The 09th Naito Conference

Bioactive Natural Products and Their Modes of Action [I]: Chemical and Biological Basis for the Diversity of Marine Life

Period	1997/10/15 (Wed.) - 1997/10/18 (Sat.)
Venue	Shonan Village Center（ Kanagawa-pref.）
Participants	Lectures：25 Posters：58

Bioactive Marine Natural Products Research: Historical Perspective and Future Prospects

[Paul J. Scheuer]

University of Hawai'i at Manoa, USA
Chemistry of Chinese Marine Organisms

[Jingyu Su]

Zhongshan University, China
Search for Biologically Active Substances from Marine Sponges

[Motomasa Kobayashi]

Osaka University, Japan
Bioactive Metabolites from Marine Microorganisms

[William Fenical]

Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego, USA
Search for Lead Compounds from Marine Sponges and Tunicates

[Nobuhiro Fusetani]

University of Tokyo, Japan

Symbiotic Marine Microorganisms as Biomedical Sources

[Jun'ichi Kobayashi]

Hokkaido University, Japan
Activity-based Pursuit of Microalgal Metabolites: Need for Multiple and In-depth Pharmacological Studies

[Yuzuru Shimizu]

University of Rhode Island, USA
Bioactive Marine Alkaloids

[Daisuke Uemura]

Nagoya University, Japan
Bioactive Metabolites of New Zealand Sponges

[Murray H. G. Munro]

University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Bioactive Substances from Marine Mollusks

[Kiyoyuki Yamada]

Nagoya University, Japan

Application of Natural Products to Studies on the Molecular Mechanism of Intracellular Signaling

[Yasushi ohizumi]

Tohoku University, Japan
Conus Venoms: A highly Evolved Neuropharmacological Strategy

[Baldomero M. Olivera]

University of Utah, USA
Protein Phosphatase Inhibitors: Their Biochemical Characteristics and Physiological Applications

[Akira Takai]

Nagoya University, Japan
Mechamisms of Binding of Protein Phosphatase Inhibitors

[Ronald J. Quinn]

Griffith University, Australia
Action of Microtubule Inhibitors Produced by Marine Organisms

[Shigeo Iwasaki]

The Kitasato Institute, Japan

Tumor Promoters and Cancer Inhibitors Dirived from Marine Natural Products

[Hirota Fujiki]

Saitama Cancer Center Research Institute, Japan
Bioaccumulation of Shellfish Toxins by Molluscs from the Most Southern Regions of Chile

[Nester Lagos]

University of Chile, Chile
Origins and Bioaccumulation Mechanism of Marine Toxins

[Takeshi Yasumoto]

Tohoku University, Japan
The Chemical Diversity and Biosynthetic Relatedness of Dinoflagellate Polyether Metabilites

[Jeffrey L. C. Wright]

Institute for Marine Biosciences, National Research Council of Canada, Canada
Production of Bioactive Metabolites by Symbiotic Microogranisms in Marine Sponges

[D. John Faulkner]

Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego, USA

Bioluminescece Mechanism of Calcium-binding Photoproteins of the Hydrozoa

[Yoshihiro Ohmiya]

Shizuoka University, Japan
Chemical Defenses of Seaweeds

[Valerie J. Paul]

University of Guam Marine Laboratory, USA
Chemistry on Settlement of Marine Organisms

[Hiroshi Hirota]

ERATO, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Japan
A Bio-chemical Approach to Investigate the Ecology of Marine Opisthobranchs

[Guido Cimino]

Istituto per la Chimica di Molecole di Interesse Biologico, Italy
Signal Molecules in the Jelly Coat of Starfish Eggs for the Inductin of Acrosome Reaction in Homelogous Spermatozoa

[Motonori Hoshi]

Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan