The Nagoya University Lectures


The Nagoya University Lectures
The Nagoya University Lecture is positioned to be the most important academic lecture at the University to be hosted by the President. The lecturers, selected from international researchers of the highest caliber, are awarded the Nagoya University Lectureships. It is open to the general public.

Nagoya University Lecture 2010 -Using chemistry to unravel the secrets of life: From natural molecules to drugs-
Date	November 13, 2010	Place	Toyoda Auditorium, Nagoya University
Lecturer		Affiliation	Title
Yoshito Kishi		University Professor, Nagoya University/Professor,Harvard University	Complex natural products: structure and synthesis
Koji Nakanishi		University Professor, Nagoya University/Professor,Columbia University	A life spent in the discovery and structural elucidation of new natural products

2010 Nagoya Univerisyt Lecture -What is Life? How DNA encode our body-
Date	March 31, 2010	Place	Toyoda Auditorium, Nagoya University
Lecturer		Affiliation	Title
Masahiro Sugiura		University Professor, Nagoya University	Determination of the complete nucleotide sequence from several chloroplast genomes
Masatoshi Takeichi		University Professor, Nagoya University/Director,RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology	Solving the mystery of tissue self-organization

In Commemoration of Winning the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nagoya University Lecture
Date	March 26, 2009	Place	Toyoda Auditorium, Nagoya University
Lecturer		Affiliation	Title
Osamu SHIMOMURA		Distinguished Invited University Professor, Nagoya University/Distinguished Scientist, Marine Biological Laboratory	The Origin of the Research on Light-emitting Organism: Nagoya University

In Commemoration of Winning the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics Nagoya University Lecture
Date	February 7, 2009	Place	Toyoda Auditorium, Nagoya University
Lecturer		Affiliation	Title
Makoto KOBAYASHI		Distinguished Invited University Professor, Nagoya University/Executive Director, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science(JSPS)	CP Violation and Flavour Mixing
Toshihide MASKAWA		Distinguished Invited University Professor, Nagoya University/Professor, Kyoto Sangyo University	What Does CP Violation Tell Us?

Nagoya University Lecture 2008
Date	July 12, 2008	Place	Toyoda Auditorium, Nagoya University
Lecturer		Affiliation	Title
Sumio IIJIMA		Distinguished Invited University Professor, Nagoya University/Professor, Meijo University	Observation
Harold W.Kroto		Professor, Florida State University	Professor, Florida State University

Nagoya University Lecture
Date	October 10, 2006	Place	Noyori Conference Hall, Nagoya University
Lecturer		Affiliation	Title
Michel ZINK		Professor, Collége de France	Une Source de la poésie occidentale: les chansons des troubadours et leurs commentaires (An origin of poetry in the West: The chansons of the troubadours in the middle ages and their commentaries)

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