Guest Speakers

Alejandro Giraldo-Fonseca
Long talk session
Ph.D. student
Affiliation: University of Zürich
Research: the developmental genetics of plant reproduction

Jaclyn Fingerhut
Long talk session
Ph.D. student
Affiliation: Yamashita Lab. University of Michigan
Research: Gene expression during germ cell development in Drosophila

John Vaughen
Long talk session
Ph.D. student
Affiliation: Clandini lab. Stanford Univ.
Research: Developmental Biology-studies genes critical to human neurodegenera-tion using flies, to identify fundamental genetic and cellular mechanisms of neuron homeostasis

Mengping Wei
Long talk session
Ph.D. student
Affiliation: Peking University
Research: Synaptic transmission and plasticity

Pragathi Masamsetti
Long talk session
Ph.D. student
Affiliation: The University of Sydney
Research: Cancer and cell death-studies the types of cancer cell deaths with different drug treatments using live cell imaging microscope
Alumni Session Speakers
Industry

Hirotaka Kazama
(風間 啓敬)
Medical manager
A graduate of: Yonehara Lab.
Affiliation: Sanofi Genzyme Japan

Kyoko Hirano
(平野 響子)
Scientist
A graduate of: Kageyama Lab.
Affiliation: Laboratory for Pharmacology, Asahi Kasei Pharma

Tomohiro Asano
(浅野 友公)
Deputy Manager
A graduate of: Ishikawa Lab.
Affiliation: Department of Production Strategy, Production Headquarters Asahi Breweries, Ltd.
Academia

Kyogo Kawaguchi
(川口 喬吾)
Team Leader (RIKEN Hakubi)
A graduate of: Kageyama Lab.
Affiliation: RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research

Sakiko Honjoh
(本城 咲季子)
Assistant Professor
A graduate of: Nishida Lab.
Affiliation: International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine, University of Tsukuba

Tomomi Kiyomitsu
(清光 智美)
Assistant Professor
A graduate of: Yanagida Lab.
Affiliation: Grad. Sch. Science, Nagoya University