We are pleased to announce the the Cold Spring Harbor Asia conference on Cilia & Centrosomes will be held in Awaji, Japan, located approximately 60 km west of Osaka city.
Please note that entry of foreign nationals into Japan is subject to the latest border measures. From Oct 11, Japan will allow visa-free entry for travellers from 68-countries. You are required to read and follow the official information about entry into Japan on the website of Ministry of Foreign carefully and strictly.
The conference will begin at 7:00pm on the evening of Tuesday February 28, and will conclude after lunch on Friday March 3, 2023. The conference will include six oral sessions and one poster session covering the latest findings across many topics in cilia and centrosomes. Many talks will be selected from the openly submitted abstracts on the basis of scientific merit and relevance. Social events throughout the conference provide ample opportunity for informal interactions.
Conference Venue & Accommodation
Cold Spring Harbor Asia conferences in JAPAN are arranged in Awaji Yumebutai International Conference Center http://www.yumebutai.org/english/, which is part of a one-of-a-kind “environment creation” project equipped with professional conference facilities and blended into the magnificent landscape, designed by the famous architect Tadao Ando.
Major Topics:
1. Cilium & centrosome structure
2. Cilia & centrosomes in development
3. Cilia & centrosomes in motility
4. Cilia & centrosome in diseases
5. Sensory and signalling functions of cilia & centrosomes
6. Cilium & centrosome biogenesis
Keynote Speakers:
Peter Jackson, Stanford University School of Medicine
Guangshuo Ou, Tsinghua University
Invited Speakers:
Phillipe Bastin, Institut Pasteur
Monica Bettencourt-Dias, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência
Alan Brown, Harvard Medical School
Alexander Dammermann, University of Vienna
Jessica Feldman, Stanford University
Fanni Gergely, University of Oxford
Susana Godinho, Barts Cancer Institute
Sarah Goetz, Duke University
Hiroshi Hamada, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research
Gert Jansen, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam
Masahide Kikkawa, The University of Tokyo
Daiju Kitagawa, The University of Tokyo
Pleasantine Mill, MRC Human Genetics Unit, University of Edinburgh
Christina Mitchell, Monash University
Kazuhisa Nakayama, Kyoto University
Karen Oegema, University of California, San Diego
Junmin Pan, Tsinghua University
Gregory Pazour, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Sachiko Tsukita, Osaka University
Christopher Westlake, National Cancer Institute
Xueliang Zhu, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, SIBS, CAS
We encourage abstracts to contain new and unpublished materials. The abstracts must be submitted electronically by the abstract deadline. Selection of material for oral and poster presentation will be made by the organizers. Status (fellow's talk/poster) of abstracts will be posted on our web site as soon as decisions have been made by the organizers.
Fellowship:
We are eager to have as many young people as possible attend since they are likely to benefit most from this meeting. A certain number of presentations by graduate students and postdocs in this conference will be selected as fellowship (USD $100-$500) awards. For more details, please visit Stipends
We look forward to seeing you at AWAJI in Early Spring 2023.
Sponsored by:
Tsutomu Nakuichi Foundation