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Thursday, 4th April 2024

The workshop is an event for Swiss-based young researchers to connect with Japanese young scientists. The aim is to make professional exchanges with other researchers, creating potential new opportunities for lateral movement, career progression, and collaboration.

07:30 – 08:00Registration

08:00 – 08:30Welcome and Introduction of Kyoto University and University of Zurich as a hub of life science and innovations

08:30 – 09:30Experience reports of Swiss living/studying in Japan and vice versa

Thomas Maurissen
Industry

Reiko Akiyama
UZH

Sora Matsumoto
EMBL

Debora Kehl
Industry

09:30 – 10:30Meet and greet our guests with gipfeli and coffee

Naoya Amimoto
CiRA, Kyoto, Japan

Nguyen Linh
CiRA, Kyoto, Japan

Emiri Nakamura
CiRA, Kyoto, Japan

Tatsuya Yamakawa
CiRA, Kyoto, Japan

Denise Zujur
CiRA, Kyoto, Japan

10:30 – 11:00Funding opportunities to go abroad

18:00 – 19:30Public Lecture
The Current State of Regenerative Medicine in Japan and Switzerland

Prof. Jun Takahashi
CiRA, Kyoto, Japan

Prof. Simon P. Hoerstrup, MD, PhD
IREM, Zurich, Switzerland

Friday, 5th April 2024

The main goal is to provide a forum to disseminate state-of-the-art iPSC research, build relationships with one-another, renew and establish collaborations and strategies. The iPSZürich Symposium will connect researchers from university, hospitals, and industry.

08:00 – 08:30Poster Set-up

08:30 – 10:00Session 1: «Development and Aging»

Prof. Knut Woltjen
CiRA, Kyoto, Japan
Genome and Epigenome Editing Tools for Stem Cell Research

Linh Nguyen, Kyoto University, Japan
ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL" BUT ARE ALL IMSCS CREATED EQUAL?
Ermanno Malagola, University of Zurich, Switzerland
ISTHMUS PROGENITOR CELLS CONTRIBUTE TO HOMEOSTATIC CELLULAR TURNOVER AND SUPPORT REGENERATION FOLLOWING INTESTINAL INJURY (MOUSE)
Ramon Pfaendler, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
A SYSTEMS VIEW OF CELLULAR STATE HETEROGENEITY IN HUMAN PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS

10:00 – 10:30Coffee Break

10:30 – 12:00Session 2: «Disease Model»

Lauriane Cabon, PhD
Institute of Human Biology, Roche Pharma Research
Applications of Human Stem Cell Based Models in Drug Development

Edna Grünblatt, University of Zurich, Switzerland
ADHD NEURODEVELOPMENTAL ALTERATION ASSOCIATED TO WNT PATHWAYS, OXIDATIVE STRESS AND INFLAMMATION: PERSONALIZED TREATMENT PROSPECTS
Sarah Guimbal, University of Bern, Switzerland
NEW MOLECULAR UNDERPINNINGS OF BBB DYSFUNCTION IN MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
Martina Nubie, University of Zurich, Switzerland
DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN IPSC-BASED MODELS TO TEST MICROGLIA-DIRECTED GENE THERAPY FOR NEURODEGENERATION

12:00 – 13:00Lunch

13:00 – 14:00Poster Session I

14:00 – 15:30Session 3: «Gene Regulation»

Prof. Hirohide Saito
CiRA, Kyoto, Japan
RNA Synthetic Biology to Program Cells

Alberto Catanese, Ulm University, Germany
HETEROZYGOUS KNOCKOUT OF SYNAPTOTAGMIN13 PHENOCOPIES ALS FEATURES IN HUMAN MOTOR NEURONS
Tatsuya Yamakawa, Kyoto University, Japan
NOVEL PATHOGENESIS OF DIAMOND-BLACKFAN ANEMIA EXPLORED THROUGH REGULATION OF PROTEOSTASIS
Jiang-An Yin, University of Zurich, Switzerland
QUADRUPLE-GUIDE HUMAN GENOME-WIDE ARRAYED CRISPR LIBRARIES AND IPSC-BASED RESEARCHES

15:30 – 16:30Poster Session II

16:30 – 18:00Session 4: «Translational Application»

PD Ute Modlich, PhD
UZH IREM, Zurich, Switzerland
Translational development of gene therapy for phagocyte disorders

Emiri Nakamura, Kyoto University, Japan
TURBULENCE ENHANCES MITOCHONDRIA DELIVERY IN MEGAKARYOCYTE MATURATION, LEADING TO BIOGENESIS OF HIGH QUALITY OF IPSC-PLATELETS
Lewis Jones, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
USING METAMATERIALS AND CARDIAC TISSUE ENGINEERING TO ENGINEER ROBUST AND CONTRACTILE CARDIAC TISSUE PATCHES
Blandine Clément, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
NERVE MODEL TO STUDY THE DIVERSE ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF HUMAN IPSC-DERIVED SENSORY NEURON SUBTYPES

18:00 – 18:30Closing Remarks and Awards

18:30 – 20:00Networking and Apéro Riche