IIS Sympo

NIG International Symposium 2016

This event is sponsored by National Institute of Genetics (NIG) and held as the NIG International Symposium 2016.

Force, Information and Dynamics: X factors shaping living systems

Exploring frontiers of quantitative biology by identifying X-factors that shape living systems

Quantitative biology is a growing discipline goes beyond the quantification of biological phenomena and attempts to unveil fundamental and general principles governing living systems.

After decades of emphasis on the study of GENES to reveal such principles, recent advances in quantitative biology have shed light on other key factors in biology, designated as X-FACTORS. X-factors include FORCE and SYMMETRY, which control the shape, size, and movement of cells and tissues, and INFORMATION, which characterizes processing and transduction of intra- and inter-cellular signaling. Enumerating such X-factors represents a milestone in quantitative biology.

In the Tokyo Symposium, we shall focus on X-factors in biology. This symposium was designed to share and discuss our vision for the frontiers of quantitative biology with cutting-edge researchers from around the world. We expect active discussions on state-of-the-art techniques to measure and manipulate X-factors and on the integration of different X-factors, leading towards a deeper understanding of the nature of living systems.

Date: Jan 9th - 11th, 2016.

Jan. 9th 13:00 to Jan. 11th 12:00

Venue for workshops and the Symposium at Tokyo

Convention hall, An Block, Institute of Industrial Science,
Komaba Ⅱ Research Campus, the University of Tokyo.
Access to Komaba Ⅱ Research Campus
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Registration and Abstract submission (Oct/20/2015)

Registration from here.

Poster Abstract submission deadline: Dec. 10th thr. 2015
For a poster presentation, please submit your abstract from here.

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Seating capacity: Approximately 150, excluding invited speakers ( approx. 20 people ).

Speakers and Abstracts

Link to a "Speakers and Abstracts" page.

Scientific Program

Jan. 9th

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Opening Remarks

Date and Time: Jan. 9th 13:00-13:10

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Session: Quantity - FORCE -

Date and Time: Jan. 9th 13:10-15:25
Chair: Kaoru Sugimura
Speakers:

		Otger Campàs ( University of California, Santa Barbara, USA ) title: "Quantifying tissue mechanics in vivo and in situ"
		Kaoru Sugimura ( Kyoto Univ., Japan ) title: "Quantifying epithelial tissue morphogenesis: from F-actin regulation to cell kinematics and tissue stress"
		Emmanuel Farge ( Institut Curie, France ) title: "From mesoderm mechanotransductive evolutionary origins to tumourogenic mechanical induction"

Poster Session I

Date and Time: Jan. 9th 15:25-18:30 including 5-min instructions of poster presentations

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Jan. 10th

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Session: Quantity - SYMMETRY I -

Date and Time: Jan. 10th 9:00-12:00
Co-Chair: Noriko Hiroi and Yusuke Maeda
Speakers:

		Noriko Hiroi ( Keio University, Japan ) title: "Anisotropy shaped by and for the Dynamic Distribution of Heat"
		Nicolas D Plachta ( IMCB, Singapore ) title: "Seeing how mammalian life starts: Quantitative imaging in live mouse embryos"
		Yusuke Maeda ( Kyushu University, Japan ) title: tba
		Zoher Gueroui ( École Normale Supérieure, France ) title:tba

Poster Session II

Date and Time: Jan. 10th 12:00-13:30

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Session: Quantity - SYMMETRY II -

Date and Time: Jan. 10th 13:30-15:45
Chair: Akatsuki Kimura
Speakers:

		Cliff Brangwynne ( Princeton University, USA ) title: tba
		Akatsuki Kimura ( National Insititute of Genetics, Japan ) title: tba
		Brian Stramer ( King's College London, UK ) title: "Intercellular forces orchestrate contact inhibition of locomotion"

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Coffee Break Date and Time: Jan. 10th 15:45-16:00

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Session: Quantity - INFORMATION -

Date and Time: Jan. 10th 16:00-19:00
Chair:Yuki Tsukada
Speakers:

		Satoshi Sawai ( the University of Tokyo, Japan ) title: tba
		Damon Clark ( Yale University, USA ) title: "Dissecting neural circuits for motion estimation in Drosophila"
		Yuki Tsukada ( Nagoya University, Japan ) title: "Quantification and reconstruction of thermosensory neuronal processing in C. elegans"
		David Umulis ( Purdue University, USA ) title: "Quantification and modeling of BMP signaling during zebrafish embryo development"

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Mixer at the poster presentation Hall

Date and Time: Jan. 10th 19:00-20:30

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Jan. 11th

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Session: Quantities and Beyond

Date and Time: Jan. 11th 9:00-11:15
Chair: Naoki Irie
Speakers:

		Naoki Irie( the University of Tokto, Japan ) title: "Double bladed aspect of gene recruitment to morphological evolution"
		Yuichi Wakamoto ( the University of Tokyo, Japan ) title: "Fitness and gene expression from the viewpoint of single-cell histories"
		Tetsuya J Kobayashi( the University of Tokyo, Japan ) title: "Linking Quantities from Information to Fitness"

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Open Discussion

Date and Time: Jan. 11th 11:15-12:00

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Links

Tokyo Symposium: Force, Information and Dynamics: X factors shaping living systems
NIG International Symposium 2016 satellite workshop
Toyota Physical & Chemical Research Institute Workshop
Mishima Symposium: Quantitative Biology - force, information and dynamics

Contacts

qbioint2016 at gmail.com

Organizers: Akatsuki Kimura (NIG), Akira Funahashi (Keio Univ.), Noriko F. Hiroi (Keio Univ.), Tetsuya J. Kobayashi (Univ. Tokyo)

Program committee: Kaoru Sugimura (Kyoto Univ.), Yuki Tsukada (Nagoya Univ.), Naoki Irie (Univ. Tokyo), Junnosuke Teramae (Osaka Univ), Yusuke Maeda (Kyushu Univ.)