April 17-19, 2025: Kobe, Japan

The seventh bi-annual meeting is scheduled for April 17-19, 2025, in Kobe, Japan.

Organizing PI: Li-Kun, PhD, Team Leader, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR)

Meeting Venue:

Developmental Biology Building C,
RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR),
2-2-3 Minatojima-minamimachi,
Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0047

Lodging:

Portopia Hotel,
10-1, 6 Chome,
Minatojima Nakamachi Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0046 Japan
https://www.portopia.co.jp/en/

Getting there:

The nearest international airport is Kansai International Airport (KIX): https://www.kansai-airport.or.jp/en/
Kobe is also served by its own airport: https://www.kairport.co.jp/eng/
Osaka Itami Airport, which connects to many other major cities in Japan, is also within easy reach: https://www.osaka-airport.co.jp/en/

Thursday, April 17, 2025

Schedule for Thursday, April 17 Japan Time Zone. Legible from left to right.
Time (JST)	Activity	Speaker
03:00 - 03:15 PM (15m)	Welcome and introduction to meeting objectives
03:15 - 04:15 PM (1h)	Seyfried lab	Cuong Van Pham, Predoctoral Fellow Dinara Sharipova, Predoctoral Fellow
04:15 - 04:30 PM (15m)	Break
04:30 - 05:30 PM (1h)	Vikkula lab	Angela Queisser, Postdoctoral Fellow Nicolas Hyghe, Bioinformatician

Friday, April 18, 2025

Schedule for Friday, April 18 Japan Time Zone. Legible from left to right.
Time (JST)	Activity	Speaker
08:15 - 09:15 AM (1h)	Arispe lab	Ana Mompeon, Postdoctoral Fellow Danielle Pi, MSTP Fellow
09:15 - 09:30 AM (15m)	Break
09:30 - 10:30 AM (1h)	Kutys lab	Matthew Kutys, Assistant Professor
10:30 - 10:45 PM (15m)	Break
10:45 - 11:45 AM (1h)	Phng lab	Yan Chen, Postdoctoral Fellow Haymar Wint, Postdoctoral Fellow
11:45 - 12:45 PM (1h)	Lunch at Bento Box & Phng lab visit
12:45 - 02:45 PM (2h)	PI brainstorming - review
02:45 - 03:00 PM (15m)	Break
03:00 - 04:30 PM (1h 30m)	Phng lab and Tournier-Lasserve lab	Mingzhao Hu, Research Scientist Gwenola Boulday, Research Scientist Chaker Aloui, Computational Genomics Scientist

Saturday, April 19, 2025

Schedule for Saturday, April 19 Japan Time Zone. Legible from left to right.
Time (JST)	Activity	Speaker
08:15 - 09:15 AM (1h)	Cleaver lab	Stephen Spurgin, Physician Scientist Tuli Pramanik, Predoctoral Fellow
09:15 - 09:30 AM (15m)	Break
09:30 - 10:30 AM (1h)	Penninger lab	Jingqiang Wang, Postdoctoral Fellow Jun Wang, Postdoctoral Fellow
10:30 - 10:45 PM (15m)	Break
10:45 - 11:45 AM (1h)	PI brainstorming - review
11:45 - 01:15 PM (1h 30m)	Lunch
01:15 - 03:15 PM (2h)	Report
03:15 - 05:30 PM (15m)	Outdoors networking

Last revised April 11, 2025.