October 10 (Friday) 1:00 PM

Opening remarks: Takeshi Nishino (Nihon Medical School)

1:10 - 2:40 PM

C. S. Raman (University of Texas Medical School)
Molecular Basis of the Evolution of Gaseous Messenger Signaling

Y. Shiro (Riken Harima Institute, SPring-8)
Sensing Mechanism of Two-Component Regulatory Systems

2:40 PM

Poster Session

3:40 - 5:40 PM

K. Kikuchi (Tokyo University)
Fluorescent Sensor Molecules for Cell Biology Based on Metallo-Complexes

S. Yoshikawa (Himeji Institute of Technology)
Proton Pumping Mechanism of Bovine Heart Cytochrome c Oxidase

5:40 PM

Poster Session

7:00 PM

Reception / Dinner

October 11 (Saturday)

9:00 - 11:00 AM

T. Hakoshima (Nara Institute of Science and Technology)
Crystal Structure of the Human FEN1-PCNA Complex and its Implications for Replication and Repair

L. Thony-Meyer (Eidgenossiche Technische Hochschule, Zurich)
Cytochrome c Maturation: A Paradigm for Protein-Cofactor Assembly

K. Ishimori (Kyoto University)
Heme-Regulated Sensor Proteins: Novel Functions of Heme

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Poster Session and Lunch

1:00 - 3:00 PM

C. L. Drennan (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Crystallographic Snapshots of Metallproteins in Action

R. P. Hausinger (Michigan State University)
Nickel Incorporation Into Urease

3:00 PM

Intermission

3:15 - 4:15 PM

E. C. Theil (Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute)
Sensing Cellular Iron: Ferritin Ferroxidase Sites, Pores and mRNA

4:15 PM

Concluding remarks: I. Morishima (Kyoto Univ.)

Organizers: Masao Ikeda-Saito (Tohoku University, Sendai.),
Koichiro Ishimori (Kyoto University, Kyoto.)