Kusumi Lab Membrane Seminars

95th Seminar

• Date: September 13, 2024
• Speaker: Prof. Satyajit(Jits)Mayor,
  Leverhulme International Professor
  Centre for Mechanochemical Cell Biology, 
  Warwick Medical School
• Title: Encoding mechanical and chemical information in cell membrane organization: a sensory engram

94th Seminar

• Date: May. 8, 2024
• Speaker: Assoc. Prof. Sawako Yamashiro,
  Laboratory of Single-Molecule Cell Biology
  Graduate School of Biostudies
• Kyoto University
• Title: Visualizing flow force transmission by live-cell single-molecule imaging

  92nd Seminar

• Date: Dec. 6, 2023
• Speaker: Asst. Prof. Yen-Liang (Allen) Liu,
  Master Program of Biomedical Engineering
  China Medical University (Taiwan)
• Title: Cancer diagnosis and therapy:
  Deep learning-assisted cytopathology and foam-based immunotherapy for intraperitoneal metastasis

  91st Seminar[Cancelled]

• Date: Nov. 14, 2023
• Speaker: Prof. Claudia Veigel, Department of Cellular Physiology and Centre of Nanosciences (CeNS) (Chairs) Ludwig-Maximilians-University Münich 
• Title: Membrane-reshaping by myosin-lipid interactions and single molecule studies of myosin regulation

  90th Seminar

• Date: Nov. 14, 2023
• Speaker: Prof. Justin Molloy, Centre for Mechanochemical Cell Biology, University of Warwick Medical School, The Francis Crick Institute
• Title: Single molecule studies of vascular damage and DNA damage repair pathways

 

2021

89th Seminar

• Date: Mar. 15, 2021
• Speaker: Prof. Tim Yeh, Biomedical Engineering Department,  University of Texas at Austin 
• Title: Time-resolved 3D single-molecule tracking in cytosol and new florescence nanobiosensors

 

2020 

88th Seminar

• Date: Jan. 21, 2020
• Speaker: Assoc. Prof. Masayasu Taki, Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (ITbM), Nagoya University
• Title: Cutting-edge optical imaging techniques enabled by organic fluorescent dyes

 

2019

87th Seminar on Biophysical Physiology and Pathology based on Super-Resolution Microscopy

• Date: Sep. 24, 2019

• 1st Speaker: Prof. Tijana Jovanovic-Talisman, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Title: Advancing molecular medicine with quantitative single molecule localization microscopy

• 2nd Speaker: Prof. Christophe Leterrier, Aix Marseille Université, CNRS 
• Title: The axonal cytoskeleton at the nanoscale

• 3rd Speaker: Prof. Paul S. Maddox, Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Title: A systems approach to understanding regulation of mitotic nuclear positioning and telophase reassembly based on high resolution light microscopy

86th Seminar

• Date: Jul. 02, 2019
• Speaker: Prof. Tim Yeh, Biomedical Engineering Department,  University of Texas at Austin
• Title: Deep and High-Resolution 3D Molecular Tracking Microscopes and Silver Cluster-Based Biosensors

2018

85th Seminar

• Date: Mar. 09, 2018
• Speaker: Prof. Thomas Blanpied, Department of Physiology, University of Maryland, School of Medicine
• Title: Nanostructure and alignment control function of single synapses

2015

81st Seminar

• 開催日：2015年12月16日

• 第一部: 岡部繁男 教授 (東京大学 大学院医学系研究科 神経細胞生物学)
• 演題: シナプス可視化による脳の機能解明 ～新しい光学顕微鏡と電子顕微鏡技術～

• 第二部: 照井勇輝 氏 (株式会社ニコン コアテクノロジー本部バイオイメージング開発部)
• 演題: 構造化照明顕微鏡SIMの原理

80th Seminar

• Date: Apr. 15, 2015
• Speaker: Prof. Young-Tae Chang, Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore
• Title: Universal fluorescent probe platform for almost everything

2014

79th Seminar

• Date: Sep. 16, 2014
• Speaker: Prof. Thomas Blanpied, Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Maryland
• Title: Nanoscale organization and dynamics of single synapses

  78th Seminar

• Date: Apr. 15, 2014
• Speaker: Prof. Radu V. Stan, Dept. of Pathology, Dartmouth Medical School, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College
• Title: The diaphragms of fenestrated endothelia: gatekeepers of vascular permeability and blood homeostasis

 

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2013

77th Seminar

• Date: Nov. 27, 2013
• Speaker: Dr. Yukiko Goda, Synaptic Plasticity and Connectivity Team, RIKEN Centre for Brain Science
• Title: Regulating synaptic strength distribution in the dendritic tree

