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The environmental pollution problem is a global issue and efforts from various fields are necessary. Especially veterinary medicine is a field where bridges between humans and animals, ecosystems. Under the concept of ”One Health”, to prevent chemical hazards occurring around the world, we set up a specialist course I-V on chemical hazard countermeasures for the purpose of human resource development. Course I provides class on Field Toxicology & Risk Analysis （Assessment, Management and Communication）. Course II provides methodology of chemical analyses such as LC/MS, GC/MS and ICP/MS. Course III provides Comprehensive Studies on Chemical Hazard Control. The Course IV is the classes on Environmental Remediation. The Course V is on silico （computer） analyses of the data.
I: Field Toxicology & Risk Analysis
In this class, students will learn about basic toxicology, environmental toxicology, risk analysis (risk assessment, risk management, and risk communication), food safety, and hygiene. As an emerging field, you will also study about forensic veterinary medicine and shelter medicine. Participants will learn from experts in the field how to control hazards when they become apparent and how to respond to them.
Introduction to Toxicology
real-time Live Lecture (8:45-10:15, 26 Jul, 2021) and on-demand Lecture (Oct 1~Dec 31, 2021)
The basic principle of toxicology is that all chemicals are toxic. In this course, you will learn the basics of toxicology, such as how toxicity is caused and how it is evaluated.
Mayumi ISHIZUKA, Professor, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University
Food Safety
real-time Live Lecture (10:30-12:00, 26 Jul, 2021) and on-demand Lecture (Sept 1 ~ Nov 31, 2021)
Food safety is an even more important social issue. In this class, students will learn what factors can cause threats to food safety and a wide range of topics related to food safety, including chemical substances and microorganisms.
Motohiro HORIUCHI, Professor, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University
Ecotoxicology & Environmental Toxicology
real-time Live Lecture (13:00-16:00, 26 Jul, 2021) and on-demand Lecture (Oct 1~Dec 31, 2021)
With chemical substances being released into the environment on a daily basis, environmental toxicology and ecotoxicology are important research fields for the "One Health" concept. It is even said that there is no longer an uncontaminated environment on earth. Students will learn the basics and applications of how to evaluate the possible effects and toxicity of various chemical substances that we consume every day.
PASTORINHO Manuel Ramiro Dias, Invited lecturer from University of Évora (Portugal)
Tarryn Lee Botha, Invited lecturer from North-West University (South Africa)
Forensic Toxicology & Shelter Medicine
real-time Live Lecture (8:45-12:00, 27 Jul, 2021) and on-demand Lecture (Oct 1~Dec 31, 2021)
Forensic veterinary medicine is a recently established discipline that is closely related to animal welfare. In this class, students will learn the basics of shelter medicine, disaster veterinary medicine, and forensic veterinary medicine, which have not yet become widespread in Japan.
Aki TANAKA, Assistant Professor, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University
Risk Analysis
ondemand Video Lecture (13:00-18:00, 19 Aug, 2021) and on-demand Lecture (Oct 1~Dec 31, 2021)
Risk analysis consists of risk assessment, risk management, and risk communication. In this class, you will learn the basics of risk analysis and what you should do as a professional when a hazard actually occurs.
Keywords: Event-Based- Survey, Rapid Risk Assessment
Norikazu Isoda, Associate Professor, Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University
Risk communication
real-time Live Lecture (8:45-16:00, 20 Aug, 2021) and on-demand Lecture (Oct 1~Dec 31, 2021)
The importance of risk communication has led to the need to strengthen human resource development, but there are few opportunities to learn about it at universities. In this class, experts will teach the basics of risk communication.
Mariko Nishizawa, Director, Litera Japan Corporation
II: Chemical Analyses
In this class, students will learn how to analyze chemical substances. Students will learn state-of-the-art analytical techniques such as high-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS), Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS), gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), and stable isotope mass spectrometry. Students will learn to actually analyze physiologically active substances and environmental chemicals in a practical training format. In classroom lectures, students study the principles of instrument analysis, how to handle and think about data, and how to perform calculations.
Practical Class, and partially online lecture ( 8:45-16:00, 2~5 Aug 2021)
Analytical Chemistry & Toxicology
The basic principle of toxicology is that all chemicals are toxic. In this course, you will learn the basics of toxicology, such as how toxicity is caused and how it is evaluated.
