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The 3rd Keio University WPI-Bio2Q International Symposium [Updated on Feb. 28]

January 6, 2025

January 6, 2025

The Keio University Human Biology-Microbiome-Quantum Research Center (WPI-Bio2Q) will hold the 3rd Keio University WPI-Bio2Q International Symposium on March 6th and 7th, 2025. The Symposium theme is “Integrating Biology, Microbiome, and Immunology for Healthy Longevity” and leading experts will share the latest advancements at the intersection of microbiome and immunology research.

Date & Time Thursday, March 6th, 2025, 13:00-18:00
Friday, March 7th, 2025, 10:00-15:00
Venue (on-site only) KITASATO Hall, 2F Kitasato Memorial Medical Library, Keio University Shinanomachi Campus
(35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan)  ▶Maps & Directions
Language English
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Registration ★Pre-registration is required to attend.
https://forms.gle/fVeQuVERRofy3QeJ7
Organizer Keio University WPI-Bio2Q

Speakers

DAY 1: Thursday, March 6th

Shruti NAIK /  Immunology / Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA
❷ Sho YAMASAKI / Molecular Immunology / WPI-IFReC, Osaka University, Japan
❸ Dan LITTMAN / Molecular Immunology / New York University School of Medicine, USA
❹ Shimon SAKAGUCHI / Immunology / WPI-IFReC, Osaka University, Japan
❺ Sidonia FAGARASAN / Mucosal Immunity / CCII, Kyoto University, Japan
❻ Alexander RUDENSKY / Immunology / Sloan Kettering Institute, USA

DAY 2: Friday, March 7th

❼ Jumpei SASABE / Biochemistry / WPI-Bio2Q & Keio University School of Medicine, Japan
Makoto ARITA / Lipidomics / WPI-Bio2Q & Faculty of Pharmacy, Keio University, Japan
❾ Marco JOST / Microbiology / Harvard Medical School, USA
❿ Kaoru HIDA LEONG  / Microbiome, Drug Metabolism / WPI-Bio2Q, Keio University, Japan
⓫ Ivaylo IVANOV / Microbiology and Immunology / Columbia University, USA
⓬ Kenya HONDA / Microbiome and Immunology / WPI-Bio2Q & Keio University School of Medicine, Japan

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