Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University )
    
15. Establishment of suspension cell culture system of Pogonatum inflexum and preservation of the cells at super-low temperature using desiccation method.
    ○Hideyuki Yamazaki1, Masao Arai2, Akira Kuriyama1 ( 1Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Denki University , 2Leaf Tobacco Research Laboratory Center , JT)
    
16. Time-series recrystallization of ice crystals in rapidly frozen biological tissues.
    ○Hiroshi Ishiguro (Department of Biological Functions and Engineering Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering Kyushu Institute of Technology)
    
17. Screening and functional analyses of antifreeze materials from some fungi
    ○Tomonobu Takemura, Hidehisa. Kawahara, Hitoshi Obata (Biotechnology, Kansai University )　

18. Action Potential and Beating of Cardiomyocytes at Low Temperature
    ○Shinya Taniwaki, Tsutomu Uchida, Masafumi Nagayama, Kazutoshi Gohara (Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University)
    
19. Cold tolerance of nematode, Caenorhabditis elegans
    ○Masakazu Hayashi1 , Taeko Oguma1 , Norio Murase1 , Hisako Amino2 , Kiyoshi Kita2 (1Graduate school of science and engineering, Tokyo Denki University, 2Graduate school of medicine, the University of Tokyo)
    
20. Physiological changes in gentian axillary buds during 2 step-preculturing with sucrose that conferred high levels of tolerance to desiccation and cryopreservation.
    Mitsuteru Suzuki1,2, Tomoya Akihama, ○Masaya Ishikawa1 (1NIAS 2Meiji University )
    
21. Effect of growth phase on survival of bromegrass suspension cells following cryopreservation and abiotic stresses
    ○Masaya Ishikawa1, Mitsuteru Suzuki1, Albert J. Robertson2, Lawrence V. Gusta2
22. Physiological responses of wintering plants to acid snow stress
    ○Hidetoshi Inada, Seizo Fujikawa, Keita Arakawa (Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University)
    
23. Functional analysis of chitinase-like proteins that were induced during seasonal cold acclimation in xylem tissue of Japanese white birch
    ○Hiroshi Takashima, Keita Arakawa, Seizo Fujikawa (Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University)

24. Tolerance to the freeze-induced mechanical stress in plant cells and its mechanism
    ○Yukio Kawamura, Masakazu Yamazaki, Matsuo Uemura ( Iwate University , 21st COE program)
    
25. Functional analysis of an Arabidopsis cold-responsive plasma membrane protein, AtLCN, in association with cold acclimation
    ○Satomi Shigematsu, Yoko Tominaga, Matsuo Uemura ( Cryobiosystem Research Center , Facluty of Agriculture, Iwate University )
    
26. Study on water relation to drought-resistant cowpea plants
    Chiho Egashira1, Makoto Kawaguchi1, ○Takashi Yamauchi1, Rhoichi Matsunaga2, Ken-ichiro Shimazaki3 Takashi Yuasa1, S.H. Zheng 4, Mari Iwaya-Inoue1
    (1 Department of Plant Resources, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, 2JIRCAS, 3Department of Bioresource and Bioenvironment,School of Agriculture, Kyushu University, 4Saga University)
    
27. Germination of barley seeds iuduced by low temperature in relation to ascorbic acid
    ○Yushi Ishibashi1, Yu Nohuji2 , Mari Iwaya-Inoue1 (1Department of Plant Resources, Faculty of Agriculture, 2Kyushu University )
    
28. Cold-weather damage in rice seeds analysed by 1H-NMR
    ○Funaba Mitsugu1,2, kenji Iwanami1, Yushi Ishibashi1 ,Tomoya Tawaratumida3 ,Mari Iwaya-Inoue1 (1Department of Plant Resources, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University 2Nagasaki Prefectural Government 3 Kyushu University)