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 52nd 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: Germ Cell Biology
　　　　　: Uncovering Mysteries of Continuity and Discontinuity
Date : July 8(Tue)-July 11(Fri), 2025
Venue : CHATERAISE Gateaux Kingdom SAPPORO（Hokkaido）
Poster Application Period:November 26th (Tue), 2024
　　　　　　　　　　　 -January 15th (Wed), 23:59, 2025 
 

Plenary Lecturers 　※Titles omitted

Coleen MURPHY
Princeton University, USA

Katsuhiko HAYASHI
Osaka University, Japan
 

Takashi AKERA
National Institutes of Health, USA

Alex CAGAN
University of Cambridge, UK

Vadim GLADYSHEV
Harvard University, USA

Anne GORIELY
University of Oxford, UK

Jamie HACKETT
European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Italy

Mary HERBERT
Monash University, Australia

Azusa INOUE
RIKEN, Japan

Takehiko KOBAYASHI
The University of Tokyo, Japan

Akiko KOTO
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan

Yuichiro NAKAJIMA
The University of Tokyo, Japan

Shuhei NAKAMURA
Nara Medical University, Japan

Seishi OGAWA
Kyoto University, Japan

Hiro OHKURA
The University of Edinburgh, UK

Yuki OKADA
The University of Tokyo, Japan

Raheleh RAHBARI
Wellcome Sanger Institute, UK

Akiko SATAKE
Kyushu University, Japan

Asako SUGIMOTO
Tohoku University, Japan

Kikue TACHIBANA
Max Planck Institute, Germany

Akiko TAKAHASHI
The Cancer Institute Of JFCR, Japan

Yasuhiro YAMADA
The University of Tokyo, Japan

Yukiko YAMASHITA
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA