Outline

The Naito Conference aims at providing scientists an unparalleled opportunity for stimulating in-depth knowledge exchange on specific research topics under the atmosphere of a retreat environment in Japan. The participants would experience to be immersed in a full-body of sciences on the topics through the conference, leading to establish networks between world-renowned scientists and ambitious generations. The attendees are limited less than 100 scientists, consisting of both invited lecturers and poster presenters nominated by the organizing committee. The participants are requested full attendance throughout the period of the conference (4 days) as a general rule. The Naito Foundation, a non-profit organization for public services, provides all participants full of accommodations and meals for three nights stay at the conference site.

The 49th Naito Conference

Theme: Frontiers of Microtubule and its-Related Motors : Atomic Structures, Cellular Functions, Development and Diseases.
Date: July 4（Tue）-July 7 (Fri), 2023
Venue: CHATERAISE Gateaux Kingdom SAPPORO（Hokkaido）
Poster Application Period: Extended until Friday, February 20, 2023

Organizing Committee

Yasushi OKADA(Chair) RIKEN/The University of Tokyo
Masahide KIKKAWA The University of Tokyo
Shinsuke NIWA Tohoku University
Yoshihisa ODA   Nagoya University
Miho OHSUGI   The University of Tokyo

Plenary Lecturers ※Titles omitted

Anna AKHMANOVA
Utrecht University, Netherlands

Nobutaka HIROKAWA
The University of Tokyo, Japan

Invited Lecturers ※Titles omitted

Marileen DOGTEROM
Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

Kenya FURUTA
National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan

Casper HOOGENRAAD
Genentech, USA

Tomomi KIYOMITSU
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Japan

Takahide KON
Osaka University, Japan

Richard J MCKENNEY
University of California, Davis, USA

Takashi MURATA
Kanagawa Institute of Technology, Japan

Masayoshi NAKAMURA
Nagoya University, Japan

Ryo NITTA
Kobe University, Japan

Guangshuo OU
Tsinghua University, China

Staffan PERSSON
University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Gaia PIGINO
Human Technopole, Italy

Luke RICE
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA

Antonina ROLL-MECAK
National Institutes of Health, USA

Kang SHEN
Stanford University, USA

Kristen VERHEY
University of Michigan, USA

Junichiro YAJIMA
The University of Tokyo, Japan

Moe YAMADA
Nagoya University, Japan

Ahmet YILDIZ
University of California, Berkeley, US