The 190th Topical Symposium of the Magnetics Society of Japan / The 47th Topical Symposium of Magnetism

Physics of biomaterials

It is quite often said that the 21st century is the era of biology, but we have been facing a lot of problems in understanding electronic structures of biomaterials such as DNA. It is mainly due to the difficulty of applying conventional techniques of condensed-matter physics to such systems. However, owing to the recent developments of spectroscopic and theoretical techniques, a lot of progress has been reported.

In this symposium, we will focus on condensed-matter-physics approaches to biomaterials, especially understanding electronic structures of DNA and protein, and one-dimensional electric transport by using biomaterials as a mold. Six top-level researchers will show their recent achievements. We welcome a lot of audience from various backgrounds.

Date: May 24th (Friday), 2013 13:00-17:20
Venue: Room 320, Surugadai Memorial Hall, Chuo University
(3-11-5 Sugugadai, Kanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 3-min. walk from Ochanomizu Station on the JR Chuo Line),
TEL:03-3292-3111,
URL: http://www2.chuo-u.ac.jp/global/info/facility/surugadai.html
Admission fee: Free (reserved readers and students),
2,000 Yen (Members and corporate members),
4,000Yen (Non-members)
Booklet: 1,000Yen (members, corporate members, Non-members and Students)
In cooperation with: The Japan Society of Applied Physics, Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry, SPring-8 Users Community (SPRUC), The Chemical Society of Japan, The Magneto-Science Society of Japan, The Biophysical Society of Japan, The Physical Society of Japan, The Spectroscopical Society of Japan, The Japanese Society for Synchrotron Radiation Research, IEEE Mag. Soc. Japan Chapter
Information: The Magnetics Society of Japan / TEL: 03-5281-0106
URL: https://www.magnetics.jp/en/seminar/190/
Organizers: H. Wadati (Univ. of Tokyo), M. Uehara (Yokohama Natl. Univ.), Y. Kobayashi (Tokyo Med. Univ.)

Program

M. Uehara (Yokohama Natl. Univ.)
13:00-13:05 “Introduction”
H. Wadati (Univ. of Tokyo)
13:05-13:45 “The study of radiation biology utilizing soft X-ray probe”
K. Fujii (JAEA)
13:45-14:25 “Magnetism, structure and electronic states in divalent metal ion incorporated DNA”
K. Mizoguchi (Tokyo Metro. Univ.)
14:25-15:05 “Fabrication of magnetic nanoparticles by biominiralization using viruses and their electric/magnetic properties” 
H. Tabata, M. Seki (Univ. of Tokyo)
Break (15:05-15:20)
15:20-16:00 “Mechanism of spin transition associated with substrate binding to metalloproteins”
Y. Harada (Univ. of Tokyo)
16:00-16:40 “The electronic structure of amino acid and its interaction with dental alloys”
M. Kamada (Saga Univ.)
16:40-17:20 “Ab initio simulations for the electronic, dynamical and transport properties of biomolecular systems”
S. Tanaka (Kobe Univ.)

*Audio and/or visual recording are prohibited.