Thu. Nov 16, 2023 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM Room H (Conference Room 234 (Bldg. 2, 3F))

Organizers: Nakase Ikuhiko (Osaka Metro. Univ.)、Kawaguchi Yoshimasa (Kyoto Univ.)

In biological activity, biomembranes participate in responses for acceptance/rejection of stimulation and structural formations including e.g., cellular uptake, migration, proliferation, and cell death. Understanding and controlling biophysical responses/mechanisms-based membrane systems are highly anticipated to be next-generation therapeutic methodologies for further achievements of disease regulation such as cancers. In this proposal symposium, advanced research technologies and achievements of visualizing and controlling membrane traffic, release of extracellular vesicles, self-organization of tissue formation, exploiting physics and physical chemistry for imaging and analysis of membrane characterization with antimicrobial peptides, biophysical assessment and biological applications (especially drug delivery) of membrane disruptive peptides from the fusion viewpoints of biophysics, molecular cell biology, chemistry, and chemical biology will be presented, and membrane-based therapeutic methodology will be discussed.