S01: Cross-scale Patterning in Reproduction  
Chairpersons: 
Fumio Motegi (Hokakido Univ.) 
Yukiko Yamashita (MIT Whitehead Institute, HHMI) 
Speakers: 
Fumio Motegi (Hokakido Univ.) 
Komaki Ninomiya (Kyoto Univ.) 
Toshihiko Fujimori (NIBB) 
Tsuyoshi Hirashima (NUS) 
Yukiko Yamashita (MIT Whitehead Institite, HHMI)

 

S02: Sexual Reproduction: Its Origin and Diversity
有性生殖の起源と多様性 
Chairpersons: 
Katsuhiko Hayashi (Osaka Univ.) 
Mariko Kikuchi (Nagoya Univ.) 
Speakers: 
Makoto Tachibana (Osaka Univ.) 
Mariko Kikuchi (Nagoya Univ.) 
Takashi Hamaji (Donald Danforth Plant Science Center) 
Takayuki Hirota (Osaka Univ.)       
Blanche Capel (Duke Univ.) 
Eisuke Hasegawa (Hokkaido Univ.)

 

S03: Aging Kaleidoscope: Solving the aging puzzle from various perspectives
老化万華鏡～老化のパズルを多彩な視点から解く～
Chairpersons:
Toru Ishitani (Osaka Univ.)
Kyoko Miura (Kumamoto Univ.)
Speakers:
Toru Ishitani (Osaka Univ.)
Kyoko Miura (Kumamoto Univ.)
Emi Nishimura (Univ. of Tokyo)
Tomoo Ogi (Nagoya Univ.)
Akiko Ogawa (Tohoku Univ.)

 

S04: Exploring Morphogenetic Dynamism in Multicellular Systems
多細胞が織り成す形態形成のダイナミクス 
Chairpersons: 
Erina Kuranaga (Kyoto Univ./Tohoku Univ.) 
Hiroyuki Takeda (Kyoto Sangyo Univ.) 
Speakers: 
Asako Shindo (Osaka Univ.) 
Masakazu Yamazaki (Akita Univ.) 
Toru Kawanishi (Tokyo Tech) 
Hironobu Fujiwara (RIKEN) 
Junko Kyozuka (Tohoku Univ.)

 

S05: Organelle interplay and membrane dynamics: orchestration of cellular processes in space and time 
Chairpersons: 
Fubito Nakatsu (Nigata Univ.) 
Miyuki Sato (Gunma Univ.) 
Speakers: 
Shigeo Hayashi (RIKEN) 
MORITA, Miyo T. (NIBB) 
Keiko Kono (OIST) 
Miyuki Sato (Gunma Univ.) 
Fubito Nakatsu (Nigata Univ.)

 

S06: Mathematics, Physics, and Data Science in Biology 
Chairpersons: 
Yasuhiro Inoue (Kyoto Univ.) 
Naoki Honda (Nagoya Univ.) 
Speakers: 
Momoko Ikeuchi (NAIST)
Risa Kawaguchi (Kyoto Univ.) 
Nen Saito (Hiroshima Univ.) 
Yoshihiro Morishita (RIKEN BDR)    

 

S07: Reconstructing functional nuclei -Nuclei in early embryos -
Chairpersons: 
Tokuko Haraguchi (Osaka Univ.) 
Kazuo Yamagata (Kindai Univ.)
Speakers: 
Kazuo Yamagata (Kindai Univ.) 
Yuki Hara (Yamaguchi Univ.) 
Ichiro Hiratani (RIKEN) 
Miho Yanagisawa (Univ. of Tokyo) 
Tomoya Kitajima (RIKEN)

 

S08: Molecular mechanisms underpinning diverse physiological functions of autophagy 
オートファジーの多様な生理機能を支える分子メカニズム 
Chairpersons: 
Hitoshi Nakatogawa (Tokyo Tech) 
Ikuko Koyama-Honda (Univ. of Tokyo) 
Speakers: 
Koki Yoshimoto (Meiji Univ.) 
Akiko Kuma (Osaka Univ.) 
Yoshihiko Kuchitsu (Tohoku Univ.) 
Jun-Ichi Sakamaki (Juntendo Univ.) 
Waka Kojima (TMD)

 

S09: Evolving Horizons in Developmental and Cell Biology Guided by Comprehensive Genomic Data 
大規模データが導く発生･細胞生物学の新展開 
Chairpersons: 
Takuya Yamamoto (Kyoto Univ.) 
Yasuyuki Ohkawa (Kyushu Univ.) 
Speakers: 
Hiroki Sugishita (Univ. of Tokyo) 
Naoki Kubo (Osaka Univ.) 
Akiko Oguchi (Kyoto Univ./RIKEN) 
Saori Takahashi (RIKEN BDR) 
Yuko Sato (Kyushu Univ.) 
Kazunori Sunadome (Kyoto Univ.)

 

S10: Frontiers in Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology
幹細胞・再生生物学の最前線：新たな視点で理解する生命現象
Chairpersons:
Aiko Sada (Kyushu Univ.)
Yusuke Ono (Kumamoto Univ.)
Speakers:
Aiko Sada (Kyushu Univ.)
Yusuke Ono (Kumamoto Univ.)
Hiromi Shimojo (Osaka Univ.)
Akane Kawaguchi (NIG)
Shizuka Miura (Kyushu Univ.)
Shosei Yoshida (NIBB)
 

S11: Beyond the Model: Diverse Organisms and Their Contributions to Exciting Biology
モデル生物を超えて：多種多様な生物を用いたエキサイティングな生物学への挑戦
Chairpersons:
Tetsuya Higashiyama (Univ. of Tokyo)
Yuko Shimada (Univ. of Tsukuba)
Speakers:
Yuko Shimada (Univ. of Tsukuba)
Masatsugu Toyota (Saitama Univ.)
Masanori Toyofuku (Univ. of Tsukuba)
Tetsuya Higashiyama (Univ. of Tokyo)
Takashi Yoshimura (Nagoya Univ.)

 

S12: Understanding the formation of multicellular organisms from cell–cell adhesion and extracellular matrix
細胞間接着・細胞外マトリクスから理解する多細胞生物の成り立ち
Chairpersons:
Yukako Oda (Kyoto Univ.)
Tetsuhisa Otani (TMU)
Speakers:
Hidehiko Hashimoto (Osaka Univ.)
Tetsuhisa Otani (TMU)
Hideru Togashi (Kobe Univ.)
Yukako Nishimura (Hokkaido Univ.)
Reiko Tajiri (Chiba Univ.)
Yuma Cho (Kyushu Univ.)