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Prof. Takashi Gojobori

Acting Director of Computational Bioscience Research Center (CBRC) Distinguished Professor of Biological and Environmental Science King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia (KAUST)

Biography

Prof. Gojobori is a molecular biologist, he is a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2006) and Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2005). In 2006 Pope Benedict XVI appointed Prof. Gojobori as a member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. He has received the Gaetano Salvatore Gold Medal from Italy (2004). He was awarded the Kihara Memorial Foundation Academic Award in 1995 and the Purple Ribbon Medal and the Medal of Honor of Japan in 2009 for a series of his researches to pioneer the early age of “Molecular Evolutionary Studies using Genome Information”

He is the Founding Editor of the journal Genome Biology and Evolution, the Executive Editor of the journal Gene, Academic Editor of FEBS Letters, Associate Editor of Molecular Biology and Evolution and PLOS Genetics, and Section Editor of Computer Genomics in BMC Genomics. He has served on the editorial boards of 6 international journals including GigaScience. Previously he was the Editor of Journal of Molecular Evolution for 8 years (1995–2003). He is leader of the Japanese team of the H-Invitational international consortium who was tasked with creating a database linking the 21,037 validated human genes to their biological function

Gojobori has worked extensively on the rates of synonymous and non-synonymous substitutionspositive selectionhorizontal gene transferviral evolutiongenome evolution, and comparative gene expression. In recent years, he has focused on the evolution of the brain and Central nervous system.

Gojobori has served as the Program Director of the Council for Science and Technology Policy (CSTP) of the Government of Japan and is the Science Officer of the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports, Culture, and Technology (MEXT). He has contributed to the DDBJ/GenBank/EMBL database construction as well as the H-Invitational human gene database.


All sessions by Prof. Takashi Gojobori

Welcome Address
09:30 AM

Building 19, Hall 1

Prof. Takashi Gojobori

Acting Director of Computational Bioscience Research Center (CBRC) Distinguished Professor of Biological and Environmental Science King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia (KAUST)

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03:45 PM

Building 20

Prof. Takashi Gojobori

Acting Director of Computational Bioscience Research Center (CBRC) Distinguished Professor of Biological and Environmental Science King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia (KAUST)

Dr. Nasser Aljehani

Dr. Nasser Aljehani is a Family Medicine Physician and Clinical Informatician at King Fahad Medical City in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Prof. Robert Hoehndorf

Robert Hoehndorf is an Assistant Professor in Computer Science at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Thuwal.

Prof. Ahmed Albarrak

Professor of Medical Informatics at The College of Medicine, King Saud University

Dr. Malak Abedalthagafi

Dr Malak Abed AlThagafi is an American board certified physician-scientist in Clinical Pathology, Anatomical Pathology, Neuropathology, and Molecular Genetics Pathology.

Dr. Fadwa Attiga, Ph.D.

Dr. Attiga holds a PhD in Oncology from the George Washington University in DC, USA. She is a Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ) and a Project management professional (PMP).

Dr. Ahmad Alonazi, MD

Chief Medical Officer of Wateen

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Closing Remarks and Announcement of Poster Competition Winners
03:15 PM

Building 19, Hall 1

Prof. Takashi Gojobori

Acting Director of Computational Bioscience Research Center (CBRC) Distinguished Professor of Biological and Environmental Science King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia (KAUST)

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