Platform for Dynamic Approaches to Living System
from the MEXT, Japan

We sincerely thank the Invited Speakers and all the Participants.
During the Conference; more than 100 participants attended and had productive discussions.

Invited Speakers
Thoru Pederson
(University of Massachusetts Medical School, MA, USA)
Christoph Cremer
(Institute of Molecular Biology, Mainz, Germany)
Peter Fraser
(The Babraham Institute, Cambridge, UK)
Christian Lanctôt
(Institute of Cellular Biology and Pathology, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic)
Tom Misteli
(National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA)
Thomas Ried
(National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA)
Angelo Rosa
(Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati, Trieste, Italy)
Gero Wedemann
(Fachhochschule Stralsund / University of Applied Sciences, Stralsund, Germany)

Date: December 17 (Wed.) - 20 (Sat.), 2014
Place: Aki Grand Hotel (Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima, Japan)

Deadline: October 20 (Mon.), 2014
(Registration, Accommodation, Abstract Submission)
On-site registration is also possible.

Keynote Lecturer
Thoru Pederson
(University of Massachusetts Medical School, MA, USA)
- A Panegyric for the Nucleus: Reflections and Projections -

Invited Speakers
Christoph Cremer
(Institute of Molecular Biology, Mainz, Germany)
- Super-resolution Fluorescence Microscopy: Its potential for 4D Nucleome Analysis -
Thomas Cremer
(Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany)
- Changes of the Nuclear Landscape during Preimplanation Development of Fertilized and Cloned Bovine Embryos -
Peter Fraser
(The Babraham Institute, Cambridge, UK)
- From Cell Populations to Single Molecule Analysis of Chromosome Folding -
Christian Lanctôt
(Institute of Cellular Biology and Pathology, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic)
- Gene Positioning and Nuclear Architecture in the C. elegans Embryo -
Tom Misteli
(National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA)
- Deep Imaging to Probe Genome Organization -
Thomas Ried
(National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA)
- Genome and Transcriptome Dynamics in Cancer Cells -
Angelo Rosa
(Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati, Trieste, Italy)
- Chromosome Organization & Polymer Entanglements Insights from Computer Simulations -
Gero Wedemann
(Fachhochschule Stralsund / University of Applied Sciences, Stralsund, Germany)
- Modeling Effects of Nucleosome Positioning in Short and Long Chromatin Fibers -

PROGRAM
December 17 (Wed.)
14:00 Registration
16:20 Keynote Lecture & About 4D Nucleome
19:10 Dinner
December 18 (Thu.)
09:00 Session 1:Super Resolution Fluorescene and Electron Microscopy
10:55 Session 2:Quantitative 3D and 4D Image Amalysis Ⅰ
12:30 Lunch
13:40 Session 3:Quantitative 3D and 4D Image Amalysis Ⅱ
15:25 Poster Session
17:30 Session 4:Leaders of Scientific Research on Innovative Areas by MEXT of JAPAN, related to 4D nucleome
19:20 Banquet
December 19 (Fri.)
09:00 Session 5:3D and 4D modeling of the Functional Nuclear Architecture
12:30 Lunch
13:40 Session 6:Chromatin interaction and new technologies
18:00 Discussion
19:20 Dinner
21:20 Discussion
December 20 (Sat.)
09:00 Summary and Closing
09:30 Social Program

Presentation / Abstract Submission
We welcome poster presentations, scheduled on December 18 (Day 2).
* Selected abstracts will be also nominated for short talks.
[Submission page has been closed]

Internet Connection
Wi-Fi connection is available only around the lobby in Aki Grand Hotel.

Poster Presentaiton
You can display your poster for the entire duration of the conference, however, please remove that before dinner on December 19(Fri.).
Posters should fit within a space of 0.9 m (width) x 1.8 m (height).
Please set up your poster upon arrival. Supplies for hanging posters are available.

Access
1km from Miyajimaguchi Station (JR Sanyo Line).
From Hiroshima Airport, please take a bus to Hiroshima Station (* NOT Hiroshima Bus Center *) (45 min., JPY 1,340) [Timetable].
From Hiroshima Station, take a Sanyo Line train bound for Onoura, Iwakuni, or Tokuyama (* NOT Sanyo Shinkansen *) to Miyajimaguchi Station (25-30 min., 4-7 trains/hour, JPY 410).
From JR Miyajimaguchi Station to the hotel, shuttle bus service (free) is available every 30 minutes from 8:10 to 10:40 and from 15:30 to 18:30; otherwise please take a taxi (3 min., JPY ca. 600).
[Aki Grand Hotel (Conference Venue)]
[Hiroshima Airport] / [West Japan Railway] / [Train Timetable from Tokyo & Osaka]
[Miyajima Tourist Association]

Contact
rcmcd [ a t ] hiroshima-u.ac.jp
* Please substitute [ a t ] with @.

Scientific Organizers
Satoshi Tashiro (Hiroshima University)
Thomas Cremer (LMU, Munich)
Christoph Cremer (IMB, Mainz / University of Heidelberg)
Thomas Ried (NCI-NIH, Bethesda)
Christian Lanctot (Charles University in Prague)
Tom Misteli (NCI-NIH, Bethesda)
Hiroshi Kimura (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Local Committee
Shin-ichi Tate (RcMcD/Hiroshima University)
Yuichi Togashi (RcMcD/Hiroshima University)
Yasunori Horikoshi (RcMcD/Hiroshima University)

Supported by
Platform for Dynamic Approaches to Living System, MEXT, Japan
Hiroshima University