CiRA Mini-Symposium: iPSCs Coming of Age｜News & Events

To commemorate 20 years of iPS cell research, CiRA will hold the “CiRA Mini-Symposium: iPSCs Coming of Age” on January 30 (Fri.), 2026.

The event will be held in a hybrid format and available for online attendance via Zoom. For details and registration, please follow the link below. We look forward to your participation.

Date

January 30 (Fri.), 2026
13:00-17:30

Registration / Details

Deadline

January 23 (Fri.), 2026

Language

English

Contact

CiRA Research Promoting Office
research_support_g@cira.kyoto-u.ac.jp
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Program

13:00-13:05

Opening Remarks

Jun Takahashi (CiRA)

13:05-14:05

Genomics

Kelly Frazer (University of California, San Diego)

Alex Ng (GC Therapeutics) (TBC)

Knut Woltjen (CiRA)

Kelly Frazer
(University of California, San Diego)
Alex Ng (GC Therapeutics) (TBC)
Knut Woltjen (CiRA)

14:10-15:10

Bioinformatics

Kazumasa Kanemaru (Cambridge University)

Jian Shu (Harvard University)

Takuya Yamamoto (CiRA)

Kazumasa Kanemaru (Cambridge University)
Jian Shu (Harvard University)
Takuya Yamamoto (CiRA)

15:20-16:20

Organoids

Casey Gifford (Stanford University)

Shi-Yan Ng (A*STAR IMCB)

Kenji Osafune (CiRA)

Casey Gifford (Stanford University)
Shi-Yan Ng (A*STAR IMCB)
Kenji Osafune (CiRA)

16:30-17:25

Keynote Lecture

Deepak Srivastava (Gladstone Institutes)

Deepak Srivastava
(Gladstone Institutes)

17:25-17:30

Closing Remarks

Shinya Yamanaka (CiRA)