Yoshinori Ikenaka, Associate Professor, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University
Shouta MM NAKAYAMA, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University
III: Comprehensive Studies on Chemical Hazard Control
In this class, you will learn the basic knowledge required for chemical hazard control. Students will be asked to study ecology, anatomy, molecular toxicology, pharmacology, pathotoxicology, and immunotoxicology. Most of these are taught in a lecture format, but some classes incorporate practical exercises. The practicals will include learning about microscopy, virtual slide technology, and patch clamping. What you learn in this class will be useful not only in chemical hazard control, but also in many other areas of research.
real-time Live Lecture (13:00-16:15, 27 Jul, 2021) and on-demand Lecture (Oct 1~Dec 31, 2021)
Pharmacology
Students will learn about pharmacology as the basis for the effects of chemical substances on humans and animals.
Ken-ichi Otsuguro, Professor, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University
real-time Live Lecture (8:45-10:15, 10 Aug, 2021) and on-demand Lecture (Oct 1~Dec 31, 2021)
Wildlife Toxicology / Ecotoxicology
Conservation medicine is a new discipline that began in the 2000s. In this class, experts in wildlife and ecology will lecture on the relationship between human activities, chemicals released into the environment, and wildlife.
Toshio TSUBOTA, Professor, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University
real-time Live Lecture (10:30-12:00, 10 Aug, 2021) and on-demand Lecture (Oct 1~Dec 31, 2021)
Toxicologic Pathology
Pathological analysis provides the basic and important data needed to investigate pathological conditions and their causes in humans and animals. Students will learn the basics of how histological images are affected by chemicals and other factors.
Takashi Kimura, Professor, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University
real-time Live Lecture (13:00-16:15, 10 Aug, 2021) and on-demand Lecture (Oct 1~Dec 31, 2021)
Immunotoxicology
Immunotoxicity is one of the most common effects of chemicals, which can also cause mass deaths of wildlife directly or indirectly. Many chemicals are known to act on the immune system, and this class will cover a wide range of topics from the basics of immunology to immunotoxicology.
Kazuhiko Ohashi, Professor, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University
Practical Class, and partially online lecture ( 8:45-16:15, 11 Aug 2021)
Experimental Molecular Toxicology
Students will learn the basics of histological evaluation of the effects of chemical substances from a molecular biological perspective.
Osamu Ichii, Associate Professor, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University
IV: Environmental Remediation
In this class, students will learn the skills and knowledge necessary for environmental restoration, including GIS (Geographic Information System) and green chemicals. After learning how GIS obtains satellite data and how to analyze the data, students will go out into the field to practice their knowledge. Environmental remediation is taught in the form of exercises.
real-time Live Seminar (8:45-16:15, 12 Aug, 2021) and on-demand Lecture (Oct 1~Dec 31, 2021)
New diagnostic technologies opened up by remote sensing
Remote sensing technology can be an important tool for various researches. In this class, experts who have actually created and flown nano-satellites into space will teach “New diagnostic technologies opened up by remote sensing”.
Yukihiro Takahashi, Professor, Space Mission Center (SMC), Creative Research Institution (CRIS), Hokkaido University
real-time Live Seminar(8:45-12:00, 19 Aug, 2021) and on-demand Lecture (Oct 1~Dec 31, 2021)
Environmental Remediation
The basic principle of toxicology is that all chemicals are toxic. In this course, you will learn the basics of toxicology, such as how toxicity is caused and how it is evaluated.
Yuichi Kamiya, Professor, Faculty of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University
Face-to-Face Practical Class ( 8:45-16:00, 16~18 Aug 2021)
Basic and practices of GIS
Now a day, GIS (Geographic Information System) and remote sensing technologies are essential for the field research activities. Through this hands-on training for 3 days, you will learn how to acquire and analyze GIS and satellite data.
Kazuyo HIROSE, Researcher, Japan Space Systems
V: Informatics
This class will be a computer-based in silico class. Students will learn how to predict and calculate how to simulate the binding of biomolecules to chemical molecules. It will be useful for many researches because you will learn from the assembly of protein three-dimensional structures. Also, have you ever had trouble figuring out how to handle and analyze the large number of data obtained from epidemiological studies, omics, and other comprehensive analyses? In this class, you will learn how to put together diverse data such as epidemiological surveys and more than tens of thousands of omics data such as molecular biology.
real-time Live Seminar ( 8:45-16:15, 28-29 Jul 2021) and on-demand Lecture (Oct 1~Dec 31, 2021)
Computational Toxicology Basic of Molecular Docking
Simulates affinity and interaction between molecules. Students will learn how to create protein 3D structures for simulation and how to calculate ligand affinity in docking simulation.
Kazuki Takeda, Assistant Professor, Kitazato University
real-time Live Seminar(8:45-16:15, 30 Jul, 2021) and on-demand Lecture (Oct 1~Dec 31, 2021)
Basic and Multivariate Analysis: Basics and Practices
This course provides guidance from the basics to practice on what to do when analyzing large amounts of factors such as metabolomics and epidemiological studies.
Akifumi Eguchi, Assistant Professor, Chiba University