Outline

　The Naito Conference is an international academic conference that has been held since 1991 for the purpose of promoting basic research in the natural sciences, and the 55th conference was held in the present year. This conference is a closed international conference that will be held through ｔhree days. It consists of about 25 leading researchers in the thematic areas invited from around the world and about 60 poster presenters selected by organizing committee from the public applicants. During the conference, the latest research results in the thematic areas are reported and opinions are actively exchanged, serving as a cornerstone for building an international network among the researchers. Awards are also given to outstanding poster presenters during the conference, to contribute fostering young researchers and the promotion of basic research in the natural sciences.

The 58th Naito Conference

Theme: Frontiers of Microtubule and Its-Related Motors: Structures, Mechanics, Functions and Diseases
Date : Monday, September 13-Wednesday, September 15, 2027
Venue : Takarazuka Hotel　（Hyogo, Japan)
Poster Application Period:from January 6th (Wed), 2027 – by 23:59, March 23th (Tue), 2027

Organizing Committee　※Titles omitted

Masahide KIKKAWA (Chair)　
Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Japan

Ken'ya FURUTA
Kobe Frontier Research Center, Advanced ICT Research Institute, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan

Akira KAKUGO　
Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Japan

Ryo NITTA
Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe University, Japan

Shinsuke NIWA
Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Japan

Nobutaka HIROKAWA (advisor)
The University of Tokyo, Japan
Graduate School of Medicine, Juntendo University, Japan

Plenary Lecturer 　※Titles omitted

Erika HOLZBAUR
University of Pennsylvania, USA

Invited Lecturers　※Titles omitted

Stefan DIEZ
Technische Universität Dresden (TUD), Center for Molecular
and Cellular Bioengineering (CMCB), Germany

Ken'ya FURUTA
Advanced ICT Research Institute, National Institute of Information and
Communications Technology (NICT), Japan

Virginie HAMEL
University of Geneva, Switzerland

William O. HANCOCK
Pennsylvania State University, USA

Nobutaka HIROKAWA
The University of Tokyo, Japan
Graduate School of Medicine, Juntendo University, Japan

Akira KAKUGO
Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Japan

Takanobu A KATOH
Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Japan

Masahide KIKKAWA
Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Japan

Akatsuki KIMURA
National Institute of Genetics, Japan

Daiju KITAGAWA
Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan

Yuko KIYOSUE
Institute of Life Science, Kansai Medical University, Japan

Kassandra Ori-MCKENNEY
University of California, Davis, USA

Haruhiko MIYATA
Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Japan

Naoko MIZUNO
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), USA

Masayoshi NAKAMURA
Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, Japan

Ryo NITTA
Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe University, Japan

Shinsuke NIWA
Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Japan

Yasushi OKADA
Graduate School of Medicine and Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo,
and RIKEN, Japan

Thomas SURREY
Centre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona, Spain

Atsushi SUZUKI
Graduate School of Medical Life Science, Yokohama City University, Japan

Manuel THEÉRY
Institute de Recherche Interdisciplinaire de Grenoble, France

Junichiro YAJIMA
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan

Ahmet YILDIZ
University of California, Berkeley, USA

Shaul YOGEV
Yale University, USA

Rui ZHANG
Washington University School of Medicine, USA

※Alphabetical order