IIS Sympo
NIG International Symposium 2016
This event is sponsored by National Institute of Genetics (NIG) and held as the NIG International Symposium 2016.
Tokyo Symposium at Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo
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
Campus map
Registration is OPEN(Dec/10/2015)
Registration 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).
Seating capacity: Approximately 150, excluding invited speakers ( approx. 20 people ).
Poster Abstract submission deadline: Dec. 10th thr. 2015
For a poster presentation, please submit your abstract from here.
After the deadline, we will still open the opportunity for poster presentation. Please feel free to submit your abstract and bring your poster.
In case it will take a time to include the late posters into abstract booklet.
Poster Size (Dec/10/2015)
The size of a poster panel is w 1130[mm] × h 1630[mm].
Standard A0 (841[mm]×1189[mm]) or B0 (1030[mm]×1456[mm]) size poster is recommended.
When you are planning to bring the same poster to Mishima Symposium,
A0 size poster should be fine.
Speakers and Abstracts
Link to a "Speakers and Abstracts" page.
Scientific Program
Jan. 9th
Opening Remarks
Date and Time: Jan. 9th 13:00-13:10
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" | ||
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| 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
Jan. 10th
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" | ||
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| 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: "Studying cytoskeleton symmetry breakings using cellular reconstitution of cytoplasmic extracts and biophysical tools" |
Poster Session II
Date and Time: Jan. 10th 12:00-13:30
Session: Quantity - SYMMETRY II -
Date and Time: Jan. 10th 13:30-15:45
Chair: Akatsuki Kimura
Speakers:
| Cliff Brangwynne ( Princeton University, USA ) title: tba | ||
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| Akatsuki Kimura ( National Insititute of Genetics, Japan ) title: tba | ||
| Brian Stramer ( King's College London, UK )
title: "Intercellular forces orchestrate contact inhibition of locomotion" |
Coffee Break
Date and Time: Jan. 10th 15:45-16:00
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 | ||
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| 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 " |
Mixer at the poster presentation Hall
Date and Time: Jan. 10th 19:00-20:30
Jan. 11th
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" | ||
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| 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" |
Open Discussion
Date and Time: Jan. 11th 11:15-12:00
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.)
