We will have the Special Lecture "New Aspectin Clinical ChemistryWhat is the role of "Analytical Chemistry" in Veterinary Medicine?"

●Date	March 13, 2013, 16：00～17：30
●Venue	Lecture Hall
●Lecture	Prof. Mitsuyoshi Takiguchi (Hokkaido Univ, JAPAN) Dr. Kei Nomiyama (Ehime Univ, JAPAN) Prof. Robert H Weiss (UC Davis, USA)

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We will have the Special Lecture "Excitements in Changing Scenarioof Radiation Biology" chaired by Prof. Kaushala Prasad Mishra

●Date	March 11, 2013, 16：00～17：30
●Venue	Lecture Hall
●Lecture	Prof. Kaushala Prasad Mishra Vice Chancellor Nehru Gram Bharati Univ., India

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The 5th International Symposium on February 28 (Thu), 2013

RECENT ADVANCES IN RESEARCH ON ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY
BY YOUNG RESEARCHERS FROM AFRICAN COUNTRIES AND JAPAN

• Date: February 28th, 2013
• Time: Afternoon 14:30~17:50
• Venue: Lecture Hall, Graduate School of Veterinary　Medicine, Hokkaido University

Chairperson:

Prof. Lawrence Ikechukwu Ezemonye
National Centre for Energy and Environment, Energy Commission of Nigeria, University of Benin, Nigeria

Moderator:

Prof. Mayumi Ishizuka
Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Japan

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14:30~14:35 Opening Remarks: Prof. Shigeo Ito, Dean
Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Japan

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Session 1: Field Studies for Ecological and Health Risk Assessment

14:35~14:55 Mr. YARED Beyene Yohannes (Topic from Ethiopia)
Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Japan
LEVELS OF ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES IN BIRD AND FISH SPECIES FROM ETHIOPIAN RIFT VALLEY LAKE: ASSOCIATION WITH TROPHIC LEVEL

14:55~15:15 Mr. Nesta BORTEY-SAM (Topic from Ghana)
Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Japan
INCIDENCE OF METALS AND POLY AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS) IN SURFACE SOILS FROM THE KUMASI METROPOLIS, GHANA- GIS BASED APPROACH.

15:15~15:35 Dr. Abdallah Fikry A. Mahmoud (Topic from Egypt)
Food Control Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt
DETERMINATION OF ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES (OCPS) IN THE EDIBLE OFFAL OF EGYPTIAN BUFFALO

15:35~15:55 Mr. Ruan Gerber (Topic from South Africa)
Department of Zoology, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
THE ECOLOGICAL STATE OF TIGERFISH (HYDROCYNUS VITTATUS) IN THE KRUGER NATIONAL PARK: A STUDY INTO THEIR HEALTH IN TERMS OF BIOACCUMULATION AND BIOMARKER RESPONSES

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15:55~16:05 Coffee Break

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Session 2: Laboratory and Semi-Field Study on Environmental Toxicology

16:05~16:25 Dr. Tongo Isioma (Topic from Nigeria)
Department of Animal and Environmental Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Benin, Nigeria
BIOMARKERS OF STRESS IN AMPHIBIANS (Bufo regularis): ALTERNATIVE ENDPOINTS IN ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT OF PESTICIDES.

16:25~16:45 Dr. Emmanuel Temiotan Ogbomida (Topic from Nigeria)
Ecotoxicology and Environmental Forensic Unit, National Centre for Energy and Environment, Energy Commission of Nigeria, University of Benin, Nigeria.
ECOTOXICOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF ANTIFOULING BIOCIDE (TRIBUTYLTIN) IN WARRI HARBOURS

16:45~17:05 Dr. Nowaki Hijikata (Topic from Japan)
Graduated school of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Japan
FEASIBILITY OF GREYWATER REUSE FOR IRRIGATION: THE IMPACT OF LAUNDRY DETERGENT AND ITS SURFACTANT ON PLANT GROWTH AND SYMBIOTIC BACTERIA.

17:05~17:25 Dr. Ken Ushijima (Topic from Japan)
Graduated school of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Japan
ENDOTOXIN REMOVAL BY SOIL AQUIFER TREATMENT FOR WASTEWATER REUSE.

17:25~17:45 Mr. Kensuke Watanabe (Topic from Japan)
Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Japan
AVIAN FEATURES OF CYP 1-3 GENES

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17:45~17:50 Closing: Prof. Motohiro Horiuchi, Program Coordinator
Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Japan

（Joint hosting：JSPS Core-to-Core Program "Establishment of International Toxicology Consortium with 8 African Countries"）

We will have the 5th "Progress", and this seminar will be planned by Ph.D. course students themselves for their training.

●Date:Fri. Feb. 8th, 2013 18:00-19:20
●Venue:Lecturer Hall

1st Presentation 　　18:00-18:35	「Analysis of Podocyte Injury in Murine Glomerulonephritis」 （Lab. of Anatomy, D1, Junpei KIMURA）
2nd Presentation 　　18:45-19:20	「Identification of viral factors responsible for the pathogenicity of classical swine fever virus in pigs」 （Lab. of Microbiology, D1, Tomokazu Tamura）

We will have the 5th "Progress", and this seminar will be planned by Ph.D. course students themselves for their training.

●Date:Fri. Jan. 11th, 2013 18:00-20:10
●Venue:Lecturer Hall

1st Presentation 　　18:00-18:35	「Inhibition activity of quinolones against DNA gyrase of Campylobacter jejuni」 （CZC Division of Global Epidemiology, D2, Ruchirada Changkwanyeu ）
2nd Presentation 　　18:45-19:20	「Evaluation of left atrial phasic function by echocardiography in canine heart disease」 （Lab. Of Internal medicine, D1, Tatsuyuki Osuga）
3rd Presentation 　　19:25-20:10	「Pathologic features of astrocytic growth early after infection with fowl glioma-inducing retroviruses」 　 of γ globin in bovine globin switching」 （Lab. Of Comparative pathology, D2, Sayuri Nakamura）