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Next Frontiers in Life Science: HFSP × Nobel Prize in Kyoto

Date

Saturday, October 4, 2025, 9:00–14:00

Venue

Nitori Hall, Center for Cancer Immunotherapy and Immunobiology (CCII), Kyoto University

HFSP Science Summit Japan 2025 – Satellite Event at Kyoto University

As part of the HFSP Science Summit Japan 2025, Kyoto University is hosting a satellite event titled “Next Frontiers in Life Science: HFSP × Nobel Prize in Kyoto” to foster the next generation of life science researchers and promote international research networks.

In collaboration with the Human Frontier Science Program Organization (HFSPO), this special event will welcome 10 distinguished guests, including Nobel Laureates and HFSP Nakasone Award recipients. Through keynote lectures by Nobel Laureates, poster presentations, and flash talks by early-career researchers, this event will offer a unique opportunity for early-career scientists to engage in academic exchange and explore the frontiers of life science from multiple perspectives.

The event will also feature the announcement of the recipient of the Kyoto University Lectureship Award [Life Science or Medicine], Kyoto University’s newly launched initiative to recognize exceptional contributions in the field.

We warmly welcome participants at all career stages ―from undergraduate students to postdoctoral researchers and senior scientists. This event offers an exceptional opportunity to engage directly with some of the world’s leading researchers and explore new horizons in life science.

If you are interested in participating, please register via the form below. Registration will close once capacity is reached.

Eligibility

  • Early-career researchers (including students and postdoctoral fellows)
  • Researchers interested in HFSP
  • Research administrators and those involved in international collaboration etc.

Language

English

Tentative Program

Time

Program

8:30 – 9:00

Registration

9:00 – 9:15

Opening Greetings

  • Professor Susumu Kitagawa, Executive Vice President, Kyoto University
  • Mr. Hitomi Sato, Director, Advanced Medical and Radiological Science
    Division, Research Promotion Bureau, MEXT
  • Professor Yoshihiro Yoneda, President, HFSPO

MC: Dr. Yu Sasaki, Kyoto University Office of Research Acceleration

9:15 – 9:45

Introduction to HFSPO and introduction to HFSP Research Grants and Fellowships

  • Dr. Tomomi Shimogori, RIKEN, Former Chair of the HFSPO Research Grants Review Panel
  • Dr. Almut Kelber, Director of Awards, HFSPO
  • Dr. Carolyn Johnson, Senior Scientific Officer, HFSPO

9:45 – 10:45

Nobel Laureates and Nakasone Award Winners Forum: Setting the Scene

  • Professor Frances H. Arnold — 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
  • Professor Thomas Robert Cech — 1989 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
  • Professor Martin Chalfie — 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
  • Professor Jacob Hanna — 2025 HFSP Nakasone Award
  • Professor Franz-Ulrich Hartl — 2022 HFSP Nakasone Award
  • Sir Timothy Hunt — 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
  • Professor Stephen Quake — 2013 HFSP Nakasone Award
  • Professor Randy W. Schekman — 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Profiles of Scientific Speakers

Moderators: Professor Yasunori Hayashi, Kyoto University and Dr. Tomomi Shimogori, RIKEN

10:45 – 11:00

Break

11:00 – 11:40

Keynote Presentation by Nobel Laureate

Professor Svante Pääbo, Max Planck Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology/ Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST)
[2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 2018 Nakasone Award]

11:40 – 13:00

Luncheon Poster Viewing and Interaction among participants and Nobel Laureates and Nakasone Award Winners

13:00 – 13:30

Best Presentation Awards and Flash Talks by the Awardees

13:30 – 13:45

Announcement of the Kyoto University Lectureship Award [Life Sciences or Medicine]

Professor Mitinori Saitou, Director of ASHBi, WPI Kyoto University (Video Message)

13:45 – 14:00

Closing Remarks

  • Mr. Kotaro Nakamura, Assistant Director, International Affairs Office,
    Innovation and Environment Policy Bureau, METI
  • Professor Nagahiro Minato, President, Kyoto University

14:00 – 15:00

Consultation by HFSP

Speakers and program details are subject to change. The latest information will be updated on this webpage.

Detailed Speaker Information

Registration

Please register using the form below.  Closed 

Poster Presenters

Poster No.

