Program

Updated: 2016-12-26: IWQB Abstract Booklet is now available for participants. Flyer is now available for download.


Day 1 (April 14th Fri. 2017)


10:00 ~ 10:20 Registration Desk Open (at MMR, Bld 14east BF2) and Coffee Time (at La Poire, Bld 14west GF)



Registration Desk will open at B2F, at the front of Multi Media Room. Coffee venue will be GF, in Cafeteria La Poire.
Talks and posters will be presented at Bld 14east B2F, Multi Media Room on April 14th.


10:20 ~ 12:10 Short Talks by Poster presenters I

The time slot for each short talk will be fixed up to the total number of posters. It supposed to be 8 min.

Lunch Break



12:55 Opening Remarks


Session I. Automation for high-throughput data acquisition in Life Science
13:00 - 13:40
chair: Akira Funahashi

    [1] Prof. Toru Natsume (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan)
    Title: "LabDroid:all purpose humanoid robot for life science" 


Session II. Innovative techniques for detection and visualization

13:50 - 15:00
chair: Noriko Hiroi

    [1] Prof. Daniel Citterio (Keio University, Japan)
    Title: "With paper and office equipment to simple and low-cost analytical devices" 

    [2] Dr. Yuki Hiruta (Keio University, Japan)

    Title: "The design of smart polymer probes for cellular imaging." 


15:00 ~ 16:00 Short Talks by Poster presenters II

The time slot for each short talk will be fixed up to the total number of posters. It supposed to be 8 min.

16:00 ~ 16:40 Coffee Break and Poster Session

Coffee will be served at GF, Cafeteria area; Poster is available at MMR


Session III. Dynamic Cellular Decisions

16:40 - 18:30
chair: Aki Kimura

    [1] Takumi Hiraiwa (Keio University, Japan)

    Title: "High sensitivity to Wnt3a gradient in orientation of ODF2/cenexin of neuroblastoma cells."  

    [2] Dr. Kozo Tanaka (Tohoku University, Japan)

    Title: "Alterations in chromosome dynamics impair the fidelity of chromosome transmission"  

    [3] Dr. Viji M Draviam (Queen Mary University of London, UK)

    Title: "Dynamic sub-cellular changes in dividing human epithelial cells: with a focus on Aurora-B function in chromosome segregation."  

18:30 - 19:30 Mixer


& Invited speakers dinner




Day 2 (April 15th Sat, 2017)



Registration Desk Open (at Collaborative Design Room, Bld 34 3F) and Coffee Time (at La Poire, Bld 14 west GF) (10:00 ~ 10:30)


Registration Desk will open at Bld 34, 3F, in the Collaborative Design Room (321). Coffee venue will be Bld 14west, GF, in Cafeteria La Poire.


Session IV. Advances in Microscopy and Image analyses tools

10:30 - 12:20
chair: Akira Funahashi

    [1] Prof. Aki Kimura (National Institute of Genetics, Japan)

    Title: "Measurement of intracellular forces using centrifuge polarization microscope (CPM)" 

    [2] Dr. Hiro Oku (Gunma University, Japan)

    Title: Fundamental study on ultra high-speed 3D biological imaging using a tunable acoustic gradient (TAG) index device  

    [3] Dr. Stephen Wu (Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Japan)

    Title: Whole neural network analysis of C. elegans using an automated image processing pipeline  


Panel Discussion

12:20 - 12:50
panel: Viji M Draviam, Aki Kimura, Hiro Oku, Akira Funahashi and Noriko Hiroi

Closing Remarks (12:50 ~ 13:00)



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Contact information

icdca14 _at_ gmail.com


Venue

3-14-1 Hiyoshi, Kohoku-Ward
Yokohama, 223-8522 JAPAN
Bld 14, BF2 Multimedia Room(on April 14th, Fri) and Bld 34, 3F Collaborative Design Room(321)(on April 15th, Sat)