Scientific Program
October 31 (Thursday) / November 1 (Friday)
Session 1: Structure and dynamics of nucleus/nucleoid
| 09:30 – 10:10 | Koby Levy (Weismann Institute of Science) Dynamics of DNA search under in vivo conditions: A molecular perspective. |
| 10:10 – 10:40 | Tsuyoshi Terakawa (Kyoto University) Transcription factor dynamics in nucleus studied by coarse-grained simulations. |
| 10:40 – 11:10 | Wei Wang (Nanjing University) Atomistic simulations on conformational fluctuations of TFIIIA zinc-finger in recognizing DNA/5S RNA. |
| << Coffee Break >> | |
| 11:30 – 12:10 | Remus Dame (Leiden Institute of Chemistry) Unravelling the role of chromatin proteins in prokaryotic nucleoid organization. |
Session 2: Cellular Imaging and Modeling
| 12:10 – 12:40 | Masayoshi Nakasako (Keio University) Coherent X-ray diffraction imaging of non-crystalline particles with sub-micrometer dimensions. |
| 12:40 – 14:30 | << Lunch Break and Poster Presentation >> |
| 14:30 – 15:10 | Peer Bork (European Molecular Biology Laboratory) Systemic analysis of human-associated microbes: Lessons from a tiny bacterium and a large community. |
| 15:10 – 15:40 | Masaki Sasai (Nagoya University) Time and spatial scales of eukaryotic gene regulation. |
| << Coffee Break >> | |
| 16:00 – 16:30 | Kazuhiro Maeshima (National Institute of Genetics) Chromatin structure and dynamics in living mammalian cells. |
| 16:30 – 17:00 | Sachihiro Matsunaga (Tokyo University of Science) Subnuclear dynamics and cell dynamics in root morphogenesis. |
| 17:00 – 17:30 | Michael Feig (Michigan State University) Cellular-scale simulations at atomistic resolution. |
| 18:00 – 20:00 | << Banquet >> |