Welcome to the 2ndInternational Symposium on Human lnformatiXThe Darwinism, arguably the only theory in Biology, was proposed in the mid・19 1h century.
The genetic code was cracked in the mid・2Q'h century. The human genome was decoded at thebeginning of the 21 剖 century.
In the 21•1 century, Biology and Medicine is rapidly transforming themselves at anunprecedented pace - mapping all 37 trillion cells, all signaling pathways, all genes andproteins in human to generate the google map of the human body. These endeavors are all toultimately crack the biological principles of the human and gain insights into “ WHAT IS LIFE".
Furthermore, scientific community and system is transforming.
“Old boys club，， “ Imperial big labs” are all falling down, getting replaced by virtual transparent
lab consortium.
So, in this age, it is becoming absolutely essential to integrate all scientific disciplines such as
mathematics, physics, chemistry, engineering, informatics and biology to decode thefundamental principles of life and to understand us, The Human, and THIS IS becoming
realistic.
To this end, we organize this meeting, Human lnformatiX.
This is the 2nd of the series - the first one was held in February, 2020 in Kyoto, Japan, After the2・years hiatus due to the COVID・19 pandemic, we are now organizing the 2nd of the series.
The 1'1 meeting focused on mathematical and systems biology areas and this 2nd will focus on“sensing, modeling and controlling ” aspects of the functions and behaviors of the molecules,
cells and organs inside the human body. To this end we are bring in engineering scientists tojoin biology, medical, informatics and mathematics scientists as our speakers.
Hence, as the keynote speaker, we are pleased to welcome Professor Cynthia Reinhart-King.
She is the President of the Biomedical Engineering Society, USA. She is also Cornelius
Vanderbilt Professor of Engineering, Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Director ofGraduate Studies in Biomedical Engineering at Vanderbilt University in USA.
The meeting is organized and funded by one of the major non-profit agencies funding
biomedical engineering: Nakatani Foundation (https://www.nakatanトfoundation.jp/en/).
We welcome participation from broad and diverse areas of scientific and medical disciplines
and invite you to join us in virtual space or Osaka, Japan. We look forward to seeing you inOctober, 2022!

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Thomas N. Sato, Ph.D.
The Chair of the organizing committee

Director, The Thomas N, Sato BioMEC-X Laboratories,
Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International (ATR)
Professor, Virtual Human lnformatiX Clinic, Contribution Course, Nara Medical University
Director, Grant Program for Biomedical Engineering Research (Nakatani Foundation)

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9:00-9:10
Opening Remarks
9:10-10:00
KeynoteNobuhiro Matsumori
Secretary General, Nakatani Foundation

Cynthia Reinhart-King, Ph.D.
Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, USAPresident, The Biomedical Engineering Society, USA

10:00-10:15

Thomas N. Sato, Ph.D.
Director, The Thomas N. Sato BioMEC-X Laboratories, ATR
Professor, V-iCliniX, Nara Medical University

10:15-10:25

Kyoji Urayama, Ph.D.
Senior Researcher, The Thomas N. Sato BioMEC-X Laboratories, ATR

10:25-10:35

Satoshi Kozawa, Ph.D.
Researcher, The Thomas N. Sato BioMEC-X Laboratories, ATR

10:35-10:45
10:45-10:55

10:55-11:05
11:05-11:15

Kengo Tejima, Ph.D.

Researcher, The Thomas N. Sato BioMEC-X Laboratories, ATR
Mari Nakanishi, Ph.D.1 and Kengo Tejima, Ph.D.
1Assistant Professor, V-iCliniX, Nara Medical University

1Collaborating Researcher, The Thomas N. Sato BioMEC-X Laboratories, ATR

BreakEiichiro Mori, M.D./Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Nara Medical University
Collaborating Researcher, The Thomas N. Sato BioMEC-X Laboratories, ATR

11:15-11:25

Atsushi Maruyama, Ph.D.
Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Visiting Researcher, The Thomas N. Sato BioMEC-X Laboratories, ATR

11:25-11:35

Takashi Tokuda, Ph.D.
Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Visiting Researcher, The Thomas N. Sato BioMEC-X Laboratories, ATR

11:35-11:45

Rei Narikawa, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Tokyo Metropolitan University
Collaborating Researcher, The Thomas N. Sato BioMEC-X Laboratories, ATR

11:45-12:00

Yoshihiro Maruyama, D.Phil.
Senior Lecturer, Australian National University, Australia
Visiting Researcher, The Thomas N. Sato BioMEC-X Laboratories, ATR

12:05-12:20

Hirona Yokoyama
Medical Student, Nara Medical University
Student Intern, The Thomas N. Sato BioMEC-X Laboratories, ATR
Student Intern, Karydo TherapeutiX, Inc.

Hotaka Doi
Medical Student, Nara Medical University
Student Intern, The Thomas N. Sato BioMEC-X Laboratories, ATR
Student Intern, Karydo TherapeutiX, Inc.

Miyu Terashima
Medical Student, Medical School, Okayama University
Student Intern, The Thomas N. Sato BioMEC-X Laboratories, ATR
Student Intern, Karydo TherapeutiX, Inc.

12:20-12:25
Closing Remarks

Thomas N. Sato, Ph.D.