Name

Affiliation

Poster title (Tentative)

01

Wajd Amly

Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Biology (WPI-ASHBi)

Progressive Saccadic Reaction Time Impairments in Marmosets with
α-Synucleinopathy

02

Koichiro Maki

Institute for Life and Medical Sciences

Capturing mechanical deformation of DNA duplex in a cell nucleus

03

Kiuma Kouno

Graduate School of Biostudies

A Fluorescent Sensor for High-Throughput Screening of Src Conformational Changes Induced by Inhibitors

04

Tian Luan

Graduate School of Medicine

The Impact of Mis-Self-Diagnosed ADHD on Self-Efficacy

05

Ruixuan Zhang

Institute for Chemical Research

Giant virus creates subcellular environment to overcome codon–tRNA mismatch

06

Quan Wu

Graduate School of Medicine

A Metabolic-epigenetic axis Regulates Species-Specific Cortical Developmental Tempo

07

Itsuki Abe

Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA)

Programmable Cell Type-Specific Gene Regulation via Multiple Synthetic mRNAs

08

Yoshiki Ikeda

Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS)

Development of “Miniature antibody” technology

09

Nobuaki Takahashi

Graduate School of Engineering

Oxidative Stress Defense in Cancer

10

Chengyuan Zhu

Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Programmed cell-immobilization of living cells by independent molecular interaction

11

Jiacheng Sun

Graduate School of Engineering

Placental mammals emerged with the evolution of hypoxia sensitivity in TRPA1

12

Yuki Masuo

Graduate School of Medicine

Stem-like peripheral helper T cells seed their effector counterpart in rheumatoid arthritis

13

Daishi Fujita

Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS)

Biochemistry’s hidden bottleneck: Beyond flask-and-molarity to capture cellular heterogeneity

14

Bingxin Xie

Graduate School of Biostudies

EpiLoop: explainable graph transformer for identifying and classifying cell-specific chromatin loops

15

Nhi Nguyen

Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Biology (WPI-ASHBi)

A pangenome approach to study human LINE-1 polymorphism

16

Yusuke Nakasone

Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science

Real-Time Visualization of Protein Dynamics by Advanced Integrated Spectroscopic Techniques

17

Byungseok Jin

Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study (KUIAS)

Dissecting Organ-Specific ER Stress Responses Using a Chronic Stress Medaka Model

18

Miriam Ojima

Graduate School of Biostudies

Facilitation and priority effects can shape competitive dynamics between infant gut-associated Bifidobacterium and Bacteroides

19

Tsubasa Suzuki

Graduate School of Science

Genomic legacy of the Jomon: Transcriptional impact of ancient haplotypes in modern Japanese

20

Haruko Inose

Graduate school of Biostudies

Ki-67: From Marker to Master Scaffold at the Crossroads of Genomics, Morphology, and Cancer Therapeutics

21

Hiroyuki Uechi

Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Condensation organizes molecular localization and functions at tricellular junctions in epithelial remodeling

22

Satoko Ueno

Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Biology (WPI-ASHBi)

Neural Plasticity of Axonal Projections from Motor Cortex after Spinal Cord Injury in Macaque Monkeys

23

Yizhou Peng

Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Enhancing MSC Binding through Site-Oriented Antibody Conjugation via Click Chemistry for Targeted Delivery

24

Ayaki Saito

Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Mechanistic analysis of transcriptional regulation mediated by GPCR

25

Arisa Akagi

Graduate School of Medicine

Dissecting the Systemic Effects of Oral Tolerance on Skin Inflammation

26

Yizhi Yan

Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Biology (WPI-ASHBi)

Decoding the Regulatory Blueprint of Human Evolution: Mapping evolutionary Variants That Drive Human specific Gene Expression changes

27

Taichi Igarashi

Graduate School of Biostudies

Oncogenic KRAS-induced heterochromatin-associated replication stress triggers PrimPol dependent response

28

Alisa Tobe

Wildlife Research Center

Evolutionary insights into toxin resistance of the Crested Serpent-eagle

29

Yudi Rahmadian

Graduate School of Agriculture

Gamma (γ)-glutamyl dipeptides in foods enhance phagocytic activities and ameliorate inflammation via calcium sensing receptors in macrophage J774A.1

30

Riko Suzuki

Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Comparative Analysis of Signaling Pathways Mediated by MOR Splice Variants

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