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 50th conference was held in the present year. This conference is a closed international conference that will be held through four days. It consists of about 25 leading researchers in the thematic areas invited from around theworld 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 forbuilding 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.
 
 

Theme: Frontiers of Physical and Mechanical Biology
Date: October 1(Tue)-October 4(Fri), 2024
Venue: CHATERAISE Gateaux Kingdom SAPPORO （Hokkaido）
Poster Application Period: February 6th (Tue), noon, 2024
                                                   - March 12th (Tue), noon , 2024
Poster Application Period has been closed.
 

Yasuo MORI (Chair)
Kyoto University, Japan
 
Hiroshi HIBINO
Osaka University, Japan
 
Hidenori ICHIJO
TMDU Advanced Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan
 
Ikue MORI
Nagoya University, Japan
 
Motohiro NISHIDA
Kyusyu University, Japan
 

Plenary Lecturers 　※Titles omitted

A. James HUDSPETH
The Rockefeller University, USA
 
Craig MONTELL
UC Santa Barbara, USA
 

Invited Lecturers ※Titles omitted

Takaaki AKAIKE
Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
 
Kazuhiro AOKI
National Institute for Basic Biology, Japan
 
Marco BRANCACCIO
Imperial College London, UK
 
Julio M. FERNANDEZ
Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, USA
 
Miriam B. GOODMAN
Stanford University School of Medicine, USA
 
Yuji HARA
University of Shizuoka, Japan
 
Daiju KITAGAWA
The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
 
Peter KOHL
Institute for Experimental Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Freiburg, Germany
 
Gary Richard LEWIN
Max-Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Germany
 
Emily LIMAN
University of Southern California, USA
 
José LÓPEZ-BARNEO
Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
 
Takaki MIYATA
Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
 
Kazuhiro NAKAMURA
Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
 
Masaharu NODA
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
 
Yasushi OKAMURA
Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
 
Pere ROCA-CUSACHS
Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia, Spain
 
David RON
University of Cambridge, UK
 
Yasuhiro SAWADA
National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities, Japan
 
Yuta SHIMAMOTO
National Institute of Genetics, Japan
 
Kaoru SUGIMURA
The University of Tokyo, Japan
 
Makoto TOMINAGA
Nagoya City University, Japan
 
Xavier TREPAT
Institute For Bioengineering of Catalonia, Spain