Second IPR x BDR Symposium held at RIKEN Yokohama CampusScientific discussions on decoding life's complexity across molecular and cellular scales
Mar. 25, 2024
The second joint symposium by RIKEN BDR and the Institute for Protein Research (IPR), Osaka University, was held on February 20 and 21, 2024, at the RIKEN Yokohama Campus.
The BDR and IPR have a comprehensive agreement for joint research and training of young researchers particularly in the field of data-driven biosciences, an area which has seen remarkable advances in recent years. To promote exchanges among researchers and explore possibilities for joint research, the two institutions have been organizing joint symposiums with the first one being held in February last year.
The IPR×RIKEN BDR Symposium 2024 was titled "Decoding Life’s Complexity: Bridging Molecules to Cells,” and over 90 researchers from BDR and IPR, as well as other institutions, registered to attend the symposium.
The symposium began with addresses by RIKEN Executive Director Kohei Miyazono and Osaka University Executive Vice President Takao Onoye. From BDR, five laboratory heads including team leaders Ai Niitsu based at the Yokohama Campus, and Kyogo Kawaguchi from the Kobe Campus gave talks on research related to protein evolution and structure, each using different approaches such as lab experiments, simulations, design, and theory. Additionally, unit leader Yoshinori Yanagisawa presented on the development of advanced nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) devices. Four researchers from IPR also gave talks at the symposium.
Following the conclusion of presentations on the first day, there was a tour of the state-of-the-art NMR and cryo-electron microscopy facilities operated by BDR given by BDR researchers for interested attendees.
