Scope
The life is generated on the primitive Earth as a result of interplay between complex chemical reaction networks and self-organization of amphiphilic molecules and macromolecules. The life has a very unique nature in contrast to the material; the life establishes the individual by enclosing it with a membrane (cells), synthesizes the energy molecules and building blocks from the nutrients (metabolism), and reproduces itself (self-production). The reproduced offspring has the same self-reproduction property as the parent (heredity). It is a great challenge to understand the life system based on the soft-matter science. In this context, we have organized international workshops to encourage communications among organic chemistry, synthetic biology and soft matter physics;
- "From Soft Matter to Protocell" 2013, Sendai, Japan,
- "Challenge to Synthesizing Life" 2015, Hakone, Japan,
- "The Origin of Life - Synergy among the RNA, Protein, and Lipid Worlds -", 2017, Tokyo, Japan.
To accelerate the communications, we organize the international workshop "From Soft Matter to Protocell 2020". We believe that this workshop brings new insights to develop the protocell research and synergetic collaborations among participants.
Workshop Time Schedule
- UTC
- JST
Registration
Attendance to the workshop is free of charge but registration is mandatory.
Please submit a registration form from the following web site.
https://forms.gle/BAjCZiqn6pGA1Fu87
Deadline Oct. 22nd, 2020
The workshop URL will be informed to registered participants after the deadline.
Speakers
- Peter Walde (ETH)
- Neal Devaraj (UCSD)
- Sheref S Mansy (Univ. Alberta)
- Kate Adamala (U. Minnesota)
- Dora Tang (MPI-CBG)
- Benjamin Rogers (Brandies University)
- Yutetsu Kuruma (JAMSTEC)
- Taro Toyota (Univ. Tokyo)
- Yusuke Maeda (Kyushu Univ.)
- Minoru Kurisu (Tohoku University)
Program
| Oct. 28 (UTC) | |
|---|---|
| Chair: Taro Toyota | |
| 15:00 | Opening address: Masayuki Imai |
| 15:05 | Peter Walde (ETH) Emergent properties of vesicles as protocell models |
| 15:55 | Yutetsu Kuruma (JAMSTEC) Construction of artificial photosynthetic cell toward an autonomous system |
| 16:35 | Kate Adamala (U. Minnesota) Building life to figure out how life started |
| 17:25 | Break |
| Chair: Kate Adamala | |
| 17:35 | Benjamin Rogers (Brandeis University) Exploring the pathways to self-organization using DNA nanotechnology |
| 18:25 | Yusuke Maeda (Kyushu Univ.) Understanding symmetry breaking induced by cell-sized compartments: a minimal cell approach |
| 19:05 | |
| Oct. 29 (UTC) | |
|---|---|
| Chair: Yutetsu Kuruma | |
| 15:00 | Sheref Mansy (Univ. Alberta) Prebiotic and biological mimetic protocells |
| 15:50 | Dora Tang (MPI-CBG) Bottom up synthetic cellularity |
| 16:40 | Minoru Kurisu (Tohoku University) Sustainable reproduction of vesicles coupled with surface confined template polymerization |
| 17:20 | Break |
| Chair: Yusuke Maeda | |
| 17:30 | Taro Toyota (Univ. Tokyo) Perfusion chamber for observing giant vesicles |
| 18:10 | Neal Devaraj (UCSD) Cell membrane mimetic chemistry |
| 19:00 | Closing Remark: Peter Walde |
Organizing committee
- Chair Masayuki Imai (Tohoku University)
- Yutetsu Kuruma (JAMSTEC)
- Taro Toyota (The University of Tokyo)
- Minoru Kurisu (Tohoku University)
Contact
Minoru Kurisu
kurisu@bio.phys.tohoku.ac.jp
Poster
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Poster Design: Keisuke Nakaya (@ksk_midoba)
Sponsor
International Joint Graduate Program in Materials Science (GPMS), Tohoku University