Session Details
[WS01]Frontiers of Cell Biology Research from Unicellular Organisms[E]
Wed. Jul 16, 2025 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM JST
Wed. Jul 16, 2025 12:30 AM - 1:45 AM UTC
Wed. Jul 16, 2025 12:30 AM - 1:45 AM UTC
Room B(5F Small Hall1)
Chairpersons:Kentaro Nakano(Univ. of Tsukuba), Coh-ichi Nihei(BIKAKEN)
Co-hosted by:National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Unicellular organisms have developed their cell structures and cell functions during the evolutionary process, and have established unique survival strategies ranging from free-living to parasitism. This workshop will provide an opportunity to deepen our understanding of cell biology and offer new perspectives by looking at the elaborate cell structures and unexpected cell functions of unicellular organisms and the mechanisms that support them, as well as to broaden our understanding of the diversity of life through an overview of these mechanisms.
Unicellular organisms have developed their cell structures and cell functions during the evolutionary process, and have established unique survival strategies ranging from free-living to parasitism. This workshop will provide an opportunity to deepen our understanding of cell biology and offer new perspectives by looking at the elaborate cell structures and unexpected cell functions of unicellular organisms and the mechanisms that support them, as well as to broaden our understanding of the diversity of life through an overview of these mechanisms.
Opening Remarks
[WS01-02]Elucidation of the regulatory mechanism of sterol distribution in the budding yeast plasma membrane: Yeast genetic approach using lipid biosensor analysis
*Takuma Kishimoto1,2, Tomohiko Taguchi1, Kazuma Tanaka2 (1. Tohoku University, Graduate School of Life Sciences, 2. Hokkaido University, Institute for Genetic Medicine)
[WS01-03]Cellular responses to starvation in the ciliate Tetrahymena: focus on mitochondrial degradation
*Shinya Matsuda1,4, Chieko Saito2, Mami Nomura3, Hitomi Kawahara4, Noboru Mizushima2, Kentaro Nakano1,4 (1. Univ. of Tsukuba, Grad. Sch. of Life and Env. Sci., 2. Univ. of Tokyo, Grad. Sch. of Med., 3. Yamagata Univ, Fac. Sci., 4. Univ. of Tsukuba, Col. of Biol. Sci., Sch. of Life and Env. Sci.)
[WS01-04]Comparative analysis of phagocytosis and pathogenic mechanisms in Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar
*Kumiko Tsukui1,2, Sarder Sanjib Kumar2, Tetsuro Kawano-Sugaya2, Kumiko Shibata2, Akira Kawashima3, Seiki Kobayashi1, Yumiko Nakanao1, Koji Watanabe4, Tomoyoshi Nozaki2 (1. Department of Parasitology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan Institute for Health Security, 2. Department of Biomedical Chemistry, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, 3. AIDS Clinical Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Japan Institute for Health Security, 4. Department of Parasitology, Tokai University School of Medicine)
[WS01-05]Molecular mechanisms of organelle formation and its homeostasis in the early secretory pathway of Trypanosoma brucei
*Coh-ichi NIHEI1 (1. BIKAKEN)
[WS01-06]Intracellular protozoan parasite, Toxoplasma gondii, manipulates brain function of host animals
*Yoshifumi Nishikawa1, Shu Nakamura1, Nanako Ushio-Watanabe1 (1. National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine)