Application Guidelinesfor Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences (FBS)GCOE Young Researchers’ Retreat (YRR) 2011
1. About FBS GCOE YRR 2011
Before starting my message I would like to remember all the people who losttheir lives to the Tohoku Earthquake and pray for the recovery of all those who
suffered due to it.
Due to the successful exchange of ideas between young researchers during
the previous years, we are very happy to announce the FBS GCOE Young
Researcher Retreat (YRR) 2011 sponsored by the FBS GCOE program“Dynamics of High Order Biological Function & Systems".
The main purpose of YRR is to give young researchers at the FBS anopportunity to share their research work and ideas with researchers fromdifferent research interests for the purpose of promoting interdisciplinary
research. To further strengthen our collaborative work with other institutes, weare also inviting young researchers from foreign Institutes to this year’s YRR.
「Communifusion (Communication+Fusion) 」
This is the slogan for this year’s YRR. In order to promote interdisciplinary work,
it is imperative that we understand all scientific fields more deeply. In my opinion,
it is very important that we communicate our ideas with people from diverse
scientific backgrounds while we are still graduate students or young researchers.
I believe such an experience will enhance the understanding of our subject andalso promote fusion research in the coming years.
In this year’s YRR, we will try our best to provide you with a program that will
give you ample opportunity to understand different dimensions of science.
Having scientists from diverse scientific and cultural backgrounds, we hope tohave stimulating discussions and of course lots of fun. I hope you will make newfriends and find opportunity to promote your future fusion research in this YRR.
Fifth Committee Chairman GCOE Kazunari Matsuda

2. Invitation message from GCOE Professors
The purpose of this GCOE Young Researchers Retreat is to provide ourstudents and young research staff with an opportunity to freely mix with one
another and discuss their present studies and future research goals in a relaxedatmosphere away from their laboratories and supervisors in order to stimulateinterdisciplinary research activities by student initiative. This is the third year that
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communications with others with different scientific and cultural backgrounds.
We hope that this will further stimulate new research ideas and collaborations.
This year, the venue is KKR Hotel Biwako located on the shore of Lake Biwa,
where it offers a serene environment with magnificent views of a big lake withsurrounding mountains and a nice summer breeze. It is all yours to make thisopportunity a wonderful experience. Please come join our students andpostdocs and fully enjoy yourselves.
Prof. Toshio Yanagida, Leader of the FBS-GCOE Program
Prof. Keiichi Namba, Dean of the Graduate School & Steering Committee
Member of the FBS-GCOE in charge of Retreat3. Date
25 July(Mon) 2011 ~ 27 July(Wed) 2011 (3 days 2 nights)

4. Venue
KKR Hotel Biwako (Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture)
KKR Hotel Biwako is located closed to lake Biwa. Enjoy fresh air, quiet andpeaceful atmosphere of the lake Biwa with the delicious food and goodcompany.
Official site: http://www.kkrbiwako.com/ (Japanese only)* Wireless LAN will be available.

5. Participants・All D1-D5 students, staff members, post doctoral fellows and assistantprofessors belonging to FBS or working in a lab affiliated to FBS (includingforeign researchers invited by FBS.) are welcome to join.
・Guest scientists from foreign countries
・Nagoya university students (Guest)
All above members need passion for fusion research.
* Members employed by GCOE are expected to participate.
* Please contact us if you have questions regarding eligibility or you are NOT aFBS student.
gcoe.yrr.2011@gmail.com

6. Fees
A fee of 21,000 yen / person for 3 days 2 nights (*).
(*) Most of this fee will be reimbursed at a later date.
All participants are required to pay for “Personal Accident Health Insurance forstudents pursuing education and research” If you don’t pay this insurance, youhave to pay individually.
For more information on payment and insurance, please contact COE supportroom.

7. Application Method
Please send the entry form to gcoe.yrr.2011@gmail.com
by July 1st, with the subject of the e-mail :reading “ GCOE Retreat - [Name of your laboratory] - [Year of Study] –[Your Name]”.
Example: GCOE Retreat - Kondoh Lab - D3 - Matsuda Kazunari* Please change the file name into “[Name of your laboratory]_ [YourName].xls”* Please save the file in Excel2003 (Excel2004 for Mac), XLS format.
* If any of the fields above are inapplicable, you can omit that part from thesubject of your message.
* The entry form can also be downloaded from:http://www.fbs.osaka-u.ac.jp/events/wakate-h23/e_guideline.html

8. Deadline for Submission
1 July (Fri) 5pm.
* Cancellation without reason is not permitted.
* Please state your reasons on the entry form if you cannot stay for the entire
duration of the retreat.
* Even if you are unsure about your participation, please submit the form by thegiven deadline.

9. Program Content
In order to promote discussion with the foreign researchers, the official
language of this retreat is English.
(1) Poster Session
On the first day there will be a poster session. The purpose of this is to promoteparticipants to communicate with people of various scientific background people
which will help you to identify a lab of interest outside of your own, for Group
Discussion.
(2) Group Discussion
On the second day, you will be placed in groups with people who selected thesame labs. Each group will share why they find this lab interesting and togethercome to a better understanding of what it means. For this purpose, groupmembers are encouraged to talk to members of the actual lab. You should also
discuss new ideas which you will add to the understanding of this field.
On the final day, each group will make a presentation about their 2nd day
discussion to the remaining participants. Members of the laboratory being
discussed in particular should ask questions that will aid the discussion.
(3) Open Discussion

We will have a lecture from an expert. After the lecture, the speaker will ask
questions to everyone. And you can respond to the question by agreeing or
disagreeing followed by the explanation of your response.
Depending on the speaker, we may vary discussion style.
(4) Excursion
We will be organizing a short excursion and you can choose to join one of thetwo options:
1. A sightseeing tour of the sacred Enryaku temple on Mount Hiei.
2. A sightseeing tour of the historic Sakamoto, which includes one of Japan’s
oldest shirnes, Hiyoshi Taisha.
For those who do not speak Japanese, there are some members who have been
specifically assigned to join these excursions to provide English explanation ofthe sites.

10. Materials to be prepared by participants① Poster (width 841mm, height 1189mm)② Participation fees and charges for insurance※ ① and ② are indispensable.
※ We will prepare PC for each group.
※ You can also bring your private laptop PC to introduce your research.
※ We will prepare pens and note for each group.
※ If you have any questions, please contact below address.
gcoe.yrr.2011@gmail.com* Contents of the Poster※ All material should be written in English,※ Poster will be needed for poster session and group discussion.
※ You can bring any additional materials that you think are necessary. Posters
in other sizes besides A0, even printed Power Point slides are allowed.

※ You can give presentations about previous published results if you areuncomfortable with sharing current data.
* Participation Fees
Participation fees (21,000 yen) and charges for insurance will be collected on
the first day of the retreat (July 25th).

11. Meeting point
You can choose the Toyonaka campus or the Suita campus to get on/off the bus.
We will announce details about the meeting place and time later.

12. Official Webpage of GCOE Retreat 2011
URL: http://www.fbs.osaka-u.ac.jp/events/wakate-h23/e_index.html

13. Contact
For further information, please contact the following people or therepresentatives of your lab.
Recruiters (Yuji Sakai) Contact: gcoe.yrr.2011@gmail.com
Committee Chairman (Kazunari Matsuda): kaz4041@fbs.osaka-u.ac.jp