Kobe U - UW Alliance Project: Young Research Scholar Exchange
- DATE: from March 13th to March 15th
- Venue: Shinryoku Memorial Hall in Medical C3 他
From March 13 to 15, 2024, Center for Medical Transformation (CMX) at Kobe university (KU) Graduate school of medicine hosted the Kobe U – UW Alliance Project in collaboration with the University of Washington (UW) in Seattle, USA. This exchange program, rooted in the sister city relationship between Kobe and Seattle, aims to strengthen international collaboration and promote joint research through continuous exchanges with UW, thereby contributing to the globalization of education and research at our university. Each year, the research institutions take turns hosting the exchange.
In the fiscal year 2023, nine researchers and four graduate students from the University of Washington visited our university. On the first day, we conducted individual or small group lab visits to promote international joint research. Prior to the visit, both KU and UW reviewed research summaries on their respective websites. UW participants selected their preferred labs to visit, while KU participants identified researchers and graduate students they wished to meet, ensuring meticulous matching. As a result, 14 research labs at our graduate school conducted 27 lab visits and discussions, each lasting 45 minutes.
In the afternoon of the first day, we held a poster session featuring presentations by young researchers and graduate students. There were a total of 18 poster presentations, with 4 titles from UW and 14 titles from KU.
On the second day, March 14, we hosted an international joint symposium at the Shinryoku Memorial Hall. The symposium featured 14 talks covering a wide range of topics, including neuroscience, cancer research, and metabolic research, leading to lively discussions.
On the final day, March 15, we organized excursions to the RIKEN Center for Computational Science and Himeji Castle to foster networking for international collaboration among participants from UW and KU.
Symposium - Titles of talks -
| 9:15 | Opening remarks Toru Takumi |
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| Session1 | Session Chair: Ayaka Bota |
| 9:20 | Signatures of lateral hypothalamic neurons and striatum-wide dopamine dynamics during consumption Adam Gardon-Fennell (UW) |
| 9:40 | The neural mechanism of social behavior via inhibitory parvalbumin neurons in the insular cortex Shuhei Fujima (KU) |
| 10:00 | Characterizing the Effects of Cannabidiol and Terpenes for Pain Relief Ben Land (UW) |
| 10:30 | Break |
| Session2 | session chair：Mitsuharu Endo |
| 10:40 | Transcriptomic analysis of circuit-specific neuronal activation Marta Soden (UW) |
| 11:10 | Structural basis of minus-end directed motility of kinesin-14 along microtubule Tsuyoshi Imasaki (KU) |
| 11:30 | Sympathetic Motor Neuron Dysfunction is a Missing Link in the Age-Associated Loss of Organ Control Oscar Vivas (UW) |
| 12:00 | Greetings from the Dean Takamichi Murakami (KU) |
| 12:05 | Lunch Break |
| Keynote | chair：Takashi Matozaki |
| 13:30 | Anchored protein kinase pathologies John D. Scott (UW) |
| Session3 | session chair：Ling Deng |
| 14:30 | Oxidative stress sensor Keap1 recognizes HBx protein to activate the Nrf2/ARE signaling pathway, thereby inhibiting hepatitis B virus replication Ikuo Shoji (KU) |
| 14:50 | Innate immune and functional genomics analyses of Zika virus infection at the maternal-fetal interface Michael Gale. Jr (UW) |
| 15:20 | Metabolic Mechanisms of Social Stress in Mice Hirotaka Nagai (KU) |
| 15:40 | Mitochondrial Calcium Overload in Fibrolamellar Cancer
Yasemin Sancak (UW) |
| 16:10 | Coffee Break |
| 16:30 | Mechanisms of cardiac pacemaker rate adaptability Claudia Moreno (UW) |
| Session4 | session chair：Tomohiko Maehama |
| 17:10 | A brain-penetrant microtubule-targeting agent that disrupts hallmarks of glioblastoma tumorigenesis Nephi Stella (UW) |
| 17:40 | Therapeutic potential of targeting of SIRPα and SIRPβ1 in cancer immunotherapy Yoji Murata (KU) |
| 18:00 | Closing remarks Johon D. Scott （UW) |