14th Science Tokyo International Symposium on Life Science and Technology | Event Information | Department of Life Science and Technology, School of Life Science and Technology, Science Tokyo

Date: Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Time: 10:00 - 17:40

Venue: Institute of SCIENCE TOKYO Suzukakedai Campus H1 & H2 Bldgs. (Suzukake Hall 3F)

How to apply: https://forms.gle/LUvZJtxJe5XLLs2Q9

Contact: Email: isympo2025(at)life.isct.ac.jp

Speakers

Invited Speakers

Christian Keysers Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience
EvanW. Miller UC Berkeley
Jerry Chan National Taiwan University
Lauren O’Connell Stanford University
Hidenori Genda Institute of Science Tokyo
Masatsugu Toyota Saitama University
Shinsuke Sando The University of Tokyo

Student Speakers

Taren Ginter (Fujishima lab)
Yuto Iwaya (To lab)
Chen Tao (Tanaka·Yoshida lab)
Mio Okui (Wachi lab)
Tang Zhongyao (Matsuda lab)

Program Outline

10:00 - 10:05	Opening remarks
10:05 - 10:10	Symposium Overview
10:10 - 10:50	Let there be light: Fluorescent indicators to measure and monitor cellular physiology EvanW. Miller UC Berkeley
10:50 - 11:20	Touch to snap: molecular basis of mechanosensing in the Venus flytrap Masatsugu Toyota Saitama University
11:20 - 11:35	Chen Tao Tanaka·Yoshida lab
11:35 - 11:50	Yuto Iwaya To lab
11:50 - 13:20	Lunch Break
13:20 - 14:00	Preparation of oligomeric aggregates of amyloidogenic peptides in reverse micelles Jerry Chan National Taiwan University
14:00 - 14:15	Taren Ginter Fujishima lab
14:15 - 14:30	Tang Zhongyao Matsuda lab
14:30 - 14:45	Mio Okui Wachi lab
14:45 - 15:05	Coffee Break
15:05 - 15:35	Understanding and Designing Membrane Permeability of Cyclic Peptides Based on Large-Scale Data Shinsuke Sando The University of Tokyo
15:35 - 16:05	Habitable Planet Earth Shaped by Solar-SystemBehavior Hidenori Genda Institute of Science Tokyo
16:05 - 16:25	Coffee Break
16:25 - 17:05	Neural Mechanisms of Empathy and Prosociality Across Humans and Rodents Christian Keysers Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience
17:05 - 17:35	From behavior to cells and back again: lessons from parenting poison frogs Lauren O’Connell Stanford University
17:35 - 17:40	Closing Remarks

About the Bioscience and Biotechnology International Symposium

The main purpose of the symposium is to provide a platform for young researchers and students to engage in cross-disciplinary discussions on leading edge scientific topics to share new results and ideas. In particular, it will be our pleasure if this symposium provides young researchers with a window of opportunity to obtain new perspectives on their own research works through such interdisciplinary discussion, and contributes to the development of new scientific fields and the fostering of future generations of leaders.

14th Science Tokyo International Symposium on Life Science and Technology poster

Update : October 20, 2025