Program

Monday, March 25 (Day 1)
9:00-9:50

Registration

9:50-10:00

Welcoming Address by Eisuke Nishida

Session 1: Making Embryoids and Organoids
Chair: Minoru Takasato
10:00-10:30 S1-1
Single cell analysis of early human embryos and pluripotent
cells
Fredrik Lanner (Karolinska Institutet, Sweden)
10:30-11:00 S1-2
Blastoids: blastocyst-like structures generated solely from stem
cells implant in utero
Nicolas Rivron (MERLN Institute and Hubrecht Institute, TheNetherlands)

11:00-11:20

Coffee Break

11:20-11:50 S1-3
Synthetic human embryo-like structures: A new paradigm forhuman embryology
Jianping Fu (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA)11:50-12:10 S1-4*
Induced 2C expression and implantation-competent blastocystlike cysts from primed pluripotent stem cells
Cody Kime (RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Japan)

12:10-13:10

Lunch

13:10-13:40 S1-5
Recreating a lower urinary tract from human pluripotent stemcells
Minoru Takasato (RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research,Japan)
13:40-14:10 S1-6
Pancreas organoids to decipher organ development
Anne Grapin-Botton (DanStem, University of Copenhagen, Denmark)*Selected talks

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14:10-15:40 Poster Session 1
14:10-14:55 Presenters of Odd numbered posters
14:55-15:40 Presenters of Even numbered posters

Session 2: From Natural to Artificial Cells
Chair: Shunsuke Tagami
15:40-16:10 S2-1
Defining the last 25% of life using a minimal bacterial cell
Yo Suzuki (J. Craig Venter Institute, USA)
16:10-16:40 S2-2
Bottom up approaches to synthetic cellularity
T-Y Dora Tang (Max Planck Institute for Cellular Molecular Biology andGenetics, Germany)
16:40-17:10 S2-3
Simple peptides enhance assembly and activity of RNAmolecules
Shunsuke Tagami (RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research,Japan)

17:10-17:30

Coffee Break

17:30-18:00 S2-4
The biophysics of RNP granule formation and disease
Simon Alberti (Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology andGenetics, Germany)
18:00-18:20 S2-5*
Generating force in living cells at will
Takanari Inoue (Johns Hopkins University, USA)
18:20-18:50 S2-6
Making an artificial cell capable of Darwinian evolution
Norikazu Ichihashi (The University of Tokyo, Japan)

18:50-20:30 Reception at BDR Lounge*Selected talks

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Tuesday, March 26 (Day 2)Session 3: Cutting-edge Technology
Chair: Yo Tanaka
9:30-10:00

S3-1
High-resolution, high-throughput electrophysiology platforms
for drug discovery applications using iPSC-derived neurons
Urs Frey (MaxWell Biosystems AG, Switzerland)

10:00-10:30 S3-2
Multiplexed analysis based on the single cells array
Dahai Ren (Tsinghua University, China)
10:30-10:50 S3-3*
Integrative platform to control and sensing microenvironmentfor 3D tissue reconstruction
Masaya Hagiwara (Osaka Prefecture University, Japan)

10:50-11:20

Coffee Break

11:20-11:50 S3-4
Improving cardiovascular “diseases-in-a-dish” with activebiomaterials
Adam J Engler (University of California San Diego, USA)11:50-12:20 S3-5
Pioneering nanofluidics for new chemistry, biology, andmaterials science
Yan Xu (Osaka Prefecture University, Japan)
12:20-12:50 S3-6
User-friendly cellular or tissue patterning methods andapplication to their analysis
Yo Tanaka (RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Japan)

12:50-13:50

Lunch

13:50-15:50 Poster Session 2
13:50-14:50 Presenters of posters with category “A”
14:50-15:50 Presenters of posters with category “B”*Selected talks

ProgramSession 4: Theory and Data Analysis
Chair: Yoshihiro Morishita
15:50-16:20 S4-1
Hybrid control and treatment design of prostate cancer bymathematical modeling and machine learning
Kazuyuki Aihara (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
16:20-16:50 S4-2
Neurosensory network functionality and data-driven control
J. Nathan Kutz (University of Washington, USA)

16:50-17:10

Coffee Break

17:10-17:40 S4-3
Information transfer from medullary central pattern generators
to analog microcircuits
Alain Nogaret (University of Bath, UK)
17:40-18:10 S4-4
Human time vs. mouse time: in vitro segmentation clock as amodel system
Miki Ebisuya (EMBL Barcelona, Spain)

18:10-

Speakers’ Dinner*Selected talks

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Wednesday, March 27 (Day 3)

9:30-9:50

S4-5*
Topological transitions of epithelial surfaces
Keisuke Ishihara (Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology andGenetics, Germany)

9:50-10:10

S4-6*
Noise-resistant developmental reproducibility in vertebrate
somite formation
Naoki Honda (Kyoto University, Japan)

10:10-10:40 S4-7
A quantitative and systems approach to vertebrate forebrain
and heart morphogenesis
Yoshihiro Morishita (RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research,Japan)

10:40-11:10Coffee BreakSession 5: Life Cycle
Chair: Tomoya Kitajima
11:10-11:40 S5-1
Lifespan extension by modulating inflammation and stem cellfunctionHeinrich Jasper (Genentech Inc., USA)11:40-12:10 S5-2
Adipose tissue NAD+ biology in glucose metabolism andthermogenesis
Jun Yoshino (Washington University School of Medicine, USA)12:10-13:40

Lunch and Poster Session 3
Free discussion, all posters

13:40-14:10 S5-3
Control of acentrosomal spindle assembly during meiosis inoocytes
Tomoya Kitajima (RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research,Japan)
14:10-14:40 S5-4
Maternal transmission – a tale of two genomes*Selected talks

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Mary Herbert (Newcastle University, UK)
14:40-15:10 S5-5
Reconstitution and understanding of mammalian oogenesis
Katsuhiko Hayashi (Kyushu University, Japan)
15:10-15:20 Closing Remarks by Katsuhiko Hayashi*Selected talks