Award winners
Short Talk Session
Ayumi Mure
Title: The nutritional basis of Drosophila associated microbes for larval growth
Affiliation: Laboratory of Cell Recognition and Pattern Formation, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University
Carlos Rodriguez
Title: Phosphorylation of the synaptonemal complex protein SYP-1 in chromosome segregation
Affiliation: Laboratory of Chromosome Function and Inheritance, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University
Jiaqi Li
Title: Genetic screening for cooperative factors with oncogenic RasV12
Affiliation: Laboratory of Genetics, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University
Ayaka Bota
Title: Cellular dynamics of the hippocampus and anterior cingulate cortex in consolidation of spatial memory
Affiliation: Laboratory of Systems Neuropharmacology, Graduate School of Science & Engineering, Saitama University
Long Talk Session
Anjali Bisaria (Best Award)
Title: Time-Stable Gradients in Membrane-Cytoskeleton Attachment Inhibit Nascent
Protrusion and Promote Persistence During Migration
Affiliation: Department of Chemical and Systems Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine
Jaclyn M. Fingerhut
Title: Satellite DNA-containing gigantic introns in a unique gene expression program
during Drosophila spermatogenesis
Affiliation: Cellular and Molecular Biology Program, Life Sciences Institute, Center for Stem Cell Biology
Soaad Alfaqaan
Title: PPARα-Mediated Positive-Feedback Loop Contributes to Cold Exposure Memory
Affiliation: Laboratory of Functional Biology, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University
Poster Session
Naoya Hino
Title: ERK activation waves mediated by intercellular mechanical signaling during collective cell migration
Affiliation: Laboratory of Bioimaging and Cell Signaling, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University
Yuki Kanesaka
Title: Analysis of cell to cell interaction in the circadian clock system in Arabidopsis
Affiliation: Laboratory of Plant Developmental Biology, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University
Aki Ejima
Title: The effects of sex steroid hormones in the mouse model of asthma
Affiliation: Laboratory of Immune Regulation, Institute for Frontier Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University
Elizabeth Shimoura
Title: Mechanisms of hepatocyte division during pregnancy
Affiliation: Laboratory of Tissue Homeostasis, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University
Mizuki Mitsukawa
Title: Identification of the compound which inhibits the mRNA maturation process and its intercellular target proteins from Coffee
Affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Bioresponse, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University
Yoko Fujita
Title: Genome packaging mechanism of influenza C and D viruses
Affiliation: Laboratory of Ultrastructural Virology, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University
Marina Matsumiya
Title: Single-cell imaging of ES cell-derived presomitic mesoderm-like tissues for analysis of synchronized oscillations in the segmentation clock
Affiliation: Laboratory of Growth Regulation System, Institute for Frontier Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University
Yumi Konagaya
Title: Cell cycle-dependent myoblast migration during muscle regeneration
Affiliation: Laboratory of Bioimaging and Cell Signaling, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University
Judge
Short Talk Session

Atsuo Iida
(飯田 敦夫)
Assistant Professor, Ph.D.
Affiliation: Institute for Frontier Life and Medical Sciences
Research: Developmental biology using small-sized fishes

Knut Woltjen
Associate Professor, Ph.D.
Affiliation: Graduate School of Medicine
Research: Molecular Genetics

Naoki Honda
(本田 直樹)
Associate Professor, Ph.D.
Affiliation: Graduate School of Biostudies
Research: Theoretical biology

Takane Katayama
(片山 高嶺)
Professor, Ph.D.
Affiliation: Graduate School of Biostudies
Research: Applied microbiology

Takashi Yamano
(山野 隆志)
Assistant Professor, Ph.D.
Affiliation: Graduate School of Biostudies
Research: Plant Genetics/ Molecular Biology
Long Talk Session
CARLTON Peter
Associate Professor, Ph.D.
Affiliation: Graduate School of Biostudies
Research: Chromosome Biology

Daniel Packwood
Lecturer, Ph.D.
Affiliation: Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS)
Research: Materials science (theory)

Cantas Alev
Assistant Professor, M.D., Ph.D.
Affiliation: Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA)
Research: Developmental Biology

Fuyuki Ishikawa
(石川 冬木)
Professor, M.D., Ph.D.
Affiliation: Graduate School of Biostudies
Research: Molecular Biology, Genetics

Hiroshi Harada
(原田 浩)
Professor, Ph.D.
Affiliation: Graduate School of Biostudies
Research: Cancer cell biology, Oxygen biology

Hiroyuki Sakai
(酒井 博幸)
Associate Professor, Ph.D.
Affiliation: Institute for Frontier Life and Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine
Research: Virology

Ichiro Taniguchi
(谷口 一郎)
Assistant Professor, Ph.D.
Affiliation: Institute for Frontier Life and Medical Sciences
Research: Gene expression

Kennedy O Okeyo
Dr., Lecturer
Affiliation: Institute for Frontier Life and Medical Sciences
Research: Cell biomechanics

Kentaro Ifuku
(伊福 健太郎)
Assistant Professor, Ph.D.
Affiliation: Graduate School of Biostudies
Research: Plant biochemistry

Mayumi Yamada
(山田 真弓)
Assistant Professor, Ph.D.
Affiliation: Graduate School of Biostudies
Research: Neurogenesis

Mitsuru Morimoto
(森本 充)
Ph.D.
Affiliation: RIKEN Center for Biosystems and Dynamics Research
Research: Developmental Biology

Shizue Ohsawa
(大澤 志津江)
Associate Professor, Ph.D.
Affiliation: Graduate School of Biostudies
Research: Developmental Biology

Shohei Yamaoka
(山岡 尚平)
Associate Professor, Ph.D.
Affiliation: Graduate School of Biostudies
Research: Plant reproductive biology