Akira Shimamoto, Associate Professor, Institute of Biomedical & Health Sceiences, Basic Life Sciences, Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University

Cellular senescence in aging, disease, and cancer

Angela Nieto, Full Professor CSIC, Institute de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH, Spain

Epithelial plasticity in health and disease

Takeshi Iwata, Division Director, Division of Molecular and Cellular Biology, National Institute of Sensory Organs, Tokyo Medical Center, National Hospital Organization

Discovery and characterization of novel genes responsible for hereditary retinal diseases

Yasunori Aizawa, Lecturer,Center For Biological Resources and Informatics, Tokyo Institute of Technology

Translational activity and its functional significance within the mammalian 5’UTRs

Yoichi shinkai ph.D., Chief Scientist, Cellular Memory Laboratory, RIKEN

Epigenetic regulation of transposable element

Takahiro Kunisada, Professor, Tissue and Organ Development, Gifu University Graduate School of medicine

Stemness of neural crest cells

Yoshito Kumagai, Professor, Laboratory of Environmental Biology Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, the University of Tsukuba

Chemical Biology of Methylmercury

Akiyoshi Uemura, Professor, Department of Retinal Vascular Biology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences

Blood-retina barrier breakdown in pericyte-free vessels

Furue Hidemasa, Associate Professor, Division of Neural Signaling, National Institute for Physiological Sciences

Descending modulatory control of pain

Shigeo Ohno Ph.D., Professor, Department of Molecular Biology, Yokohama City University School of Medicine Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medical Science

Cell Polarity: A fundamental Mechanism Shaping Cells and Tissues

Masahiro Morita, Ph.D., McGill University, Department of Biochemistry and Goodman Cancer Research Centre

Post-transcriptional control of metabolism and cancer by the mTORC1 signaling pathway

Fukada Toshiyuki, Ph.D., Professor, Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima Bunri University

Zinc signaling in pathophysiology: Ten years later

Tatsuya Hirano Ph.D, Chief Scientist, Chromosome Dynamics Laboratory, RIKEN, Japan

Condensin-based chromosome organization

Nobuo N. Noda, Chief Researcher, Institute of Microbial Chemistry, Microbial Chemistry Research Foundation

Structural insights into autophagy machineries

Yumiko SAGA, Ph.D., Professor, Mammalian Development Laboratory, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS

The mechanism of sex determination of mouse germ cells

Mikiko Y Takeda, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Pharmacy Practice & Administrative Sciences, college of Pharmacy, The University of New Mexico

Co-prescription of Naloxone as a Universal Precautions Model for Patients on Chronic Opioid Therapy – Observational Study

Takaaki Hirotsu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Hirotsu Laboratory, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University

Screening of early cancer with one drop of urine using C. elegans

Shinji YAMASHITA, Ph.D., Professor, Laboratory of Biopharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Setsunan University

Ambition or just a dream?  History and future perspective of oral delivery of biologics

Yukiko GOTOH Ph.D., Professor, Laboratory of Molecular Biology Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo

Regulation of neural stem cell fate during development and in the adult

Hidetaka Akita, Ph.D., Professor, Laboratory of Pharmacology and Toxicology Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University

Development of intracellular environment-responsive material as a nanoDDS platform: Analysis, control of the intracellular trafficking and beyond…

Noriko FUNAYAMA, Associate Professor, Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology Depertment of Biophysics Graduate School of Science Kyoto University

Skeleton construction of sponges: the simple and accordingly robust mechanisms underlying both their plastic growth and phenotypic plasticity

Nobuhisa Iwata, Professor, Department of Genome-based Drug Discovery Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Nagasaki University

A disease mechanism-based therapy for Alzheimer’s disease

Takashi Nagasawa, Professor, Stem Cell Biology and Developmental Immunology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine / Faculty of Medicine, Osaka University

The microenvironmental niches for hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells in the bone marrow

Abe Kuniya, Ph.D., Team Leader, Technology and Development Team for Mammalian Genome Dynamics Team Leader RIKEN BioResource Center

Studies on mouse peri-implantation development using developmental mutant and stem cells

Hirotaka komaba, Assistant Professor, Division of Nephrology, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Tokai University of Medicine

A new rationale for treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism: from clinical to basic science

Hiroshi Matsumoto, Professor, Department of Legal Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine / Faculty of Medicine

Japanese Dream: a new challenge from the world after death

Yukio Kawahara, Proffesor, Department of RNA Biology and Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University

RNA editing in coding regions of mRNAs generates functional diversity

Takanari Inoue Ph.D., Associate Professor of Cell Biology, Cell Dynamics, Pharmacology, Biological Science and Biomedical Engineering Johns Hopkins University

Toward Total Synthesis of cell function and its biomedical application

Ryuji Morizane, Associate Biologist, Renal Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital Affiliate Faculty, Harvard Stem Cell Institute Instructor, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Generation of nephron progenitor cells and kidney organoids from human pluripotent stem cells

KOIDE, Tsuyoshi, Associate Professor, Mouse Genomics Resource Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics

How genetic polymorphism influences stress vulnerability

Yoshihiro Yoshihara, Laboratory for Neurobiology of Synapse, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Saitama, Japan

A Sexy Scent of Prostaglandin:
– Olfactory Receptor for Prostaglandin F2α Mediates Courtship Behavior in Male Zebrafish –

Tomoaki Koga, Assistant Professor, Higo, Leading Graduate Schools, Kumamoto university

Role of leukotriene B4 receptors in host defense response

Toshinori Nakayama, Professor, Department of Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University

Pathogenic Th2 cells (Tpath2 cells) in chronic allergic airway inflammation

Kazunobu Sawamoto, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Developmental and Regenerative Biology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences

Migration of new neurons in the adult brain

Toshihiko Okazaki, Associate Professor, Center for Clinical and Translational Research(CCTR), Kyushu University

How do we manage cell and tissue-derived drug production? -Practical overview of Cell Processing Facility under GMP/GCTP regulation-

Takuro Nakagawa, Ph.D., Associate Profesor, Department of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science ,Osaka University

Gross chromosomal rearrangements in the centromere

Chisato Mori, Professor, Department of Environmental Medicine,Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University

Environmental contaminants and children’s health