Toru Ishitani, Professor, Lab of Integrated Signaling Systems, Institute for Molecular & Cellular Regulation, Gunma University

New cell-cell communication systems supporting tissue morphogenesis and homeostasis.

Hideo Nishitani, Professor, Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo

Regulation of genome integrity by CRL4-Cdt2 ubiquitin ligase that ensures DNA replication once per cell cycle

Masaru Tamura, Scientist, Technology and Development Team for Mouse Phenotype Analysis, RIKEN BioResource Center Research

Undecided

Osamu Nureki, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo

Molecular mechanism of CRISPR and structure-based development of genome editing tool towards medical applications

Toshikazu Kondo, Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, Wakayama Medical University

The roles of cytokines/chemokines in tissue repair

Daisuke Sugiyama, Professor, Department of Research and Development of Next Generation Medicine Faculty of Medical Sciences Kyushu University

Bioactive SL-13R peptide expands human umbilical cord blood hematopoietic stem cells and maintains long-term reconstitution ability

Takayuki Harada, Project Leader, Visual Research Project, Department of Sensory and Motor Systems Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science

Neuroprotection and optic nerve regeneration for glaucoma therapy

Yohei Shinmyo, Associate Professor, Department of Medical Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University

Development of the mammalian cerebral cortex

Motohiro Nishida, Professor, Division of Cardiocirculatory Signaling, Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience (National Institute for Physiological Sciences), National Institutes of Natural Sciences

TRPC channels in cardiovascular muscle plasticity

Yoshinobu Takakura, Professor, Department of Biopharmaceutics and Drug Metabolism Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Kyoto University

Exosome-based nucleic acid drug delivery system

Kathryn CHEAH, Chair Professor, Department of Biochemistry, The University of Hong Kong

Molecular control of the trans-differentiation of hypertrophic chondrocyte to osteoblast in skeletal development and growth

Yoshiko Takahashi, Professor, Department of Zoology, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University

Cellular dynamism during secondary neurulation in the forming tail

Minoru Takasato, PhD., Team leader, Laboratory for Human Organogenesis, RIKEN CDB

Regulating mesoderm regionalization generates kidney organoids from human pluripotent stem cells

Junco Shibayama Warren , Assistant Professor, Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, United States

Novel Role of The Histone Methyltransferase Smyd1 in Cardiac Function and Myocardial Energetics: Advantages of a Multisystems Approach

Chiharu Tohyama, Visiting Professor, Environmental Biology Laboratory Faculty of Medicine University of Tsukuba

Integrative approach to developmental neurotoxicity induced by low-dose perinatal exposure to industrial chemicals

Takashi Nakagawa, Associate Professor, Department of Metabolism and Nutrition Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences for Research University of Toyama

Role of NAD metabolism in aging and diseases

Yoshihiro Ogawa, Professor, Department of Medicine and Bioregulatory Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University

Therapeutic targeting of metabolic organ network in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)

Shinichi Aizawa, ex-team leader, RIKEN CDB

Anterior-posterior axis formation in amniotes

Wataru Nomura, Junior Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Biomedicine, Institute of Biomaterials and Bioengineering, Tokyo Medical and Dental University

Undecided

Yasuhiko Kamikubo, Associate Professor, Laboratory of Oncology and Strategic Innovation, Department of Human Health Science, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine Kyoto University

A challenge to almighty anticancer agent; Anti-tumor potency of RUNX cluster regulation with “gene switch”

Yoshiyuki Seki, Associate Professor, Laboratory for Molecular Epigenetics of Germline Development, Department of Bioscience school of Science and Technology, Kwansei Gakuin University

Evolutionary and functional analysis of PRDM14 in pluripotent cells and primordial germ cells

Toshiya Endo, professor, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kyoto Sangyo University

New views on biogenesis and quality control of mitochondria

Daijyu Yamazaki, Senior Research Fellow, National Institute of Health Sciences

Functional role of TRIC channel subtypes on endo/sarcoplasmic reticulum

Takeshi Imai, Professor, Department of Developmental Neurophysiology, Kyushu University Faculty of Medical Sciences

Formation of discrete neuronal connectivity in the olfactory bulb

Takehiko Yokomizo, Professor, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Juntendo University School of Medicine

Biology of 12-hydroxyheptadecatrienoic acid, a novel COX-derived lipid mediator

Takaaki Akaike, Professor, Department of Environmental Health Sciences and Molecular Toxicology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine

Cysteinyl-tRNA synthetase (CARS) moonlighting mitochondrial biogenesis and energy metabolism via cysteine persulfide production

Yoshikazu Nakaoka, Director, Department of Vascular Physiology, Research Institute National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center

Undecided

Shinya Kimura, Professor, Department of Hematology, Respiratory Medicine and Oncology, Saga University

Molecular Targeting Agents; Make, Use and Stop

Yoshikazu Isomura, PhD, Professor, Brain Science Institute, Tamagawa University

What happens in the brain during a reward-seeking behavior?

David Bryder, Associate Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Sweden

Hematopoietic Stem Cells in Native and Mailgnant Hematopoiesis

Toru Nakano, Professor, Medical School and Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka
University

DNA methylation of retrotransposons by small non-coding RNAs

Yuki Kanbe, Assistant Professor, Graduate school of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University

Potential involvement of mitochondrial dysfunction in major depressive disorder

Kenji Hamase, Professor, Grduate school of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University

Chiral amino acid metabolomics using multi-dimensional HPLC for drug discovery and diagnosis