Invited Speakers
Plenary Lecturer
Au nanoparticle-based surface-enhanced Raman imaging reveals cystathionine-gamma-lyase-derived polysulfide overproduction in cancer-associated fibroblasts as a determinant of post-operative overall prognosis
![Makoto Suematsu](img/speakers/speakers_01.jpg)
Makoto Suematsu, MD, PhD
(Professor and Chair, Department of Biochemistry, Keio University School of Medicine)
Keynote and Invited Speakers
![Christine Austin](img/speakers/ki_speakers_01.jpg)
Christine Austin
(Icahn Sch. Med. Mount Sinai)
Tooth-based biomarkers of atypical metal regulation in Autism Spectrum Disorder
![Peter Caravan](img/speakers/ki_speakers_02.jpg)
Peter Caravan
(Massachusetts General Hospital)
Molecular magnetic resonance imaging and metallomics
![Angela Casini](img/speakers/ki_speakers_03.jpg)
Angela Casini
(Technical University of Munich)
Design of organogold complexes for biomedical applications: from non-covalent interactions to metal-templated catalysis in cells
![Chunying Chen](img/speakers/ki_speakers_04.jpg)
Chunying Chen
(National Center for Nanoscience and Technology)
Molybdenum sulfide nanomaterials transform and incorporate into molybdenum enzymes and affect their activities in vivo
![Jorge Ruiz Encinar](img/speakers/ki_speakers_05.jpg)
Jorge Ruiz Encinar
(University of Oviedo)
New advances for the characterization of functionalized metallic nanomaterials aiming at bioanalytical applications
![Hitomi Fujishiro](img/speakers/ki_speakers_06.jpg)
Hitomi Fujishiro
(Tokushima Bunri University)
Alterations in renal cadmium distribution and phosphate reabsorption by the administration of cadmium-metallothionein in mice
![Ayako Fukunaka](img/speakers/ki_speakers_07.jpg)
Ayako Fukunaka
(Gunma University)
ZIP13-iron axis is a new regulatory mechanism for lipolysis
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Marie C Heffern
(UC Davis)
New tools for illuminating extracellular metallobiology as potential disease biomarkers
![Hyogo Horiguchi](img/speakers/ki_speakers_08.jpg)
Hyogo Horiguchi
(Kitasato University)
Excessive oral cadmium exposure through rice consumption and renal tubular dysfunction in farmers in Northern Japan revealed by health examination and hospital-based screening for cadmium nephropathy
![Bin Hu](img/speakers/ki_speakers_09.jpg)
Bin Hu
(Wuhan University)
Microfluidic chip combined with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry for single cell analysis
![Taiho Kambe](img/speakers/ki_speakers_10.jpg)
Taiho Kambe
(Kyoto University)
Sophisticated expression responses of ZNT1 and MT to expression alteration of ZIPs: Dissecting the mechanism underlying the control of zinc homeostasis
![Ivan M Kempson](img/speakers/ki_speakers_11.jpg)
Ivan M. Kempson
(University of South Australia)
Metal nanoparticle fate in single cell analysis. Consequence and impact for nanomedicine.
![Yayoi Kobayashi](img/speakers/ki_speakers_12.jpg)
Yayoi Kobayashi
(National Institute for Environmental Studies.)
Elemental analysis of biological samples in large-scale birth cohort study
![Maria Montes-Bayon](img/speakers/ki_speakers_23.jpg)
Maria Montes-Bayon
(University of Oviedo)
Single cell ICP-MS to study the uptake of trace elements and the biosynthesis of nanoparticles by microrganisms.
![Aline Murawski](img/speakers/ki_speakers_13.jpg)
Aline Murawski
(German Environment Agency)
Human Biomonitoring in Germany & Europe – science and policy for a healthy future
![Hua Naranmandura](img/speakers/ki_speakers_14.jpg)
Hua Naranmandura
(Zhejiang University)
New Strategy for Overcoming ATO-resistant APL
![Toshihiko Ogura](img/speakers/ki_speakers_15.jpg)
Toshihiko Ogura
(National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)
Nanoscale imaging of intact biological specimens in water using scanning electron assisted dielectric microscopy
![Toshihiko Ogura](img/speakers/ki_speakers_24.jpg)
Boaz Pokroy
(Technion - Israel Institute of Technology)
Learning from intracrystalline proteins in biogenic minerals how to tune various physical properties of synthetic crystals
![Clotilde Policar](img/speakers/ki_speakers_16.jpg)
Clotilde Policar
(Ecole Normale Supérieure, PSL université Paris)
Metal complexes in biological environments: a new frontier in inorganic chemistry
Focuses on Mn-SOD mimics: from design to evaluation in cells
![Anatoly Skalnyy](img/speakers/ki_speakers_17.jpg)
Anatoly Skalnyy
(UNESCO)
Mercury pollution problem in Russia: current trends and health outcomes
![Hongzhe Sun](img/speakers/ki_speakers_18.jpg)
Hongzhe Sun
(The University of Hong Kong)
Metalloproteomics for mapping metals to proteins by in cells: uncovering molecular target of chromium(III)
![Michio Suzuki](img/speakers/ki_speakers_19.jpg)
Michio Suzuki
(The University of Tokyo)
Organic molecules related to the biomineralization of mollusks and bacteria
![Junpei Takano](img/speakers/ki_speakers_20.jpg)
Junpei Takano
(Osaka Prefecture University)
Boron Transport and Sensing in Arabidopsis
![Kazuhiro Toyoda](img/speakers/ki_speakers_21.jpg)
Kazuhiro Toyoda
(Hokkaido University)
Biogenic manganese oxides (BMO) — an introduction to the recent research development
![Luqing Zheng](img/speakers/ki_speakers_22.jpg)
Luqing Zheng
(Nanjing Agricultural University)