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Young Professional Series: Lecture by FUTI Scholarship Recipient and Current Harvard/MIT Graduate Student, Tomohito Okuda

(In Japanese only)

 [2月11日（木）Zoom, 7pm~ EST] 申込締切：2 月8日 (月)

Harvard 大学(Master in Public Administration in International Development [MPA/ID]プログラム）/MIT (Master of Business Administration (MBA)プログラム)在学中の奥田朋仁さん（東大OB）を囲む講演・懇親会を企画致しました。奥田さんは2020-21年度米国伊藤財団—FUTI奨学金を受賞されています。ヤングプロフェッショナルの将来性と熱気のある革新的な講演に皆様、是非御参加ください。お友達、ご家族の参加も大歓迎です。

奥田さんには上記のテーマでお話いただきます。 非常にタイムリーなテーマであるため、 質疑応答の時間も十分に取ってございます。 講演とQ＆Aの後に懇親会も 予定しています。東大体験プログラムでNYを訪問中の学部生10名ほどが参加しますので、OB/OGの皆様との対話を楽しみにしています。

 ＜講演要旨＞

COVID-19によるパンデミックは、密集居住地の感染症への脆弱性と共に、現代社会における格差の存在を浮き彫りにしました。途上国都市の公衆衛生は感染症の拡大抑制などに重要な役割を果たす一方、最も解決が難しい開発課題の一つでもあり、特にスラムと呼ばれるような市街地では、費用・法制度等の理由から下水道すら通しにくい状況が多く見られます。本講演では、こうした地域でも機能するトイレ販売及び汚水の回収・再生利用をケニアで行うSanergy社でのフェローシップをはじめとする講演者の経験を紹介し、都市インフラの最新の潮流を議論します。

＜記＞

日時：2021年2月11日 [木曜日]

午後７時〜8時 [講演及びQ&A ]、８時〜８時３０分[懇親会]

フォーマット：Zoom

言語：日本語

申し込み：2月8日 (月)必着

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主催：さつき会アメリカ

共催：東大友の会、FUTI Alumni Association （TBD）

略歴

奥田朋仁（おくだともひと）。慶應義塾大学主席卒業後、東京大学大学院都市工学専攻及びフランス国立土木学校にてセネガルのスラム改善を研究。NGO（セネガル）、国連（ケニア）、世界銀行（ケニア）でのインターンシップを経て、三菱商事にて５年間、中東・アジアにおける水・電力インフラの開発に取り組む。2019年に退職し、米国伊藤財団—FUTI並びにフルブライト奨学生として、Harvard Kennedy School及びMIT Sloan School of Managementに留学。留学中、Sanergyフェローとして同社のビジネス拡大に携わる。2022年修了予定。

Abstract

Paclitaxel (Taxol®) and docetaxel are among the most widely used chemotherapeutic drugs against various types of cancer. However, these drugs cause undesirable side effects as well as drug resistance. Therefore, it is essential to develop next-generation taxane anticancer agents with better pharmacological properties and improved activity especially against drug-resistant and metastatic cancers. Our studies have led to the development of numerous highly potent novel second- and third-generation taxanes. The third-generation taxanes show virtually no difference in potency against drug-resistant and drug-sensitive cell lines. Some of the next-generation taxanes also exhibit excellent potency against cancer stem cells, which are the cause of cancer recurrence and metastasis.

This lecture concisely presents investigations into taxanes over 25 years based on a strong quest for the discovery and development of next-generation taxanes and their highly efficacious tumor-targeted drug delivery. The critical importance of multidisciplinary research in these endeavors, as well as emerging academia-industry collaborations in drug discovery will also be discussed.

Information

Date: Friday, March 15, 2019
Time: 5:45 PM ~ 8:00 PM (5:45 PM doors open, 6:15 PM - 8 PM lecture and Q&A)
Location: University of Tokyo New York Office, 145 West 57th St. 21st Fl., NYC

Language: The lecture will be in English, the Q&A can be in Japanese

Fee: $20 (Beverage and appetizers)

Registration deadline: Monday, March 11, 2019
First come first serve. Seating is limited.

Photo: Photos taken at the event may be used in Friends of UTokyo publications or on the FUTI website. Please notify us ahead of time if there is an issue with having your photo taken.

Sponsor: Satsukikai America

Co-sponsor: Friends of UTokyo, Inc.

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About Iwao Ojima

Brief Curriculum Vitae

Name: Iwao Ojima

Title:University Distinguished Professor

Education:     1968 B. S. degree        The University of Tokyo

1970 M. S. degree       The University of Tokyo

1973 Ph.D. degree       The University of Tokyo (Prof. Naoki Inamoto)

Appointments:

l973-l983 Senior  Research  Fellow and Group Leader, Sagami Institute of Chemical Research

1983     Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Stony Brook

1984     Professor, Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Stony Brook

1989     Professeur invité, Université Claude Bernard Lyon I, Lyon, France

1991     Leading Professor, State University of New York at Stony Brook

1995     University Distinguished Professor, State University of New York

1996     Visiting Professor, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

1997     Visiting Professor, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA

1997     Professeur invité, Université de Paris XI, BIOCIS, Châtenay-Malabry, France

1997-2003 Chair, Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Stony Brook

2003-present, Director, Institute of Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery, Stony Brook.

2016-present, President, National Academy of Inventors Stony Brook University Chapter.

Awards:

The 25th National Young Investigator Award (日本化学会進歩賞), The Chemical Society of Japan, 1976.

Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award, American Chemical Society, 1994.

The 51st Chemical Society of Japan Award (日本化学会賞) for distinguished achievements, The Chemical Society of Japan, 1999.

Emanuel B. Hershberg Award for Important Discoveries in Medicinally Active Substances, American Chemical Society, 2001.

Outstanding Inventor Award, The Research Foundation of the State University of New York, 2002.

NYSTAR Faculty Development Award, New York State Office of Science, Technology & Academic Research, 2002.

ACS Award for Creative Work in Fluorine Chemistry, American Chemical Society, 2013.

Ernest Guenther Award in the Chemistry of Natural Products, American Chemical Society, 2019.

Selected Honors (Elected Fellows):

J. S. Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1995)

American Association for the Advancement of Science (1997)

The New York Academy of Sciences (2000)

American Chemical Society (2010)

National Academy of Inventors (2014).

More details at:https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/chemistry/faculty/Ojima%20CV.pdf