Activities in 2010
December 11, 2010
Symposium to commemorate the completion of the Food and Science Tower
Date and time: December 11, 2010 (Saturday), 10:00-17:00
Location: Ichijo Hall, Yayoi Auditorium
Sponsored by: the Research Center for Food Safety
Supported by: Science of Food Safety and Security
December 10, 2010
Satellite symposium related to commemorating the completion of the Food and Science Tower
Date and time: December 10, 2010 (Friday), 10:00-16:40
Location: Nakashima Hall, Food and Science Tower
Sponsored by: “Science of Food Safety and Security”
Supported by: the Research Center for Food Safety
December 9, 2010
Commemorative ceremony for the completion of the Food and Science Tower
Date and time: December 9, 2010 (Thursday), 11:00-12:00
Location: Nakashima Hall, Food and Science Tower
November 8, 2010
“Interim report session for FCP
Date and time: November 8, 2010, 13:30-18:15
Location: Annex Seihoku Gallery, Ichijo Hall, Yayoi Auditorium, Faculty of Agriculture, The University of Tokyo
Sponsored by: the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF)
Co-sponsored by: the Research Center for Food Safety, AGRI-COCOON
Speech of the sponsor: Hiroshi Takahashi, Chief at General Food Policy Bureau, MAFF
Speech of the co-sponsor: Tsutomu Sekizaki, Director, the Research Center for Food Safety
Keynote Speech: Yasuhiro Nakashima (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Agricultural and Sciences, The University of Tokyo)
October 12-14, 2010
Attended the food safety staff conference at OIE (World Organization for Animal Health)
Dates: October 12 (Tuesday) – October 14, 2010 (Thursday)
Location: Singapore
Attendees: Tsutomu Sekizaki, Professor; Katsuaki Sugiura, Specially Appointed Professor
September 21-22, 2010
Attended the 10th Meeting of Asian Association of Veterinary Schools (AAVS)
Dates: September 21 (Tuesday) – September 22 (Wednesday), 2010
Location: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University
Attendees: Tsutomu Sekizaki, Professor; Hiroyuki Nakayama, Professor.
September 8, 2010
“New chemical substances contained in food and desirable risk communication”
Location: Ichijo Hall, Yayoi Auditorium, The University of Tokyo
Sponsored by: the Research Center for Food Safety, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Supported by: the International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) Japan, ILSI Europe, Japan Food Industry Association, Consumer Affairs Agency
Planning cooperation: LITERA Japan
September 7, 2010
“Food and Science – what risk communication is supposed to be”
Location: Ichijo Hall, Yayoi Auditorium, The University of Tokyo
Sponsored by: the Research Center for Food Safety, Graduate School of Agricultural and Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Co-sponsored by Ajinomoto Co., Inc. and Kao Corporation
Supported by: The Yomiuri Shinbun, British Council and ILSI Japan
Planning cooperation: LITERA Japan
August 29 – September 1, 2010
“Academic exchange with Chiang Mai University and Kasetsart University, Thailand”
Dates: August 29 (Sunday) – September 1 (Wednesday), 2010
Location: Chiang Mai University and Kasetsart University, Thailand
Attendees: Hirokazu Tsubone, Professor, Susumu Kumagai, Specially Appointed Professor, Katsuaki Sugiura, Specially Appointed Professor.
Visited Chiang Mai University and Kasetsart University in Thailand for academic exchange to promote education and research on food safety in Asia.
