The 48th Annual Meeting of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan

Organizer: Tatsumi Hirata (National Institute of Genetics), Yan Zhu (National Institute of Genetics)

Researchers have long studied nervous system cells, initially focusing on morphology and function, and later on molecular characteristics. Recent advancement in genomics, especially high-throughput single-cell genomics, open the door to addressing fundamental questions on the development and evolution of the nervous system, such as the origin of the first neuron, and the conservation and the diversification of cell types. At this symposium, experts will share their findings on these topics, combining insights from developmental and evolutionary biology, studying non-model organisms, and using single-cell technologies and comparative genomics with new computational methods.