RNA and Developmental Biology

A Symposium Commemorating the End of the 12-Year RNA Medical Science Laboratory Sponsored by RIBOMIC Inc. in The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo (IMSUT)

Information

Date	October 25 (Friday), 2024 [Poster]
Time	10:00-17:10
Venue	Auditorium, IMSUT (The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo)[Accsess]
Fee	Free, please pre-register from the form below [Registration]

Program

10.00-10.10	Opening Remark, Toshifumi Inada (IMSUT)
Session 1	Chair by Yoshi Nakamura (RIBOMIC Inc.)
10.10-11.00	Margaret Buckingham (Pasteur Institute, France) Gene regulatory networks and cell populations that underlie the formation of skeletal muscle and of the heart - insights from four decades of research as a developmental biologist
11.00-11.40	Colin Crist (McGill University, Canada) Translational control of gene expression modifies muscle stem cell activity: from fundamental mechanisms to new interventions
11.40-13.00	Lunch
Session 2	Chair by Richard Buckingham (Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Paris)
13.00-13.50	Matthias Hentze (EMBL, Germany) Pas de deux of RNA and proteins: so much to discover and use
13.50-14.30	Haruhiko Siomi (Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo) Embryonic development requires transposon expression
14.30-15.00	Toshinobu Fujiwara (Kindai University, Osaka) Tissue-specific regulation of translation initiation mediated by ribosome heterogeneity
15.00-15.30	Coffee Break
Session 3	Chair by Mikiko Siomi (University of Tokyo)
15.30-16.00	Ichiro Hirao (Xenolis, Singapore) High-affinity DNA XenoAptamer by genetic alphabet expansion
16.00-16.30	Michiaki Hamada (Waseda University, Tokyo) Information technology accelerating RNA therapeutics
16.30-17.00	Masaki Takahashi (IMSUT RNA Medical Science, RIBOMIC) Aptamer discovery and applications in RNA medical science
17.00-17.10	Closing Remark, Kaku Goto (IMSUT RNA Medical Science)

Registration

Organizers

Yoshi Nakamura	(RIBOMIC Inc.)
Masaki Takahashi	(RIBOMIC Inc.)
Kaku Goto	(IMSUT)

Accsess

Access from the station to the Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo:

Shirokanedai station of Namboku Line or Mita Line. Take Exit 2 and turn right immediately.
From east exit of JR Meguro station of Yamanote line, take bus (No.77) for Sendagaya or bus (No.86) for Nihonbashi-Mitsukoshi and get off the bus at Todai-Ikaken-Byoin-Nishimon bus stop.
From JR Shinagawa Station, take bus (No.93) for Meguro and get off the bus at Hiyoshi-saka-ue bus stop.
Take bus (No.77, 86) for Meguro from Hiroobashi bus stop near Hiroo station of subway Hibiya line and get off the bus at Todai-Ikaken-Byoin-Nishimon bus stop.

Contact

Kaku Goto (IMSUT)：kgoto@ims.u-tokyo.ac.jp