Symposia
East Asian symposium: Frontiers of single-molecule biophysics
Organizers︓Yasushi Sako (RIKEN) , Ming Li (Chinese Academy of Sciences)，Jie Yan（National Univ. ofSingapore），Tae-Young Yoon （Seoul Univ.）
China-Japan Joint Sympsium: Cryo electron microscopy
Organizers︓Toshiya Senda (High Energy Accelerator Research Organization) ,Zhenfeng Liu (Chinese Academy of Science)
Taiwan-Japan biophysics symposium on molcular motors in vivo
Organizers︓Chien-Jung Lo（National Central Univ.）， Kumiko Hayashi（Tohoku Univ.）
Theoretical morphodynamics - towards understanding emerging shapes of life
Organizers︓Satoshi Sawai（The Univ. of Tokyo），Yasuhiro Inoue（Kyoto Univ.）
Challenges and novel approaches to investigate the structures and dynamics of the 3D active sites inbiomolecular systems for understanding the biochemical functions
Organizers︓Yu Takano（Hiroshima City Univ.），Hiroshi Sekiguchi（JASRI）

Mechanobiology from molecules to tissues: various physical stimuli and its response system
Organizers︓Satoshi Arai（Waseda Univ.），Yuji Hara（Kyoto Univ.）

Geometric cell biology: Uncovering self-organization mechanisms of ordered dynamics and cellularfunctions by spatio-temporal perturbation
Organizers︓Yusuke T. Maeda（Kyushu Univ.），Makito Miyazaki（Kyoto Univ.）
Dive into Brain Abyss by Optogenetics
Organizers︓Hiroshi Watanabe（The Univ. of Tokyo），Hideki Kandori（Nagoya Inst. of Technol.）

Ingenious mechanisms behind promiscuous recognition, in contrast to precise recognition, by protein molecules

Organizers︓Daisuke Kohda（Kyushu Univ.），Tomoya Tsukazaki（NAIST）

Regulation of the signal transduction in cell membrane via localization and clustering of receptors

Organizers︓Kenichi Morigaki（Kobe Univ.），Kenichi Suzuki（Gifu Univ.）
New trends in bioanalysis based on single molecule biophysics
Organizers︓Rikiya Watanabe（The Univ. of Tokyo），Toru Komatsu（The Univ. of Tokyo）

Autonomy integrated in motility systems
Organizers︓Taro Q.P. Uyeda（Waseda Univ.），Tohru Minamino（Osaka Univ.）
The function and mechanism of intramolecular information-transmission in protein
Organizers︓Naoyuki Miyashita（KINDAI Univ.），Yasushige Yonezawa（KINDAI Univ.）
Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering in Health Systems
Organizers︓Toru Ide（Okayama Univ.）, Tohru Hayakawa（Okayama Univ.）
Artificial cell research in era of synthetic genome
Organizers︓Hiroyuki Noji（The Univ. of Tokyo），Daisuke Kiga（Waseda Univ.）
Basis for Supporting Innovative Drug Discovery and Life Science Research (BINDS)
Organizers︓Tanokura Masaru（The Univ. of Tokyo），Yura Kei（Waseda Univ.）
Keynote of mechanosignal response for the future of mechanobiology
Organizers︓Masatoshi Morimatsu（Okayama Univ.），Naotaka Nakazawa（Kyoto Univ.）
Developments and future of piocobiology
Organizers︓Satoru Nakashima（Univ. of Hyogo），Yasuhisa Mizutani（Osaka Univ.）
Mechanism of Biomolecular Dynamics and Function revealed by Multiscale Physics
Organizers︓Hidetoshi Kono（QST），Terada Tohru（The Univ. of Tokyo）

The new fertile land of photobiology opened in genomic era
Organizers︓Keiichi Inoue（Nagoya Inst. of Technol.）, Takahiro Yamashita（Kyoto Univ.）
Designing biological systems from scratch
Organizers︓Hisashi Tadakuma（Osaka Univ.），Ken'ya Furuta（NICT）
New approaches to protein reaction dynamics pioneered by X-ray free electron lasers and interdisciplinary
collaborations
Organizers︓Minoru Kubo（RIKEN），Eriko Nango（RIKEN）
Structural and operating principles of photosynthtetic reaction centers: whether quinone is essential or not
Organizers︓Hirozo Oh-oka（Osaka Univ.），Chihiro Azai（Ritsumeikan Univ.）

Reconstruction of biological functions for sensing methods and device applications
Organizers︓Ryugo Tero（Toyohashi Univ. of Technol.），Ayumi-Hirano Iwata（Tohoku Univ.）
Mechanical self-organization in cellular morphogenesis
Organizers︓Fumio Motegi（Temasek Lifesciences Lab.），Shuichi Onami（RIKEN）
Multiple Approaches for Analyses of Protein Complexes -Methods and ApplicationsOrganizers︓Tadayuki Ogawa（The Univ. of Tokyo），Hironari Kamikubo（NAIST）
Cutting edge of diversity and light-dependent function of photolyase/cryptochrome superfamily
Organizers︓Junpei Yamamoto（Osaka Univ.）, Daichi Yamada（Nagoya Inst. of Technol.）Physical force in the life
Organizers︓Keiji Naruse（Okayama Univ.），Atsushi Higashitani（Tohoku Univ.）
New horizon of Structural Life Science
Organizers︓Atsushi Nakagawa（Osaka Univ.），Toshiyuki Shimizu（The Univ. of Tokyo）
Novel concepts of chemical senses
Organizers︓Hiroo Imai（Kyoto University），Atsuko Yamashita（Okayama Univ.）
Singurality biology
Organizers︓Takeharu Nagai（Osaka Univ.），Kazuki Horikawa（Tokushima Univ.）
From the elephant to E. coli- is it all the same?
Organizers︓Daisuke Nakane（Gakushuin Univ.），Seiji Kojima（Nagoya Univ.）"Metallodynamics" in Microorganisms and its Various Applications
Organizers︓Yoshiaki Furukawa（Keio Univ.），Takehiko Tosha（RIKEN）
Single Particle Analysis of Biological Molecules to Study Dynamics and Functions
Organizers︓Osamu Miyashita（RIKEN），Kenji Iwasaki（Okayama Univ.）
Biophysics of light-energy conversion: To what extent has the mechanism of photosynthesis beenclarified?
Organizers︓Michi Suga（Okayama Univ.），Takumi Noguchi（Nagoya Univ.）