  76th Seminar

• 開催日：2013年11月20日
• 講演者：瀬藤光利 教授 (浜松医科大学医学部 解剖学講座 細胞生物学分野）
• 演題：微細領域でのバイオ質量分析法の実際

75th Seminar from Leica Scientific Forum Kyoto

• Date: Sep. 10, 2013
• Speaker: Prof. Stefan Hell, Department of NanoBiophotonics, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry
• Title: Nanoscopy with Focused Light

74th Seminar

• Date: Jun. 25, 2013
• Speaker: Dr. Yusuke Toyoda, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
• Title: Genetic Analyses of Mammalian Cell Mechanics

73rd Seminar from Leica Scientific Forum Kyoto

• Date: Apr. 10, 2013
• Speaker: Prof. Rafael Yuste, Department of Biological Science, Columbia University
• Title: Cortical Circuits and Dendritic Spines: Imaging the Structures and Function of the Cerebral Cortex

72nd Seminar

• Date: Feb. 05, 2013
• Speaker: Prof. Pietro De Camilli, Department of Cell Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University School of Medicine
• Title: Membrane Dynamics and Phosphoinositide Signaling in the Endocytic Pathway

2012

71st Seminar

• Date: Nov. 19, 2012

• 1st Speaker: Prof. Madan Rao, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore
• Title: Active cell surface organization and information processing  

• 2nd Speaker: Prof. Antoine Triller, Ecole Normale Superieure and Institut National de la Santé de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)
• Title: From stochasticity of molecular processes to synapse stability and plasticity: toward chemistry in cellulo with microscopes

70th Seminar from Leica Scientific Forum Kyoto

• Date: Aug. 29, 2012

• 1st Speaker: Dr. Kai Johnsson, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
• Title: Visualizing biochemical activities in living cells

• 2nd Speaker: Dr. Scott C. Blanchard, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
• Title: Understanding regulation in biological systems through single-molecule imaging

• 3rd Speaker: Dr. Elina Ikonen, Institute of Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki
• Title: Cellular trafficking of low-density lipoprotein derived lipids: insights from imaging

• 4th Speaker: Dr. Derek Toomre, Department of Cell Biology, Yale University School of Medicine
• Title: Spatial Control of Exocytosis: New nanoscopes and analysis to 'connect the dots'

69th Seminar Date: Aug. 25, 2012 Speaker: Dr. Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health Title: Navigating the cellular landscape with new optical probes, imaging strategies and technical innovation

2011 

The 88th iCeMS Seminar from Leica Scientific Forum Kyoto

• Date: Sep. 22, 2011
• Speaker: Dr. Karel Svoboda, Janelia Farm Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
• Title: Imaging the Neural Circuits Underlying Active Sensation

  64th Seminar

• Date: Jun. 27, 2011

• 1st Speaker: Prof. Kai Simons, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
• Title: How do membrane proteins become raftophilic?

• 2nd Speaker: Prof. Mikael Simons, Max Planck Institute for Experimental Medicine, Department of Neurology, University of Göttingen
• Title: Molecular mechanisms of myelination in the central nervous system

• 3rd Speaker: Prof. Ludger Johannes, Institut Curie
• Title: Mechanisms of membrane bending and scission in clathrin-independent endocytosis

• 4th Speaker: Prof. Robert G. Parton, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland
• Title: New insights into the formation and function of caveolae

63rd Seminar

• Date: Jun. 20, 2011
• Speaker: Prof. Nils G. Walter, Department of Chemistry, Single Molecule Analysis Group, University of Michigan 
• Title:  Scientists Watching Action Movies: Real-Time Single Molecule Fluorescence Imaging of Natural and Engineered Nucleic Acid Nanomachines

62nd Seminar

• Date: Jun. 02, 2011
• Speaker: Prof. Vance P. Lemmon, Walter G. Ross Distinguished Chair in Developmental Neuroscience, Department of Neurological Surgery, The University of Miami
• Title: Functional Genomics: Phenotypic Screening to Identify Genes and Compounds that Promote Nerve Regeneration

The 72nd iCeMS Seminar

• Date: Mar. 17, 2011
• Speaker: Prof. Simon Davis, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford
• Title: The T-cell surface: composition, organization, receptor triggering

2010

60th Seminar

• Date: Nov. 27, 2010

• 1st Speaker: Dr. Ivan Robert Nabi, Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, The University of British Columbia
• Title: Endoplasmic Reticulum Domains: Degradation, Stress and Mitochondrial Coupling

• 2nd Speaker: Dr. Christian Soeller, Department of Physiology, University of Auckland
• Title: Advanced Imaging Approaches to Investigate Cardiac Structure and Function at the Nano-Scale

59th Seminar

• Date: Nov. 26, 2010
• Speaker: Dr. John Gurdon, Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK, The Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge
• Title: Nuclear reprogramming by eggs and oocytes is a determinative process