増原メッセージ:（21）Comments on IMS Asian International Symposium
Comments on IMS Asian International Symposium
on Supramolecular Dynamics at the Interface of Chemistry and Biology
I am an advisor of JSPS Grant-in-Aid Project for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas “Dynamical ordering of biomolecular systems for creation of integrated functions” which is directed by Prof. Koichi Kato and also an administration advisor of Institute of Molecular Science in this Okazaki. Due to these two roles I have a nice chance to join you for the symposium. Thank you very much Ueno sensei and Kato sensei for your kind invitation.
Dear Drs. Ueno, Iino, Uchiyama, Hohsaka, and Sawada “CONGRATULATION” for the success of this IMS Asian Symposium. This is a very important and stimulating meeting. Taking this opportunity, I would like to give you two comments.
First comment is on science. The topics presented and discussed are protein-protein interactions, molecular motor, supramolecules, biomaterials, and so on measured by single molecular methods, AFM, NMR, fluorescence spectroscopy and imaging, etc. From one side, biochemists and protein chemists have reported their original works, while organic, inorganic, and synthetic chemists presented their recent advances. I am learning a lot about these results, and Prof. Kato is developing this new research field on the related subjects very skillfully. Here I like to introduce my favorite understanding on interdisciplinary research. You know Prof. Toshio Yanagida. He is a little younger than me and we both were in Faculty of Engineering Science, Osaka University. He learned electronics in the undergraduate/master courses and studied in Department of Bio-Engineering. Profs. Kotani, Osawa, and Tsukahara were the faculty members under whose stimulating atmosphere Dr. Yanagida became a scientist of single molecule biology. Communicating with professors among different areas, he has opened a new field from his own viewpoint. I think the participants in this symposium are lucky, as you are here integrating two research fields, and you will possibly contribute to opening a new field following Prof. Yanagida.
The second comment is on this Asian Symposium. Now globalization and internationalization proceed so rapidly. I like to transfer my personal experience and reality about the internationalization in Asia. I am a scientist in physical photochemistry utilizing lasers. I started my research in late 1960’, visited Europe and USA frequently for attending laser-related conferences, but I had no chance to see my research field in Asia until late 1990’s. For the conferences in Asia I first went to Hong Kong in 1996, and then visited Daejeon, Bangalore, Taipei, Beijing, and late so many places. In 2008 I was offered a laboratory in Hsinchu Taiwan and I have been working there already for 7 years. Namely, twenty years ago I did not expect that my science and life would be developed in Asia. You are young and will develop your science for the coming 20~30 years, while the speed of internationalization in Asia becomes faster and faster. I strongly wish this symposium is constructing your intimate personal relations and triggering active collaboration. This is indeed a purpose of this symposium.
Thank you very much for your attention.
Hiroshi Masuhara
Chair Professor
National Chiao Tung University (Taiwan)・Advisor
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