EVENT
【Event】The 19th Metabolome Symposium
October 20, 2025
Poster
Credits: WPI-Bio2Q
Symposium
Credits: WPI-Bio2Q
At the Bio2Q booth at the exhibition (1)
Credits: WPI-Bio2Q
At the Bio2Q booth at the exhibition (2)
Credits: WPI-Bio2Q
Keio University Human Biology-Microbiome-Quantum Research Center (WPI-Bio2Q) participated in the 19th Metabolome Symposium (Lectures & Exhibition)
Date and Time : October 15 (Wed.) – 17 (Fri.), 2025
Venue : Kobe University, Japan
Metabolome Symposium
Held annually since 2006 to provide a forum for presenting and discussing the latest technologies and applications of metabolomics, and to promote research and practical use of metabolomics analysis technologies.
Sessions of this year’s symposium
Metabolic engineering, medicine, gut microbiota, metabolic imaging, lipidomics, metabolome, synthetic biology
Participants from WPI-Bio2Q, Keio University
1) Makoto Arita / Bio2Q Bio-1 Core Director PI / Professor, Keio University Faculty of Pharmacy / Lipid Biology, Lipidomics (Chairperson)
2) Tomoyoshi Soga / Bio2Q PI / Advanced Research Project Professor, Emeritus Professor Keio University / Analytical chemistry, Metabolomics, Cancer metabolism (Lecturer)
3) Yuki Sugiura / Bio2Q Jr. PI / Associate Professor, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine’s Affiliated Comprehensive Cancer Immunology Research Center / Biochemistry(Analytical Chemistry) (Lecturer)
4) Yosuke Oba / Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Keio University / Physiological Chemistry and Metabolism (Lecturer)
5) Yuki Nishida / Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University (Exhibitor)
6) Niina Ishida / Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University (Exhibitor)
7) Minami Hosoya / Bio2Q Research Administrator, Keio University (Exhibitor)
8) Junta Komamura / Bio2Q URA, Research Manager, Planning & Coordination, Keio University, Molecular and Cellular Biology (Exhibitor)
Lecture from Bio2Q
Tomoyoshi Soga: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Luncheon Seminar
Yuki Sugiura: “Tissue Mapping of 13C6 -Glucose Metabolism”
Yosuke Oba: “Unraveling Cellular Functions through Organelle Lipidomics”
About 300 people participated in the lively scientific discussions.
Bio2Q will continue its efforts toward realizing a society of healthy longevity.
More Bio2Q News
【Publication】Metagenomic sequencing as a diagnostic tool for urine culture negat...
Co-authored by Bio2Q researchers and published in the Journal of Infection, this study demonstrates that metagenomic sequencing serves as an...
【Event Report】MEXT Children’s Kasumigaseki Tour Day
Keio University Human Biology-Microbiome-Quantum Research Center (WPI-Bio2Q) exhibited at the following event. MEXT Children’s Kasumigase...
【Publication】Quantum algorithm for metabolic network analysis
Authored by Bio2Q researchers and published in Machine Learning with Applications, this study demonstrates a novel quantum algorithm designe...
WPI-Bio2Q Newsletter “Bio2Q Connect” Vol.2, Issue 17 Published
WPI-Bio2Q has published the latest issue of its newsletter, “Bio2Q Connect,” today on May 29, 2026. This issue covers the following updates ...
【Event Report】WPI-Bio2Q Social Event (Bio2Q CONNECT) Elevator Pitch
WPI-Bio2Q held a social event at Keio University's Shinanomachi Campus. Date & Time: Thursday, July 27, 2026, 12:00-13:00 Venue: 2F ...

