A Korea-Japan workshop on ‘Bottom-up Synthetic Biology’ will be organised by the members of the project ‘Transformative Research Area Bottom-up Biotech’, ‘A-Cell and Molbot’ subgroup of The Biophysical Society of Japan, and Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI), Tokyo Institute of Technology.
The workshop will be held at the Mishima Hall, ELSI in hybrid mode on Wednesday, 6 September, 2023.
Registration: https://t.co/FZqYRECKKi
[Program]
13:00–13:45 Prof. Akira Kakugo (Kyoto University)
“Molecular swarm robot emerged from the collaboration of chemistry and biotechnology”
13:45–14:30 Prof. Kwanwoo Shin (Sogang University)
“Challenges and Perspectives for Building a cell de novo : From energy harvesting organelles to selfregenerative cell structures”
14:30–14:45 Dr. Richard J. Archer (Tohoku University)
“Self-assembly of lipid-based multicellular-like structures”
14:45–15:00 Nanami Takeuchi (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)
“Nucleic acid detection at femtomolar levels: Exploring probe-based nanopore technique”
15:00–15:15 Kanji Tomohara (The University of Tokyo)
“Liquid-liquid phase separation for artificial cells and artificial organelles”
—15:15–15:30 Coffee break—
15:30–16:15 Prof. Jeong Wook Lee (Pohang University of Science and Technology)
“Cell-free Transcription Systems for Molecular Diagnostics and Genetic Parts Prototyping”
16:15–17:00 Prof. Masayuki Suetsugu (Rikkyo University)
“Reconstituted Replication Cycle System of Escherichia coli Genome for Cell Synthesis”
17:00–17:15 Dr. Alexandre Baccouche (JAMSTEC)
“Microfluidic tools for artificial cells production”
17:15–17:30 Shunnosuke Ban (The University of Tokyo)
“Updating parameters of in silico PURE system model (ePURE) based on experimental observations”
17:30–17:45 Katsumi Hagino (The University of Tokyo)
“Construction of in vitro 20 Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetases regeneration system coupled with DNA replication”
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