The 4th Monash University – Osaka University Joint Symposium
on Advanced Biomedical Sciences

Date:

November 24, 2022, Monash University – Osaka University, virtual
9:30 - 15:30 Osaka time; 11:30 - 17:30 Melbourne time

Registration: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1CL8hX_zlCYxKiiMTi7cVk7Wl4vK5bqLl8keoNTV4Vfs
Registration deadline: November 22, 2022, 17:00 JST or 19:00 ASET
Zoom link, meeting ID and password will be sent by email on November 23, 2022

Welcomes and Opening Remarks
JPAU

9:30

11:30

(10 min)

Professor Matthew Gillespie, Vice-Provost (Academic Affairs), MonashUniversity

9:40

11:40

(10 min)

Professor Genta Kawahara, Executive Vice President of Global
Engagement, Osaka University

9:50

11:50

(5 min)Junji Shimada, Consul General of Japan in Melbourne

9:55

11:55

(5 min)Trevor Holloway, Consul General of Australia in Osaka

Scientific Program
Collaboration Projects
Chair: Professor Atsushi Kumanogoh
10:00

12:00

(12+3 min)Mark Shackleton, Manabu Fujimoto – Fumihito Noguchi
EZH2 as a master regulator of melanoma cell heterogeneity

10:15

12:15

(12+3 min)Jess Frith –Ryuhei Hayashi, Jodie Harrington
Analysing the effect of surface microtopography on stem cell differentiationfor ocular regeneration

10:30

12:30

(12+3 min)Mikaël Martino, Angel Lu – Shizuo Akira, Shailendra Kumar Singh
A neuro-immuno-regenerative axis governed by CGRP promotes tissue
healing by modulating myeloid cell activities

10:45

12:45

(12+3 min)

Kyoko Hombo – Jess Borger
Internationalisation of the Ph.D. student program: A Collaborative Online
International Learning (COIL) Translational Research Seminar Series

40 min break

11:00 - 11:40 (Osaka), 13:00 - 13:40 (Melbourne)
1Keynote
Chair: Professor Peter Currie
11:40

13:40

(25+5min)Professor Helen AbudMonash University, Monash Biomedicine Discovery InstituteStem cell dynamics in intestinal regeneration and cancer

Research Highlights
Chair: Associate Professor Mikaël Martino and Professor Shigeru Miyagawa
12:10

14:10

(15+5 min)William Roman
Monash University, Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute
Myofiber self-repair after exercise

12:30

14:30

(15+5 min)Takuji Kawamura / Shigeru Miyagawa
Osaka University
Immune response against iPS cell derived cardiomyocyte

12:50

14:50

(15+5 min)Alex Combes
Monash University, Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute
Modelling Hypoxic Injury and Maladaptive Repair in Human KidneyOrganoids

13:10

15:10

(15+5 min)Noriyuki Tsumaki
Osaka University
Creation of iPS cell-derived cartilage and regenerative treatment forarticular cartilage damage

20 min break

13:30 - 13:50 (Osaka), 15:30 - 15:50 (Melbourne)

Chair: Associate Professor Mikaël Martino and Professor Akira Myoui
13:50

15:50

(15+5 min)Tracy Heng
Monash University, Australian Regenerative Medicine InstituteMesenchymal stromal cell therapy - from death comes immunosuppression

14:10

16:10

(15+5 min)

Keiichiro Suzuki
Osaka University
In vivo genome editing therapy for monogenic and complex diseases

14:30

16:30

(15+5 min)Laurence Meagher
Monash University, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Bioprinting for cardiac, neural and vascular applications

14:50

16:50

(15+5 min)Fiona Louis / Michiya Matsusaki
Osaka University
Injectable Prevascularized Mature Adipose Tissues (iPAT) using Patients'
derived Autologous Cells for Soft Tissue Regeneration Application

15:10

17:10

(10 min)Wrap-upProfessor Peter Currie, Director, Australian Regenerative Medicine
Institute, Monash University. Professor Atsushi Kumanogoh, Dean,
Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University.
Closing Remarks

15:20

17:20

(5 min)Professor Eiichi Morii, Vice President of Student Life, Osaka University.

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