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 >>

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