August 16- 20, 2010
“The 9th International Veterinary Immunology Symposium”
Date and time: 16 August (Monday) – 20 August (Friday), 2010
Location: Tower Hall Funabori, Edogawa-ku, Tokyo
“Invitation to Foot-and-mouth Disease Symposium”
August 10, 2010
To play an important role in international bodies (the 3rd session) “The structure and activity of OIE”
Date and time: August 10 (Tuesday), 2010, 14:00-16:00
Location: Room 405, Tower A, No. 7 Building
Lecturer: Kazuaki Miyagishima (Deputy manager, OIE Secretariat)
http://www/oie.int/eng/en_index.htm
Participants: 6 students, 3 teaching staff members and 5 guests outside the university
July 21, 2010
Food safety from perspective of health claims in Europe
Lecturer: Mr. Satoshi Kudo, Consultant who currently lives in Europe, a former Science Director at Yakult Europe
Sponsored by: the Research Center for Food Safety
Co-sponsored by: AGRI-COCOON, Food Safety and Security Forum Group
Location: Room 106, Tower A, No.7 Building, Faculty of Agriculture
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July 15, 2010
A party from OIE and FAO visited Graduate School, The University of Tokyo
Stuart Slorach, Ph.D., Chairman of APGSWG at OIE; Carolyn Benigno, Ph.D., Officer of FAO-APHCA; Stephen Page, FAO consultant, staff of OIE Tokyo Office and the representatives of Famic (7 in total) visited The University of Tokyo.
Shinichi Shogenji, the dean of the Graduate School, gave a general introduction to the Graduate School, and summarized the education system of veterinary sciences and the Research Center for Food Safety at the dean’s office. Later, the details of the Research Center were explained and its role as OIE Collaborating Center for Food Safety, specifically the contribution in the Asia-Pacific region, was discussed.
July 12-15, 2010
First OIE/FAO-APHCA Regional Workshop on Feed Safety – Feed borne Disease Prevention
Sponsored by: OIE (World Organization for Animal Health), FAO-APHCA
Co-sponsored by: OIE Collaborating Center for Animal Feed Safety (Food and Agricultural Materials Inspection Center; FAMIC) and OIE Collaborating Center for Food Safety (Research Center for Food Safety, University of Tokyo)
Location: Tokyo Green Palace, Inspection Building of FAMIC (in Saitama)
Representatives from 20 countries in Asia-Pacific region and the parties of OIE/FAO gathered to discuss the efforts, preparation of legal framework and quarantine, information network and development of inspection technology, etc., of each country regarding safety of livestock feed and human food through such feed.
July 7, 2010
Exchange with Massey University
R.H. Archer, Professor, the director of the Institute of Food, Nutrition and Human Health, College of Science at Massey University, New Zealand, (Food Engineering) and M.C. Kruger, Professor (Nutrition Physiology) visited us. They introduced their research activities and education at the Institute of Food, Nutrition and Human Health and case studies on health effects by utilizing nutrient composition of farm products in New Zealand. Possibilities of joint research in the food science area were discussed.
July 5-7, 2010
TECHNICAL PROGRAMME FOR THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FOOD SECURITY DURING CHALLENGING TIMES
University Putra Malaysia
International conference on food safety and security was held. Tsutomu Sekizaki, Director of the Research Center for Food Safety, was invited as ones of the speakers, and lectured on Streptococcus infection of swine (a zoonosis) that was spreading around Asia.
June 21-23, 2010
Attended the 2nd Global Conference of OIE Reference Laboratories and Collaborating Centres
Date and time: June 21 (Monday) – June 23 (Wednesday), 2010
Location: OIE Headquarters in Paris, France
Attendee: Takashi Onodera, Specially Appointed Professor
March 26-28, 2010
Won “The Best Poster Award at the 149th Academic Conference of the Japan Society of Veterinary Science”
Theme: Proliferation and acceleration action of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli by Penicillium camemberti in the cheese production model
Prize winners
- Kenichi Ri, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
- Maiko Watanabe, National Institute of Health and Sciences
- Yoshiko Konishi, National Institute of Health and Sciences
- Yukiko Kudo, National Institute of Health and Sciences
- Susumu Kumagai, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
March 1, 2010
Published a book “Development of Food Safety Sciences – for food risk forecasting and controlling”
Editor: the Research Center for Food Safety
Publisher: CMC Publishing
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