[Event Report] ASHBi Retreat 2025
With the aim to promote interactions among young scientists from different ASHBi PI groups, we held the ASHBi Retreat 2025 on January 31- February 1, 2025. This was the 6th ASHBi Retreat held at the Lake Biwa Otsu Prince Hotel, and about 120 researchers and students attended.
On January 31st, there were guest talks by two external researchers and oral presentations by four ASHBi young researchers. On February 1st, we had oral presentations by four ASHBi young researchers in the morning. And in the afternoon, there was a special session on career development for researchers. During the two-day poster session, a total of 43 researchers and students presented their research and engaged in lively discussions with the attendees.
This year’s “Excellence in Research Award” was given to five winners from best oral presentation and best poster. The Best Oral Presentation Award went to Yotaro Ochi (Ogawa Group) and Chih-Yang Chen (Isa Group). The Best Poster Award went to Shurti Bhagat (Murakawa Group), Yuki Masuo (Ueno Group) and Naoya Torio (Yanagida Group). The five awardees received research grants of JPY300,000 in FY2025 to further their research.
Outline
Date
Friday, 31 January – Saturday, 1 February 2025
Time
9:45-20:00 on 31 January
9:30-15:30 on 1 February
Venue
Lake Biwa Otsu Prince Hotel
Language
English
Schedule
Day 1 Friday, 31 January
| 10:40 | Reception |
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| 11:00 | Opening Remarks |
Session 1: PI Group Researcher Presentations
| 11:10 | ASHBi Researcher Presentations 1 – 2 |
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Session 2: Guest Talk 1
| 11:55 | Nozomu Yachie | University of British Columbia / PRiME, Osaka University |
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| 12:45 | Lunch Discussion |
Session 3: PI Group Researcher Presentations
| 14:00 | ASHBi Researcher Presentations 3 – 5 |
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| 15:15 | Break |
Session 4: Guest Talk 2
| 15:45 | Satoshi Yamazaki | The University of Tokyo |
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| 16:35 | Break & Transition |
Poster Session
| 17:00 | Poster Session (Odd #) |
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| 18:30 | Poster Session / Dinner |
| 20:00 | Night Session |
Day 2 Saturday, 1 February
Session 5: PI Group Researcher Presentations
| 9:30 | ASHBi Researcher Presentations 6 – 8 |
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| 10:45 | Break & Transition |
Poster Session
| 11:00 | Poster Session (Even #) |
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| 12:30 | Photo Shoot |
| 12:45 | Lunch Discussion |
Session 6: Special Session
| 13:45 | Yasuhiro Murakawa | ASHBi, Kyoto University |
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| 14:15 | Satoshi Yamazaki | The University of Tokyo |
| 14:45 | Award Session and Closing Remarks |
Host
Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Biology (WPI-ASHBi), Kyoto University
Contact
ASHBi-event[at]mail2.adm.kyoto-u.ac.jp
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