Dear all,

ASHBi will hold the ASHBi SignAC Workshop: High-content epigenome analysis in the next phase on 15 May 2024

The epigenomic state of individual cells is controlled across multiple dimensions, and elucidating this state requires the integration of various analytical techniques. In this workshop, we will focus on remarkable advancements in such analytical techniques, including long-range genomic DNA molecule analysis, spatial analysis techniques, and temporal change analysis techniques, inviting leading researchers from both domestic and international fields to lecture. We will then discuss the prospects for the future integration of these analytical techniques.

Registration | Registered participants only
Registration Form (Google Form): https://forms.gle/dKPcNp42Ru4rQALc6
*Registration deadline: 8 May 2024
*Number of participants: Limited to 200

Detail | https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/events/3rd-ashbi-signac-workshop/


Date| Wednesday, 15 May 13:00 - 18:30[JST]
Venue| Kyoto University, Shirankaikan
Language| English


Schedule

Opening Remarks
13:00-13:05

Keynote lecture 1
13:05-14:00 Ana Conesa (Spanish National Research Council)

Session 1: Long-read sequencing
14:00–14:30 Ayako Suzuki (Univ. Tokyo)
14:30–15:00 Break

Session 2: Spatial analysis
15:00–15:30 Seitaro Nomura (Univ. Tokyo)
15:30–16:00 Mizuki Honda (Kyoto Univ./Hiroshima Univ.)
16:00–16:30 Kazunori Sunadome (Kyoto Univ.)
16:30–17:00 Break

Session 3: Temporal analysis
17:00–17:30 Toshiaki Yachimura (Tohoku Univ.)

Keynote lecture 2:
17:30-18:25 Winston Timp (Johns Hopkins University)

Closing Remarks
18:25-18:30

Networking [optional]
18:30-20:00 Networking and Discussion

[NOTE] Participation Fee: 2,000 JPY (General) / Free (students)
* Fees will be collected on the event day by cash in Japanese Yen
[NOTE] Please register using the registration form.
[NOTE] If you need to cancel your registration after you have registered, please contact us by May 8.


Organizer| Taro Tsujimura, Takuya Yamamoto, Mitinori Saitou
Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Biology (WPI-ASHBi)

Contact| ashbi-signac-workshop [*] mail2.adm.kyoto-u.ac.jp / Please change [*] to @.

Sincerely yours,
ASHBi Office

We are pleased to announce that the RIKEN BDR Symposium 2024 "Time Across Scales: Development, Homeostasis and Aging" will be held on March 4 to 6, 2024 at RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe, Japan.

Biological phenomena consist of processes that have various temporal scales. For example, synthesis, localization, and degradation of macromolecules such as protein and RNA occur at the second-to-minute scale, supporting cellular events that function at the hour-to-day timescale. Then, the cellular events support the tissue function that is maintained at the month-to-year scale. In addition to the molecularly encoded fine mechanism that sustains life, each organism has its own unique lifespan, which is regulated by aging, the deteriorating process towards organismal death. Each biological event has its own unique “timer” that defines its pace, likely regulating the pace of events at different scales.

This symposium aims to bring together a wide range of scientists to discuss timer mechanisms and crosstalk of different timers that define the biological pace of development, homeostasis, and aging.

Topics will include:
(1) Developmental timing and tempo
(2) Dynamics in homeostasis
(3) Hallmarks and drivers of aging
(4) Time-defining mechanisms from molecules to organisms
(5) Technologies to dissect, predict, and manipulate time

We hope that this symposium will be a great opportunity to stimulate cross-disciplinary interactions and discussions that can open new avenues of life science studies. We encourage the submission of abstracts for the poster session for a lively and informative exchange of views. A small number of poster abstracts will be selected for oral presentations.

We look forward to welcoming you to our institute in March 2024.

URL: https://www2.bdr.riken.jp/sympo/2024/
Date: March 4 (Monday) – 6 (Wednesday), 2024
Venue: Kobe Campus, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research
Registration fee: FREE (Banquet and lunch fee required separately)
Deadline:
- Abstract submission for oral presentations
▶▶ Friday, December 15, 2023 (Japan time)
- Abstract submission for poster presentations
- General registration
▶▶ Wednesday, January 31, 2024 (Japan time)
Confirmed Speakers: https://www2.bdr.riken.jp/sympo/2024/speakers-e.html
Contact: RIKEN BDR Symposium 2023 Secretariat
E-mail: bdr-sympo2024@ml.riken.jp

Dear Developmental Biology Societies,

In March 2024 we will have our long-awaited Latin American Developmental Biology Conference in the city of Valparaíso, Chile.

