Life Under Extreme Conditions
26th Japanese-German Symposium
jointly organized by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and Deutsche Gesellschaft der JSPS-Stipendiaten e.V.
Date: May 12–13, 2023
Venue: Hans-Geiger-Hörsaal, Leibnizstr. 13, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, 24118 Kiel, Germany
Program (140 KB)
Friday, May 12, 2023
12:00 Registration
Convener: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Duschl (University of Kiel)
13:00 Welcome Remarks
• Prof. Dr. Heinrich Menkhaus (Chairman of German JSPS Alumni Association)
• Kikuko Kato (Consul General Japan)
• Prof. Dr. Simone Fulda (President, University of Kiel)
• Prof. Dr. Frank Kempken (Dean of Natural Sciences, University of Kiel)
• Dr. Hans-Michael Kiefmann (Honorary Chairman, DJG Schleswig-Holstein)
13:45 Lorenz von Stein in Japan
Jule Herbst (Lorenz von Stein Institut für Verwaltungswissenschaften, University of Kiel)
Abstract Herbst (252 KB)
Part 1: Microbiology under Extreme Conditions
Convener: Dr. Matthias Hofmann (JSPS Club Board Member)
14:30 Dark Energy Ecosystem Driven by Chemical Disequilibrium in the Earth and even Extraterrestrial Bodies
Prof. Dr. Ken Takai(Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, JAMSTEC)
Abstract Takai (339 KB)
15:00 Extremophiles
Prof. Dr. Peter Schönheit(University of Kiel)
Abstract Schönheit (228 KB)
15:30 Q & A session
15:45 Group Picture & Coffee Break
Part 2: Extra-Terrestrial Life
Convener: Prof. Dr. Masahiko Hayashi (JSPS Bonn Office)
16:30 Exoplanets, Astrobiology
Prof. Dr. Motohide Tamura (The University of Tokyo)
Abstract Tamura (223 KB)
17:00 In-situ Research in the Solar System
Prof. Dr. Robert Wimmer-Schweingruber (University of Kiel)
Abstract Wimmer-Schweingruber (240 KB)
17:30 Q & A session
17:45 Introduction of JSPS Programs
Eriko Suto (JSPS Bonn Office)
18:00 go to dinner venue
19:00 Dinner at restaurant
JSPS Alumni Club Award 2023 Ceremony
Saturday, May 13, 2023
09:00 Opening Message from Prof. Dr. Kodaira (former Director of the JSPS Bonn Office)
online from Japan
Part 3: Life in Deep Sea
Convener: Dr. Wolfgang Staguhn (JSPS Club Board Member)
09:15 Life at the Edge: Black Smokers and Hydrothermal Systems in the Deep Sea
Dr. Sven Petersen (GEOMAR)
Abstract Petersen (212 KB)
09:45 Ocean World Habitability and the Origin of Life
Prof. Dr. Yasuhito Sekine (Earth-Life Science Institute of the Tokyo Institute of Technology, ELSI)
Abstract Sekine (341 KB)
10:15 Q & A session
10:30 Coffee Break
Part 4: Extreme Conditions in Society?
Convener: Prof. Dr. Katja Kölkebeck (JSPS Club Board Member)
11:15 Modelling Pandemics, Mathematics of Pandemics in a Nutshell
Prof. Dr. Reinhard Schlickeiser (University Bochum)
Abstract Schlickeiser (208 KB)
11:45 Removing CO2 from the Air and Reflecting Sunlight into Space – Extreme Ways to Deal with Climate Change?
Dr. Christine Merk (Kiel Institute for the World Economy, IfW)
Abstract Merk (363 KB)
12:15 Q & A session
12:30 Closing Remarks
Prof. Dr. Masahiko Hayashi (JSPS Bonn Office)
12:45 Lunch
For participants of General assembly of JSPS Club:
14:00 General Assembly of JSPS Club
Transport: public transport
16:45 Guided tour to the Zoological Museum of the University of Kiel
For others:
Transport: public transport
14:30 Guided tour to the Zoological Museum of the University of Kiel