The 7th Sweden-Japan Academic Network

Date and time: February 1, 2019, 17:00-19:30

Venue: Beijer Hall, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (KVA), Lilla Frescativägen 4A, Stockholm, Sweden

Organizers:  The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (KVA)

The Embassy of Japan in Sweden

JSPS Alumni Club in Sweden

JSPS Stockholm Office

*This seminar is free of charge and open to the public.
*Please register in advance by 31 January 2019. Click here to register.

– Program –

17:00-17:15   Registration

17:15-17:20   Opening remarks by Prof. Dan Larhammar, President of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

17:20-17:30   Introduction of JSPS activities by Dr. Tadaharu Tsumoto, Director of JSPS Stockholm Office

17:30-17:55   Lecture by Prof. Göran Thor, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Chair of JSPS Alumni Club in Sweden

                      “What do lichens tell us about the environment – The example of the Tokyo Imperial Palace Grounds”

17:55-18:20  Lecture by Dr. Mieko Kono, Swedish Museum of Natural History

                      “To be or not to be a lichen? Using genomics to interpret lifestyles in fungi”

18:25-19:30   Reception

– Toast by the Embassy of Japan in Sweden