We would greatly appreciate it if you could post the information of the Meeting in your webpage, newsletter or social media.
You will be receiving an email with information of LASDB2024 Meeting

Thanks a lot !!!
Best wishes,
Verónica Palma (on behalf of the Organizing Committee)
Guillermo Lanuza (on behalf of LASDB Board)

LASDB. Latin American Society for Developmental Biology
Webpage: http://lasdb-development.org
Email: lasdb.development@gmail.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LASDB_DevBiol
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lasdb_devbiol/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lasdb.development/

Diverse perspectives are the cornerstone of scientific development, and the promotion of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) is essential for the next generation of science. What is needed to create a research environment suitable for the coming era, and what are the barriers and challenges that hinder this? In this symposium, researchers in the fields of developmental biology, stem cell biology, and basic medicine will gather from Japan and abroad, with an inverse gender ratio, to discuss these issues and their research. As a model for contributing to the local and international community through science, we will share diverse perspectives and provide inspiration for achieving gender equality and promoting diversity in the scientific community from Kumamoto University. Anyone is welcome to participate.

Date: September 28 (Thu)- September 29 (Fri), 2023

Format: Hybrid
On-site: International Research Center for Medical Sciences (IRCMS), Kumamoto University, JAPAN.
On-line: Webinar

※The symposium will be conducted in English.
※Online Japanese-English simultaneous interpretation will be available only for the "Power Hour" on the morning of the 29th.

Registration Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jtz1ggCpR0asQHQuqY9iLA

Call for the RDS Poster Session:
https://ircms.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/news/2023/07/call-for-the-rds-poster-session.html

Speakers:
◆Mahekta Gujar (National University of Singapore)
◆Momoko Hamano (Kyushu Institute of Technology)
◆Mizuki Honda (Kyoto University)
◆Mai Inagaki (Tokushima University)
◆Yasuko Inaba (NAIST)
◆Ayaka Ito (Nagoya University)
◆Sayako Katada (Kyushu University)
◆Tatsuyoshi Kono (Indiana University)
◆Miho Sekai (Kyoto University)
◆Guojun Sheng (Kumamoto University)
◆Miyuki Suzuki (Caltech)
◆Miwa Tanaka (Japanese Foundation For Cancer Research)
◆Kanako Wakahashi (CNIC)
◆Yingzi Yang (Harvard University)


IRCMS website: https://ircms.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/news/2023/07/ircms-symposium-rise-of-diversity-in-science.html




Contact: International Research Center for Medical Sciences (IRCMS)
Email. ircms@jimu.kumamoto-u.ac.jp

We are pleased to host ASHBi Workshop on "Towards engineering embryonic development” on Thursday, July 20, 2023.

This workshop will bring together leading national & international scientists in the field of synthetic developmental biology and developmental engineering to discuss the latest advances in this emerging new field at the cross roads of developmental biology and stem cell research.

If you have any interest in the topic, you are welcome to attend this workshop.

Detail| https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/events/230720_ashbi_satellite_ws/
Registration| https://forms.gle/w8qx34QJe2CVh53n7

Date & Time| Thursday, 20 March 2023, 9:00–17:20
Venue| Kyoto University, Memorial Auditorium <<< ONSITE ONLY!
* On-site participation will be closed when capacity of 80 is reached.
Language| English
Eligibility| All Academic Researchers and students

Speakers| Mo EBRAHIMKHANI (University of Pittsburgh)
Katsuhiko HAYASHI (Osaka University)
Itaru IMAYOSHI (Kyoto University)
Tomonori NAKAMURA (Kyoto University)
Sadao OTA (The University of Tokyo)
Vincent PASQUE (KU Leuven)
Hirohide SAITO (Kyoto University)
Nika SHAKIBA (University of British Columbia)

Organizer| Cantas Alev (Kyoto University)

Contact | ashbi-info[*]mail2.adm.kyoto-u.ac.jp
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The 2023 European Developmental Biology Congress will take place in Oxford, UK, with additional activities in Paris (Institut Pasteur) and Barcelona (IRB). In the spirit of increasing accessibility to the conference the entire meeting will be available to access online.

Venue: Keble College, Oxford, UK
Date: 25th - 28th September 2023

For more information, please go to:
https://registrations.hg3conferences.co.uk/

It has been suggested that remote attendees might even feel inspired to organise a “Watch Party” for their lab or their institute, see this comment on the Node:
https://thenode.biologists.com/get-the-edbc-watch-party-started/events/

IRCMS is pleased to announce that the Korea-Japan Blood and vessel Symposium in Kumamoto will be held on July 11th, 2023. This is open to everyone. Please see below for details.

Date & Time: July 11, 2023 (Tuesday) 13:00-16:45
Venue: Onsite & Online
1st Floor Meeting Room, IRCMS Building & Zoom

Co-organizer:
Japanese vascular biology and medicine organization (JVBMO)
Korean Society for Vascular Biology and Medicine (KVBM)

Keynote: Atsushi Hirao, PhD
Professor, Kanazawa University (Japan)

Speaker: Kyungsun Heo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Chungnam National University (Korea)
Junyeop Lee, M.D., Ph.D.
ASAB Medical Center, University of Ulsan (Korea)
Norika Liu, PhD
Associate Professor, Jikei University(Japan)
Akiyasu Iwase, PhD
Associate Professor, The University of Tokyo (Japan)

Organizer: Yuichiro Arima, Haruka Fukushita, Ryunosuke Naito, Yuki Yoshioka, Hanami Sakai (IRCMS)

Please see more details at IRCMS website:
https://ircms.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/news/2023/05/jul-11-korea-japan-blood-and-vessel-symposium-in-kumamoto.html

Inquiries: IRCMS Administrative Office (Sakai&Watanabe)
ircms@jimu.kumamoto-u.ac.jp

We are pleased to announce that the OKO International Symposium 2023 will be held on August 28-31, 2023. The registration is now open, and please don’t miss out the early bird discount for registration by May 31!

