Joint Meeting of Asian Conference for Mathematical Biology and Annual Meeting of Japanese Society for Mathematical Biology (ACMB-JSMB2025)

Chair:Yuji Sakai(Yokohama City University, Japan), Masashi Tachikawa(Yokohama City University, Japan)

A cell is the smallest unit of life, and each component within a cell is a building block of a living system. Therefore, exploring how these intracellular components are organized and function is one of the best ways to approach the mystery of life. In these two sequential symposia, we invite six outstanding researchers studying intracellular structures. The first session will focus on chromosomes and biomolecular condensates, both of which are long polymers in highly compacted states. The physical and functional reasons behind their compaction are of our interest. The second session will cover the cytoskeleton and membrane organelles, which involve various molecules, including hundreds of types of proteins, lipids, and metal ions. Understanding the principles of self-organization in their structure and behavior is an exciting and current area of research. Throughout the two symposia, we aim to discuss how intracellular components are organized through their interactions with the intracellular environment, and how these interactions contribute to the overall organization of the cell.