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Kyoto University Lectureship Award – Award Ceremony & Commemorative Lecture (Recording Available)

Date

Thursday, April 16, 2026, 13:30-17:30

Venue

Kyoto University Clock Tower Centennial Hall

The Kyoto University Lectureship Award is an international academic award established by Kyoto University to honor outstanding researchers who are shaping the future of scholarship. Through direct engagement with their research and perspectives, the award aims to inspire the next generation of researchers and students.

We are honored to welcome Dr. Clifford P. Brangwynne, the 2025 Laureate in Life Sciences or Medicine at the award ceremony. He will deliver a commemorative lecture on his pioneering research demonstrating the crucial role of liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS) in cells.

We hope this occasion will inspire scholars across all career stages, particularly those at the beginning of their academic journey.

Open To

Students, researchers, and faculty members in universities and research institutions

Languages

  • English (simultaneous interpretation available)

Registration fee

Free

Program

12:30–13:30

Registration for award ceremony

13:30–13:40

Musical Interlude by the Kyoto University Symphony Orchestra
Selections for Chamber Ensembles

13:30–14:00

Opening and Award Ceremony

Opening Remark by Dr. Nagahiro Minato, President of Kyoto University

Introduction of the award recipient by Professor Mitinori Saitou, Chair of Selection Committee, Kyoto University

Presentation of the Kyoto University Lectureship Award in the category of Life Sciences or Medicine 2025 by Dr. Nagahiro Minato, President of Kyoto University, in the presence of Dr. Susumu Kitagawa, Executive Vice-President for Research Promotion.

14:00:–15:30

Commemorative Lecture

  • Liquid–liquid phase separation in cell physiology and disease
    Dr. Clifford P. Brangwynne (The Kyoto University Lectureship Award 2025 in the category of Life Sciences or Medicine 2025)

Moderator: Professor Mitinori Saitou

15:30–15:45

Break

15:45–17:15

Research Presentation by Emerging Researchers from Kyoto University

  • Supramolecular protein block copolymers encode presynaptic active zone nanolattices
    Dr. Shunsuke Shimobayashi, Assoc. Professor, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA)
  • Inducible Condensates Provide a Tunable Platform for Spatiotemporal Protein Integration
    Dr. Tomohisa Hosokawa, Assoc. Professor, Graduate School of Medicine
  • Understanding the Dynamic Structural Unit of Heterochromatin Protein 1α (HP1α) in Phase Separation
    Dr. Ayako Furukawa, Assoc. Professor, Graduate School of Agriculture
  • The Pyrenoid: A Phase-Separated CO2-Concentrating Organelle and Regulatory Hub
    Dr. Takashi Yamano, Assoc. Professor, Graduate School of Biostudies

Moderator: Professor Yasunori Hayashi

17:15-17:30

Closing Ceremony

Closing Remark by Dr. Tetsuo Sawaragi, Executive Vice President for International Affairs, Kyoto University

Laureate

Dr. Clifford P. Brangwynne

Director, Omenn-Darling Bioengineering Institute, Princeton University
June K. Wu ’92 Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)

Registration

Please register using the form below.

  • Advance registration is required. Please register via the form.
  • 500 participants / Registration will close once capacity is reached (first-come, first-served).

Deadline

Friday, April 10, 2026, 17:00   Closed 

Contact

Kyoto University Lectureship Award Secretariat
E-Mail：lectureship-award*mail2.adm.kyoto-u.ac.jp (Please replace * with @ when sending your message.)