Program (tentative)
| May 29th | |
|---|---|
| 10:00-11:00 | Prof. Tadashi Sugawara How RNA/DNA, Protein, and Lipid Worlds meet in a vesicle-based model protocell? |
| 11:00-11:40 | Prof. Yutetsu Kuruma Construction of an artificial cell for the study of early cells |
| 11:40-12:20 | Prof. Yusuke Maeda Polymerization in prebiotic fields out of equilibrium |
| 12:20-14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00-15:00 | Prof. David Deamer A pathway to life's beginning: Synthesis and decomposition of biopolymers in fluctuating environments |
| 15:00-15:40 | Prof. Shoichi Toyabe Symmetry breaking of sequence information in templated ligation |
| 15:40-16:00 | Break |
| 16:00-16:40 | Prof. Kenichi Yoshikawa Emergence of cell-like structure & function under crowding condition |
| 16:40-17:20 | Dr. Yuka Sakuma Control of vesicle deformation toward protocell |
| 17:20-18:00 | Prof. Irene Chen Encapsulation and interaction in the RNA World |
| 18:00- | Dinner |
| May 30th | |
| 9:30-10:30 | Prof. Jack Szostak Recent advances in the Non-enzymatic Copying of RNA Templates |
| 10:30-10:40 | Break |
| 10:40-11:20 | Prof. Sudha Rajamani Messy prebiotic chemistry and its implications for the emergence of an RNA world |
| 11:20-12:00 | Prof. Norikazu Ichihashi Experimental evolution of a self-replicable RNA, the roles of compartment, parasites, and hypercycle |
| 12:00-13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30-14:10 | Prof. Satoshi Sawai Spatio-temporal constraints on cellular sensing: what it means for universal biology |
| 14:10-15:10 | Prof. Kunihiko Kaneko Multi-level Consistency: Towards Understanding Universality of Cellular Life |
| 15:10-15:30 | Break |
| 15:30-16:10 | Prof. Taro Toyota Self-propelled Motion of Molecular Aggregates For Mobile Model Protocell |
| 16:10-16:50 | Prof. Masayuki Imai Self-reproduction of vesicles: membrane physics approach |
| 16:50- | Closing |