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
Program (130 KB)
Friday, May 12, 2023
12:00 Registration
Convener: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Duschl (University 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 of University Kiel)
• Prof. Dr. Frank Kempken (Dean of Natural Sciences, University Kiel)
• N.N. (DJG)
13:45 Lorenz von Stein in Japan
Jule Herbst (University Kiel, Lorenz von Stein Institut für Verwaltungswissenschaften)
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)
15:00 Extremophiles
Prof. Dr. Peter Schönheit (University Kiel)
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)
17:00 In-situ Research in the Solar System
Prof. Dr. Robert Wimmer-Schweingruber (University Kiel)
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, 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
Prof. Dr. Sven Petersen (GEOMAR)
09:45 Ocean World Habitability and the Origin of Life
Prof. Dr. Yasuhito Sekine (Earth-Life Science Institute of Tokyo Institute of Technology, ELSI)
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)
11:45 Extreme Economic Situation
N.N. (IfW)
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: Bus or shuttle boat
16:45 Guided tour
For others:
Transport: Bus or shuttle boat
14:30 Guided tour