We have invited distinguished researchers from Japan and abroad to speak at the symposium. In order to make this symposium for active exchange of information, we welcome poster presentations from the general applicants. We encourage all interested parties to apply.

Registration| https://www.oko-symposium2023.com/registration
Detail| https://www.oko-symposium2023.com/

Date| August 28 (Mon) – August 31 (Thu)
Venue| Kyoto University
Language| English
Registration Fee|
Early registration by May 31(JST)...(Students) 4,000 JPY / (Others) 10,000 JPY
Late registration (from June 1) by July 31(JST)...(All) 16,000 JPY
[note] Registration will close at 24:00 on July 31(JST), 2023.
Registration| https://ws.formzu.net/fgen/S84598549/
Poster Submission| https://forms.gle/swv5KxvHCVuRhaoj8

Organizers| Adriana Dawes, Ohio State University, USA
Atsushi Mochizuki, Kyoto University, Japan
Eamonn Gaffney, University of Oxford, UK
S. Seirin-Lee, Kyoto University, Japan

Please find attached flyer or visit the following website for more detail:
Detail| https://www.oko-symposium2023.com/

Contact| ASHBi Math Group
ashbi-math[*]mail2.adm.kyoto-u.ac.jp (Please change [*] to @.)

We proudly announce that the 11th Avian Model Systems Meeting will take place 11-14th September 2023 at the University of Portsmouth (UK).
For the first time after the COVID pandemic we will bring together scientists from across the world whose research focuses on birds.
https://registrations.hg3conferences.co.uk/hg3/frontend/reg/thome.csp?pageID=97028&ef_sel_menu=1982&eventID=252

Sessions will cover:
• Dynamics of Development, morphogenesis, organogenesis
• Stem cells and differentiation
• New technologies and resources
• Pharmaceutical and medical applications
• Comparative genomics, evolution and conservation
• Avian immunity, disease resistance, animal welfare

Confirmed keynote speakers are:
• Cheng Ming Chuong (USA)
• Shashank Gandhi (USA)
• Chaya Kalcheim (Israel)
• Jim Kaufman (UK)
• Mike McGrew (UK)
• Claudio Mello (USA)
• Nándor Nagy (Hungary)
• Nandan Nerurkar (USA)
• Tatjana Sauka-Spengler (UK)
• Yoshiko Takahashi (Japan)
• Jean Viallet (France)

Further speakers will be selected from abstracts. All attendees will be able to present posters.
We will have a plenary discussion with funders and stakeholders on the future of avian models and avian research, and we have set time aside for a PI meeting to discuss the development of resources for the avian research community.
We also will have an extensive exhibition of commercial partners.
Portsmouth is the attractive waterfront city at the South coast of England, known for its maritime heritage and the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, with quick links to the Isle of Wight and the South Downs National Park. Portsmouth is also known for its shopping opportunities. Portsmouth can easily be reached via London Heathrow and Gatwick airports and Southampton airport. It also has ferry links with the Channel Islands, France and Spain.
The Organising Committee look forward to confirming your participation and to welcoming you to Portsmouth!


Should you have any queries relating to the meeting, please contact the Conference Secretariat, Hg3 Conferences Ltd, using the details below:

Hg3 Conferences Ltd
4 Dragon Road
Harrogate
HG1 5DF
United Kingdom
T: +44 (0)1423 529333
E: events@hg3.co.uk

IRCMS has started a new lecture series especially for young researchers for a motivational purpose.
The 22nd lecture will be held on Friday, March 17th, 2023 as follows.
This seminar series would benefit young researchers such as students/postdocs most.
We hope to see many of you at the seminar.
https://ircms.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/events/2023/02/-mar-17-ircms-lecture-series-science-and-me-22nd-talk.html

Date & Time: March 17th, 2023 (Friday) 16:00-17:00
* It will be a Zoom-based online seminar.

Speaker: Dr. Angela Nieto (Professor, Institute of Neuroscience, UMH-CSIC, Spain)
Title: "My 30 years travelling with cells from fundamental research to Biomedicine"
Organizer: Professor Guojun Sheng (IRCMS)

※English as medium of seminar
※Anyone who wants to join is welcome.

Zoom meeting information
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81090079691

Meeting ID: 810 9007 9691
Passcode: Sci&me317

Inquiries: IRCMS Administrative Office (Sakai&Watanabe)
ircms@jimu.kumamoto-u.ac.jp