IIS Sympo

Date: Jan 9th - 11th, 2016.

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.

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
Campus map

Seating capacity

• Approximately 150, excluding speakers ( approx. 20 people ) in Tokyo.

Registration and Abstract submission(10/20/2015)

Registration from here.
For a poster presentation, please submit your abstract from here.

Please be sure that the above registration and abstract submission are both ONLY for Tokyo Symposium.
For the registration and abstract submission to the other workshops and symposium, you may visit the other sites (Events).

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 Campas ( University of California, Santa Barbara, USA ) title: "Quantifying tissue mechanics in vivo and in situ"
		Kaoru Sugimura ( Kyoto Univ., Japan ) title: tba
		Emmanuel Farge ( Institut Curie, France ) title: "From mesoderm mechanotransductive evolutionary origins to tumourogenic mechanical induction"

Poster Session I

• Poster guide ( instructions of poster presentations )

Date and Time: Jan. 9th 15:25-15:30

• Poster Session I

Date and Time: Jan. 9th 15:30-18:00

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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 )
		Nicolas D Plachta ( IMCB, Singapore )
		Yusuke Maeda ( Kyushu University, Japan )
		Zoher Gueroui ( École Normale Supérieure, France )

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 )
		Akatsuki Kimura ( National Insititute of Genetics, Japan )
		Brian Stramer ( King's College London, UK )

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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
		Demon Clark ( Yale University, USA ) title: tba
		Yuki Tsukada ( Nagoya University, Japan ) title: tba
		David Umulis ( Purdue University, USA ) title: "Quantification and modeling of BMP signaling during zebrafish embryo development"

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Poster Session III

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 9:00-11:00
Chair: Naoki Irie
Speakers:

		Naoki Irie( the University of Tokto, Japan )
		Yuichi Wakamoto ( the University of Tokyo, Japan )
		Tetsuya J Kobayashi( the University of Tokyo, Japan )

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Open Discussion

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

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